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I am (again) saddened to see how much of HN appears to be engrossed in right-wing grifterism. The GOP is literally playing with the fire of stochastic & headle

I am (again) saddened to see how much of HN appears to be engrossed in right-wing grifterism. The GOP is literally playing with the fire of stochastic & headless terrorism, driven by a sophisticated & well-documented misinformation campaign that has convinced many millions of people that the election was stolen and that donald trump(of all people) is anointed by god to root out a global satanic, pedophilistic cabal that is responsible for all of the world's woes. A lot of these people think the world is ending and it's now or never. These same people showed up at the nation's capital with every intention of taking hostages & holding show trials. But you know what the real problem is? Groups of young, ineffectual leftists who don't even show up to vote let alone participate in government.

TMWNN 6y ago
>These same people showed up at the nation's capital with every intention of taking hostages & holding show trials. Is that the current description? What happened to "attempted coup"? Oh wait, maybe five armed people out of 150 who entered the Capitol != coup attempt by any level of common sense, so I guess now the above is the description du jour. Never mind the preposterousness of such a group also "taking hostages & holding show trials". Perhaps in another few months the MSM consensus will finally get to what was and is obvious to anyone who isn't histrionic: 150 idiots (the vast majority unarmed) who illegally trespassed into a government building. They can and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law ... As far as "illegal trespass into a government building" can go, at least. (And no, the Capitol police officer who died wasn't "killed by a fire extinguisher" wielded by said idiots. He died at home from unknown causes and apparently wasn't assaulted by anyone https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/brian-sicknick-charges/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/brian-sicknick-charg... .)
- knowaveragejoe 6y ago
  I'm not sure if you watched the events unfold that day, but I did via multiple live streams. Your attempt to downplay what occurred rings hollow. In fact the only thing I'd agree with is that the people involved are idiots - they legitimately think the election was stolen, and that it was now or never to take it back. The organized(but separate - probably not aware of each other) groups that used the crowd as a cover had every intention of taking hostages at a minimum. One can make an educated guess from the mountains of evidence collected from their cesspools online and from chatter amongst the participants themselves during the riot that they intended to go even farther than that. I'm not sure how the beating of officers with fire extinguishers(which did occur and is documented in photos & videos) became connected to Sicknick's death. Noting the initial reporting was wrong is not the gotcha or rebuttal you think it is.

TMWNN 6y ago

>These same people showed up at the nation's capital with every intention of taking hostages & holding show trials. Is that the current description? What happened to "attempted coup"? Oh wait, maybe five armed people out of 150 who entered the Capitol != coup attempt by any level of common sense, so I guess now the above is the description du jour. Never mind the preposterousness of such a group also "taking hostages & holding show trials". Perhaps in another few months the MSM consensus will finally get to what was and is obvious to anyone who isn't histrionic: 150 idiots (the vast majority unarmed) who illegally trespassed into a government building. They can and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law ... As far as "illegal trespass into a government building" can go, at least. (And no, the Capitol police officer who died wasn't "killed by a fire extinguisher" wielded by said idiots. He died at home from unknown causes and apparently wasn't assaulted by anyone https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/brian-sicknick-charges/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/brian-sicknick-charg... .)

knowaveragejoe 6y ago
I'm not sure if you watched the events unfold that day, but I did via multiple live streams. Your attempt to downplay what occurred rings hollow. In fact the only thing I'd agree with is that the people involved are idiots - they legitimately think the election was stolen, and that it was now or never to take it back. The organized(but separate - probably not aware of each other) groups that used the crowd as a cover had every intention of taking hostages at a minimum. One can make an educated guess from the mountains of evidence collected from their cesspools online and from chatter amongst the participants themselves during the riot that they intended to go even farther than that. I'm not sure how the beating of officers with fire extinguishers(which did occur and is documented in photos & videos) became connected to Sicknick's death. Noting the initial reporting was wrong is not the gotcha or rebuttal you think it is.