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Hardly surprising, if you legitimately believe the "election was stolen" why would you stop now? If you were willing to storm the capitol building, you're proba

Hardly surprising, if you legitimately believe the "election was stolen" why would you stop now? If you were willing to storm the capitol building, you're probably going to storm many more buildings. Did people really think that they were going to say, "well we stormed the capitol building and it didn't work, let's just give up?" The violence we saw is just the start, some parts of the MAGA crowd have been radicalized.

DeafSquid 6y ago
It's the same type of thing as abortion protesters. They believe the doctors and patients are committing murder. Why wouldn't they do anything in their power to stop a genocide. And of course there's a lot of overlap with trump supporters and anti-abortionists
malcolmgreaves 6y ago
> The violence we saw is just the start, some parts of the MAGA crowd have been radicalized. What parts aren't radicalized?
- jorblumesea 6y ago
  I don't think the entire movement is showing up to storm government buildings. Clearly this is a small minority of supporters. The riot at the capitol was maybe a few thousand people.
  - matwood 6y ago
    I guess we would need to define radicalized. I have know people who say, 'Trump was sent by God to save the USA'. These people didn't storm the capital, but they are certainly radicalized. I might agree if you said the whole GOP isn't radicalized, but it seems like all of MAGA has reached that level. As an aside, I couldn't imagine supporting any politician to that level.
  - burkaman 6y ago
    45% of registered Republicans support the storming of the Capitol. https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/01/06/US-capitol-trump-poll https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/20...
    - jorblumesea 6y ago
      My definition of radicalized is pushed to violent action, not merely emphasizing support.
      - pmiller2 6y ago
        If you support radical action, you're radicalized.
        jorblumesea 6y ago
        According to you.
        pmiller2 6y ago
        Not just me. Look around in this thread. You're outnumbered.
        alea_iacta_est 6y ago
        Don't make the mistake to believe that both groups are equally vocal.
        pmiller2 6y ago
        Doesn't matter. If one person says X, and 3 people say not X, then it's pretty safe to say that reasonable people disagree on X. If I'm among the 3, then it's not just "according to me," either.
  - uoaei 6y ago
    Radicalization refers to effects on opinions and worldview. Actions are subsequent to this.
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DeafSquid 6y ago

It's the same type of thing as abortion protesters. They believe the doctors and patients are committing murder. Why wouldn't they do anything in their power to stop a genocide. And of course there's a lot of overlap with trump supporters and anti-abortionists

malcolmgreaves 6y ago

> The violence we saw is just the start, some parts of the MAGA crowd have been radicalized. What parts aren't radicalized?

jorblumesea 6y ago
I don't think the entire movement is showing up to storm government buildings. Clearly this is a small minority of supporters. The riot at the capitol was maybe a few thousand people.
- matwood 6y ago
  I guess we would need to define radicalized. I have know people who say, 'Trump was sent by God to save the USA'. These people didn't storm the capital, but they are certainly radicalized. I might agree if you said the whole GOP isn't radicalized, but it seems like all of MAGA has reached that level. As an aside, I couldn't imagine supporting any politician to that level.
- burkaman 6y ago
  45% of registered Republicans support the storming of the Capitol. https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/01/06/US-capitol-trump-poll https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/20...
  - jorblumesea 6y ago
    My definition of radicalized is pushed to violent action, not merely emphasizing support.
    - pmiller2 6y ago
      If you support radical action, you're radicalized.
      - jorblumesea 6y ago
        According to you.
        pmiller2 6y ago
        Not just me. Look around in this thread. You're outnumbered.
        alea_iacta_est 6y ago
        Don't make the mistake to believe that both groups are equally vocal.
        pmiller2 6y ago
        Doesn't matter. If one person says X, and 3 people say not X, then it's pretty safe to say that reasonable people disagree on X. If I'm among the 3, then it's not just "according to me," either.
- uoaei 6y ago
  Radicalization refers to effects on opinions and worldview. Actions are subsequent to this.

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