While it is true that BLM activities rarely end in criminal deaths, right wing nationalists are now the leading cause of domestic terrorism in the United States, and the comparison between left wing extremism and right wing extremism leading to death is not even close. So on its surface, this is a bad comparison. But below the surface, when you look at motive, it gets even worse (as OP was trying to show). The ethics of BLM are laudable: create social justice from whence there was none through legal protest (note BLM does not officially condone violence or destruction of property and condemns it when it happens). The ethics of right wing nationalists are reprehensible: prevent efforts to create social justice where it is lacking through intimidation, violence, and political manipulation (note that these methods are excused and often celebrated on the right). To sum, both the behavior and the motives of the right are far worse than those on the left, so you shouldn't be playing the whataboutism game here.
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u/Dr-Chris-C Nov 22 '22
Conservative militias "protecting" the city from BLM: "Time to murder"