I don’t disagree that they are domestic terrorists, but they are not the same. It is like saying a Ferrari California and Ford Escort Station Wagon are the same because they are both cars.
9/11 killed thousands and caused 40 billion in insurance losses and stopped the US for days.
What happened yesterday resulted in 4 deaths and a few thousand dollars in damage. There is zero question that what they did was a form of terrorism, but to indicate that the two are comparable is dishonoring the impact of 9/11 and is disgraceful.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I did not mean to say that the events yesterday was anything like 9/11. But the terrorists themselves are far worse by their sheer numbers alone and the fact that, as I stated before, the terror is from within.
You are right, 9/11 is the worst single attack on the U.S. and nothing will hopefully ever equal it. But what about dozens, if not hundreds of smaller attacks by guns and bombs over a period of years? The kind of attacks that we saw yesterday can occur at any time and anywhere. With hundreds of thousands of foaming, gun-toting MAGAs on the loose throughout the country, who knows what kind of carnage they can inflict in the coming days, the coming weeks, and the coming years.
And I might add, the context is much worse now than in 2001. This nation is a much more divided place now, whereas back then the country was pretty much united after the attacks. And we didn't have a pandemic that has further emboldened the far right who if they don't kill us with guns and bombs will certainly kill us by their Superspreader events.
While these terrorist Trump supporters may not be able to fly planes in to buildings they can certainly use high-powered guns, explosives, etc to kill and maim as many people as possible, perhaps up to dozens at a time. It's like death by 1000 cuts. Except that's even an underestimate because there are millions of MAGAs. And with our insane president fanning the flames with his relentless insidious and seditious rhetoric, and dozens of right-wing websites inciting even more violence and plots to overthrow the government, the overall carnage will be worse than 9/11 if something isn't done to stop these traitors in the next 13 days.
Again, I did not mean to downplay the terrible tragedy of 9/11 in any way but I will stand by my assertion that these domestic terrorists are far worse than anything seen in on 9/11 by their sheer numbers alone and by the platforms they can now use with impunity to inflict the maximum amount of carnage in the minimum amount of time.
