I know Hinderaker (nearly exclusively) means to provoke, with this. He cannot be serious.

No rational human being would seriously suggest that even ordinary rioters should be held blameless if security forces do not stop them… from rioting. And that’s John’s best case.

These were mad dogs (he’s not watched Babbitt’s pre-riot rants, whipped into a foaming at the mouth frenzy by Trump’s own rhetoric). She was ex-military, and chose to fight through a sealed barricade well inside the building after repeatedly being warned “halt, or I’ll shoot!”

In sum — this is blaming an abused girlfriend for “making” her boyfriend hit her, repeatedly.

John’s execrable drivel (and the man himself) is beneath contemptible — as lies (and liars) go.

Out.