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> These people were trying (fruitlessly) to stage a violent subversion of democracy and openly threatened the highest elected officials in the nation. You're g

by stef25 6y ago

> These people were trying (fruitlessly) to stage a violent subversion of democracy and openly threatened the highest elected officials in the nation. You're giving them too much credit. They got in. Then what? It was like a carnival, walking off with furniture, posing for pictures, smiling while sitting in important chairs. Lots of screaming, a few broken windows. In a country where you can buy guns in supermarkets, they didn't fire a single shot. They could have set fire to the place, taken people hostage. It could have been so much worse. Most of those people probably couldn't subvert or overturn anything more than a paper bag.

tsimionescu 6y ago
That is irrelevant. The intent was to overturn the election. The fact that they were incompetent or not sufficiently dedicated to their cause to be willing to die for it is no excuse for letting it get to where it did.
standardUser 6y ago
Perhaps if the insurgents had faced the same violent police response as BLM protestors the outcome would have been very different. But if the police let you in instead of engaging in violent escalation, why not pose for pictures and have a chat?
pvaldes 6y ago
>They got in, then what? they didn't fire a single shot Then: four people killed There are lots of ways to do harm without shooting. Many politicians are elder. Somebody could have suffered a heart attack, Biden for example... and then what?. And some of the rioters were trained professional soldiers. Do they had access to harmful substances?, chemical poisons?, Nobody knows. Do we remember the 2001 Anthrax mail attacks to democrat senators and journalists finally linked to a Fort Detrick employee?. In fact is even easier, in the middle of a pandemic just collaborating to spread a lethal virus between smiles and selfies would do the job. Videos show people touching three times each inch of the same knob door in a minute for no evident reason. Those people was armed, organized, directed and manipulated.
o-__-o 6y ago
> In a country where you can buy guns in supermarkets You can also buy ps5’s in supermarkets. Is the absurd part that you could buy non food related items in a supermarket or that supermarkets have devolved into a one stop shop for everything? It’s not just related to guns

by stef25 6y ago

tsimionescu 6y ago

That is irrelevant. The intent was to overturn the election. The fact that they were incompetent or not sufficiently dedicated to their cause to be willing to die for it is no excuse for letting it get to where it did.

standardUser 6y ago

Perhaps if the insurgents had faced the same violent police response as BLM protestors the outcome would have been very different. But if the police let you in instead of engaging in violent escalation, why not pose for pictures and have a chat?

pvaldes 6y ago

>They got in, then what? they didn't fire a single shot Then: four people killed There are lots of ways to do harm without shooting. Many politicians are elder. Somebody could have suffered a heart attack, Biden for example... and then what?. And some of the rioters were trained professional soldiers. Do they had access to harmful substances?, chemical poisons?, Nobody knows. Do we remember the 2001 Anthrax mail attacks to democrat senators and journalists finally linked to a Fort Detrick employee?. In fact is even easier, in the middle of a pandemic just collaborating to spread a lethal virus between smiles and selfies would do the job. Videos show people touching three times each inch of the same knob door in a minute for no evident reason. Those people was armed, organized, directed and manipulated.

o-__-o 6y ago

> In a country where you can buy guns in supermarkets You can also buy ps5’s in supermarkets. Is the absurd part that you could buy non food related items in a supermarket or that supermarkets have devolved into a one stop shop for everything? It’s not just related to guns