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Just as the the last four years afforded conformist journalists the fantasy that they were part of some sort of “resistance” fighting a tyrannical dictator, the
by Tycho 6y ago
Just as the the last four years afforded conformist journalists the fantasy that they were part of some sort of “resistance” fighting a tyrannical dictator, the events of January 6th afforded self-aggrandising members of Congress the fantasy that they were heroic leaders facing down an attempted coup, an “insurrection.”
- rat87 6y agoHow was it not an attempted coup? Not a smart coup, or one likely to be successful but a coup nonetheless.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoWhat evidence is there that they intended to change the government?
- Tycho 6y agoWhat was the potential sequence of events that could have resulted in the rioters seizing control of the government? Even if this handful of unarmed citizens had somehow subdued the numerous armed guards protecting the Senate, the most they could achieve would be a hostage situation. It was a protest that became a riot which temporarily disrupted a legislative assembly. At worst you could argue it was a protest that crossed the line into terrorism. And possibly some of the protestors thought someone else was going to stage a coup, but that did not happen.
- rat87 6y ago> which temporarily disrupted a legislative assembly No what it did is to disrupt the certification of Biden's win, attempting to change the election results with violence, ie a coup. > What was the potential sequence of events that could have resulted in the rioters seizing control of the government? I didn't say it was a smart attempted coup, but even a dumb one killing the Vice President or having a massive hostage situation could do a ton of damage to the stability of our democracy.