The problem is that many on both sides are captured by the Mainstream media. It's like an undertow that many just accept as a given. So even the best of us can still feel that undertow. And those who swim in it, are unaware they are in a riptide until it is too late.

And we all understand the double standard so much that many of us don't even question it. We saw the difference between "mostly peaceful protests" and "armed insurrection." We witnessed firsthand how Trump's deployment of troops in DC was considered "fascist" yet the erecting of fences around the Capitol following the trespassing of "unsolicited tourists" in the Capitol building was completely necessary.