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> IMHO there are things that are much more scary than some trespassing into government buildings or a riot. Yeah, like, some people trespassing into government
by yongjik 6y ago
> IMHO there are things that are much more scary than some trespassing into government buildings or a riot.
Yeah, like, some people trespassing into government buildings in the middle of officially declaring the next president, with an intention to disrupt the procedure, at the urge of the current outgoing president. Now that is some scary shit.
- beerandt 6y agoAnd occupying the Senate building for the SCOTUS confirmation, admittedly to intimidate senators to change their vote, is different how? Other than one was met with resistance and the other was given unfettered access.
- nappy 6y agoProbably all of the violence, vandalism, looting, and coming in with tools to take hostages. And bombs with timers placed elsewhere.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoHN: "Yes, but other than that stuff..." </s>
- odessacubbage 6y agowhere have you been for the past 8 months?
- epakai 6y agoOne was given access then 300 people were arrested for their civil disobedience (loud chanting, refusal to leave). Fox reported it as "[there to] protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court and put pressure on the handful of undecided senators". I've seen no indication people carried weapons, pushed through barricades, or threatened anyone.