Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "The New York Times" channel.

  1.  @champspec  For one thing, that's what investigative reporters do. For another, the authorities were closely watching (and listening to) the crowd; see what Trump said about the magnetometers.
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  2. I'm on your side, but please learn to use punctuation.
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  3.  @stephj9378  It's pretty far into the article (reasonably so; it's a very detailed look). You can see links to different leftist groups warning others about him: https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/capitol-riot-john-sullivan-ashli-babbitt/
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  4.  @stephj9378  I'm not sure whom you mean by "us." The point is that Sullivan isn't some kind of mastermind with a plot to make Trumpists look bad. His politics are incoherent; BLM, Antifascists, and other activists have been warning one another about him for a long time; and his video footage happens to be very important.
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  5.  @stephj9378  This "Deep State" conspiracy talk isn't helping anyone. You say "unsuspecting people" as if, in the midst of a crowd of thousands of people battling with the police and forcing their way inside the Capitol, some of them would not have done so without listening to some guy with a camera whom they have never met before. He's been arrested and released in different places because he's gotten into trouble in various places, but it's nothing that would actually send him to jail, at least not yet. That's not uncommon. Seriously, get off of the conspiracy theories.
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  6.  @stephj9378  There it is again.
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  7. Embryos aren't children.
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  8. In theory! I can see pharmacists refusing.
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  9. Murder?
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  10. Thanks for sharing. With that said, please stop shouting.
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  11.  @ultracapitalistutopia3550  Yeah, Sullivan is known to several leftist groups as a loose cannon. There are warnings out about him, beginning long before the 6th of January.
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  12. He didn't expect a gun fight, obviously, but he understandably perceived an active shooter. Even the militia member says it was a heroic reaction.
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  13. Sure it does. What would you save from a fire at the IVF clinic, one toddler, or thousands of frozen embryos?
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  14.  @fouroverseven7799  Embryos can't experience pain.
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  15. In a world where property (the means of production) is valued more highly than people are, property destruction is a valid tactic.
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  16.  @cheesecakeisgross4645  Did you see the militia member's (for lack of a better term) comments about the first shooting, and the moments immediately after?
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  17. That's not true. The Great Crime Decline that began in the 90s is still with us, despite the recent uptick in homicides during the pandemic. You didn't know that?
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  18. Embryos aren't babies, and there's no harm in not being born.
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  19. How so?
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  20. Or any sort of left-wing group.
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  21.  @kendgabe822  Embryos aren't babies.
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  22. That's the point. Nobody chooses to be born. There's no harm in not being born (in fact, there's a good case that it's the best outcome).
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  23.  @isaacweatherington3558  Sure it is.
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  24. That's the point. They were being disingenuous, just like in the Whole Woman v. Hellerstedt case.
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  25. Punctuation, please!
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  26. True, but that has nothing to do with abortion.
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  27. There is no baby involved.
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  28.  @DavidFobare  That's not a rebuttal.
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  29. No. It's her body that bears the burden.
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  30.  @ianicharia3499  It's not equivalent.
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  31. It's not a child yet.
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  32.  @Cruizzerr  Not so. Embryos & fetuses are not children.
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  33.  @outdated1442  True, but it doesn't have personhood yet. That comes later.
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  34.  @Cruizzerr  You're saying that embryos & fetuses are tantamount to children, but they're clearly very different. This is where personhood comes in, i.e. the characteristics that make killing wrong: sentience, the will to live, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when a person is killed. In a rudimentary but real way, babies (children) have this, but embryos & fetuses do not and cannot. There's no harm in not being born. The decision goes to the host organism.
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  35. No.
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  36. *you're
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  37. There was no baby.
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  38. She did the responsible thing.
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  39. Embryos aren't children.
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  40. There is no heaven. If there was, then getting aborted would be great! It's a guaranteed, immediate trip to heaven! Hooray!
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  41.  @scottChapman25  Embryos aren't children. Having an abortion was the responsible thing for her.
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