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In 1967 the black panthers invaded the California capitol building armed with rifles. Over the summer of 2020 protestors laid siege to the Federal building in
by whiddershins 6y ago
In 1967 the black panthers invaded the California capitol building armed with rifles.
Over the summer of 2020 protestors laid siege to the Federal building in Portland for 100 days straight.
I can list tons of riots and violent direct actions that have happened over the years. Read about the NOW bombing in Philadelphia. Oklahoma City. Waco. The Weather Report. On and on and on.
Elevating the Jan 6th direct action, however scary, tragic, and misguided it might be, to some higher level of ‘coup’ or ‘insurrection’ isn’t rational.
It is another chapter in a long line of crazy events happening around political conflict in the US.
As such, it doesn’t, in my opinion, warrant rethink everything.
- jp57 6y agoThe events you list are similar in form but different in substance. The substantive difference is that none of the above events were supported and encouraged by a sitting president seeking to overturn his own election loss. It is a violent, physical attack, directed and abetted by the executive against the legislature to prevent it from carrying out its constitutional duty. That is an existential threat to the republic. A lot of people here are looking at the house on fire and worrying about the water damage from putting it out.
- ModernMech 6y agoHow many riots can you list where the rioters were specifically targeting a joint session of congress, with the VP in attendance, for the explicit purpose of overturning the legitimate US presidential election at the behest of the current US president? What exactly do you think a coup attempt is?