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Really? Are you on drugs? The purpose is precisely to shed light on the truth that not all protests/riots are morally or logically equivalent but I don't know how obvious that is to many.To create a distinction which doesn't just rely on the obvious truth that not all protests/riots are morally or logically equivalent..
Let me put it to you this way. On Jeopardy a while back, I noticed what I considered a mistake when they said that accuracy and precision were synonymous. In a casual interaction between parties, the two terms could be considered synonymous for the purposes of their discussion but in any context where the individual terms are consequential to some outcome or other, there's actually an important difference between them. It's all about context.
To whatever extent the riots that occurred in the name of BLM are actually their responsibility is up for debate, but the difference between them and the storming of the Capitol is not. They didn't assault the seat of government in the course of their riots, and they didn't have a 5-year campaign all about how they would not permit their chosen one to lose, for if he did, "there would be a blood bath." Their words, not mine. There's a significant difference and it isn't quibbling at all.