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Because that wouldn't be a coup. The word means something pretty specific. Seizing control of the government. Not a courthouse, not a police station, or any oth
by function_seven 6y ago
Because that wouldn't be a coup. The word means something pretty specific. Seizing control of the government. Not a courthouse, not a police station, or any other individual agency.
The entire government.
In this case, that was the goal. Keep the losing presidential candidate in power.
- slowmotiony 6y agoSudden: check Violent: check Illegal: check Attempt to sieze power from a government: check
- function_seven 6y agoAttempt to seize the government: No check.
- slowmotiony 6y agoI see the goalpost has been moved then, only took one post. Okay.
- function_seven 6y agoSo what may be confusing is the term. The full term is coup d'état It specifically refers to the overthrow of a government. Trashing a single courthouse comes nowhere close to that. The goal is power. Taking power from your political enemy and securing it for yourself. The word coup by itself has a broader definition, but is usually used as a compliment. Such as "Heather just closed a $30mm deal with Acme Corp. Her entire sales team scored a coup with that sales pitch" But when used in the context of gun-toting insurrectionists? "Coup" is shorthand for the full phrase. Coup d'état.
- ashtonkem 6y agoNo, OP was very clear about what the word “coup” meant from the beginning. You don’t get to decry “moving the goal posts” when everyone demands that you put the goalposts back after you moved them.