I am pleased to see your rebuttal. Frankly, I initially thought your indignation was disingenuous. Now, I think we have both read that comment differently.
>> Would they have done the same thing if animal rights protesters, or the Proud Boys, or whoever came and someone thought they were on Amazon property illegally? I think so.
I read it as: take any arbitrary group of people who might organise a protest from any arbitrary political or social position "or whoever". Regardless, Amazon would have reacted the same. There is no implicit comparison to insurrectionists in such a reading.
Maybe it just struck a nerve because I've been watching the Jan 6 hearings with videos of the violent mobs attacking police in my home city, a few blocks from where I used to live. In contrast, people who do this union work are heroes as far as I'm concerned.
Using the Proud Boys as an example during a discussion about lawful, non-violent efforts makes no sense at all; this group isn't merely a group with a different political or social position than the union organizers.
>> Would they have done the same thing if animal rights protesters, or the Proud Boys, or whoever came and someone thought they were on Amazon property illegally? I think so.
I read it as: take any arbitrary group of people who might organise a protest from any arbitrary political or social position "or whoever". Regardless, Amazon would have reacted the same. There is no implicit comparison to insurrectionists in such a reading.