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I find the weasel word insurrection is being inserted quite a lot. It was suspiciously absent when other federal buildings were breached and vandalized earlier
by throwaway316943 6y ago
I find the weasel word insurrection is being inserted quite a lot. It was suspiciously absent when other federal buildings were breached and vandalized earlier in the year. Calling it an armed insurrection is stretching it pretty far considering none of the videos show any armed conflict between the protesters and capital security... except for the unarmed woman who was shot in the neck and killed by security. It reeks of narrative building.
- scoopertrooper 6y agoFind me an example of something happening on this scale at any point in 2019. We're talking about the Capitol building being taken over by a violent mob during a join session of Congress while the Vice President was presiding. Further, the insurrectionists were definitely armed, at least five guns were seized from among those arrested. https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/13-arrested-5-weapons-recovered-at-u-s-capitol-riot/ https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/13-arrested-5-weapons-reco...
- alistairSH 6y agoinsurrection : an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government From Merriam-Webster Armed protestors invaded the Capitol intent on disrupting the government from certifying an election. This was quite literally an insurrection.