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Comparing a deadly coup attempt and a direct attack against the representatives and the VP himself in the US capitol the day that the election results were cert

Comparing a deadly coup attempt and a direct attack against the representatives and the VP himself in the US capitol the day that the election results were certified by the Houses with random protests?

eplanit 6y ago
Like the comment said, pearl clutching all of the sudden.
coldtea 6y ago
>Comparing a deadly coup attempt and a direct attack against the representatives and the VP himself in the US capitol the day that the election results were certified by the Houses with random protests? No, comparing some random people getting into a government building in protest, being basically tame inside, and business continuing as usual the very next day (or same?). That was a "coup"? What was the plan to establish the new government? Who was the leader? The guy with the horns? The ex-president who didn't care less about the incident, and called for people going home? And it was only deadly because in the US people are trigger happy, and even getting out of your car, unarmed, to a traffic cop, can be deadly. Even so, from what I read a guard was killed in an altercation with the mob, and a protestor was shot by police. A few others had "medical emergencies". Pearl clutching aside, I wouldn't even call it a "violent protest", much less a coup...
- sodality2 6y ago
  You do realize a laptop was stolen to give to Russian intelligence, right? >Pearl clutching aside, I wouldn't even call it a "violent protest", much less a coup... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s Coup? Meh, agreed, it wasn't organized by the military. Violent protest? Absolutely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwbhC2Un2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwbhC2Un2Y
  - coldtea 6y ago
    >You do realize a laptop was stolen to give to Russian intelligence No, but I do realize that the same tired "RussiaGate" trite zero-content faux-panic (with 0 actual results and proof, based on a dossier of random accusations made by a guy on behalf of the Dems [1]), was reheated when some "Burn After Reading (the Coen movie)" IQ-level person that was into the Capitol tried to sell a laptop they stole to the russians. [1] https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-million https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-mill... >Coup? Meh, agreed, it wasn't organized by the military. Violent protest? Absolutely. I'll meet you halfway, and admit it was a protest. As protests go, it was hardly that violent - especially for a protest that got into a government building. Then again, globally such protests are a dime a dozen. We had a couple in mine here parts...
- throwaway_6142 6y ago
  In the unlikely event that your post isn't immediately removed by the moderators, I just want to add that it is obvious that nobody on the left actually honestly believe the over-the-top hysterical nonsense they have been spouting the past 2 weeks. Ask them to explain, if these were organized far right militants trying to overthrow the government in the most heavily guarded city in the world, in a building that has it's own heavily armed police force, how come they didn't bring guns? The left are the ones actually carrying out a coup against democracy, by using the chaos and confusion caused by a pointless protest that spiraled out of control.

eplanit 6y ago

Like the comment said, pearl clutching all of the sudden.

coldtea 6y ago

>Comparing a deadly coup attempt and a direct attack against the representatives and the VP himself in the US capitol the day that the election results were certified by the Houses with random protests? No, comparing some random people getting into a government building in protest, being basically tame inside, and business continuing as usual the very next day (or same?). That was a "coup"? What was the plan to establish the new government? Who was the leader? The guy with the horns? The ex-president who didn't care less about the incident, and called for people going home? And it was only deadly because in the US people are trigger happy, and even getting out of your car, unarmed, to a traffic cop, can be deadly. Even so, from what I read a guard was killed in an altercation with the mob, and a protestor was shot by police. A few others had "medical emergencies". Pearl clutching aside, I wouldn't even call it a "violent protest", much less a coup...

sodality2 6y ago
You do realize a laptop was stolen to give to Russian intelligence, right? >Pearl clutching aside, I wouldn't even call it a "violent protest", much less a coup... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s Coup? Meh, agreed, it wasn't organized by the military. Violent protest? Absolutely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwbhC2Un2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwbhC2Un2Y
- coldtea 6y ago
  >You do realize a laptop was stolen to give to Russian intelligence No, but I do realize that the same tired "RussiaGate" trite zero-content faux-panic (with 0 actual results and proof, based on a dossier of random accusations made by a guy on behalf of the Dems [1]), was reheated when some "Burn After Reading (the Coen movie)" IQ-level person that was into the Capitol tried to sell a laptop they stole to the russians. [1] https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-million https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-mill... >Coup? Meh, agreed, it wasn't organized by the military. Violent protest? Absolutely. I'll meet you halfway, and admit it was a protest. As protests go, it was hardly that violent - especially for a protest that got into a government building. Then again, globally such protests are a dime a dozen. We had a couple in mine here parts...
throwaway_6142 6y ago
In the unlikely event that your post isn't immediately removed by the moderators, I just want to add that it is obvious that nobody on the left actually honestly believe the over-the-top hysterical nonsense they have been spouting the past 2 weeks. Ask them to explain, if these were organized far right militants trying to overthrow the government in the most heavily guarded city in the world, in a building that has it's own heavily armed police force, how come they didn't bring guns? The left are the ones actually carrying out a coup against democracy, by using the chaos and confusion caused by a pointless protest that spiraled out of control.