The real point is that it doesn't matter
It matters on many levels.
Because it's relationship to organizations and ideological affiliations that provide people like Joe Arpaio the support they need to get away with shit, or get a presidential pardon when their shit finally catches up with them in some minor fashion.
And it's disparities in how blame and responsibility are assigned according to the prevailing attitudes and perspectives of our political culture that place far more burden on some organizations or ideological affiliations than others, draining one side of its ability to contest the other.
Somebody gets hit with a bike lock, and everyone remotely associated with the political concept of "the left" has to walk on eggshells for months to not be characterized as out of control violent with hunt mobs.
Motherfucking Joe Arpaio gets a presidential pardon for some minor conviction after decades of internationally infamous levels of human rights violation and corruption, and people require overwhelming evidence to even permit outrage over it.
How can we fucking get anything done this way?
No, people just kept bringing that up about "Me".
And no, Neo. It's not just you. But I happened to be glancing in on the thread to see what the current topic was, and found your words far too easy to make an example of.