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Overturning an election is not effectively overthrowing the government, and it's certainly not sedition. I also think most people who entered the Capitol build

Overturning an election is not effectively overthrowing the government, and it's certainly not sedition. I also think most people who entered the Capitol building did so because they were just following the people in front of them; not conciously entering to voice their oppinions to the Senate and House.

alsetmusic 6y ago
> not conciously entering People traveled from out of state. There was little that wasn’t deliberate about this.
atoav 6y ago
Not from the US, but when the current president of any nation whips up a crowd of fanatic followers at the end of his term to stay in power against the will of the people that is a coup. What the reasons are for the individual follower is completely and utterly irrelevant, because it is overshadowed by the fact that the current head of the executive tried to overturn the result of an election. And quite frankly: the only ingredient missing here was support of the military — if he had that the US very likely could have become a dictatorship right now.
- cutemonster 6y ago
  > the US very likely could have become a dictatorship right now Let's see again eight years from now :-(
wbsss4412 6y ago
If violently installing someone to power who wasn’t legitimately elected isn’t overthrowing the government in your mind, I have to wonder what qualifies. The entire premise of the rally was “stop the steal”. Clearly they weren’t all extremely coordinated, but to varying degrees, the people who stormed the Capitol did so with the stated goal of overturning the election. That they were inept of that they failed isn’t evidence to the contrary.
wbsss4412 6y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/59dallas/status/1346963199778828290 https://mobile.twitter.com/59dallas/status/13469631997788282... Fine people on both sides!

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Overturning an election is not effectively overthrowing the government, and it's certainly not sedition. I also think most people who entered the Capitol build

by burlesonK 6y ago

alsetmusic 6y ago
> not conciously entering People traveled from out of state. There was little that wasn’t deliberate about this.
atoav 6y ago
Not from the US, but when the current president of any nation whips up a crowd of fanatic followers at the end of his term to stay in power against the will of the people that is a coup. What the reasons are for the individual follower is completely and utterly irrelevant, because it is overshadowed by the fact that the current head of the executive tried to overturn the result of an election. And quite frankly: the only ingredient missing here was support of the military — if he had that the US very likely could have become a dictatorship right now.
- cutemonster 6y ago
  > the US very likely could have become a dictatorship right now Let's see again eight years from now :-(
wbsss4412 6y ago
If violently installing someone to power who wasn’t legitimately elected isn’t overthrowing the government in your mind, I have to wonder what qualifies. The entire premise of the rally was “stop the steal”. Clearly they weren’t all extremely coordinated, but to varying degrees, the people who stormed the Capitol did so with the stated goal of overturning the election. That they were inept of that they failed isn’t evidence to the contrary.
wbsss4412 6y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/59dallas/status/1346963199778828290 https://mobile.twitter.com/59dallas/status/13469631997788282... Fine people on both sides!