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> there was an attempted coup in the US No there wasn’t. A rowdy protest is not “an attempted coup”. All actual institutions behaved according to the law.

phkahler 5y ago
>> A rowdy protest is not “an attempted coup”. Oh is this referring to the so called "insurection"? That was like a mild protest compared to other recent ones.
- swader999 5y ago
  The only ones creating trouble were the fbi informants that were there as agitators. Why haven't these people been charged yet? The rest were let and even motioned in. They took a tour and left peacefully when asked.
  - CyberDildonics 5y ago
    Please tell me this is supposed to be a joke and that you don't seriously think this, given the ocean of literal video evidence out there.
    - swader999 5y ago
      Evidence like this? https://rumble.com/vh52u9-watch-u.s.-capitol-police-gave-protesters-ok-to-enter-capitol.html https://rumble.com/vh52u9-watch-u.s.-capitol-police-gave-pro... https://twitter.com/i/status/1347596278583197698 https://twitter.com/i/status/1347596278583197698
      - CyberDildonics 5y ago
        You made one true claim and two ridiculous claims. Then you give evidence for only the one that has been established. Was it FBI informants crushing capitol police against doors and beating them on the ground?
anigbrowl 5y ago
No less a person than the Chairman of the joint chiefs is said to have thought otherwise. You may find this historical comparison of interest: https://johnganz.substack.com/p/feb-6-1934jan-6-2021 https://johnganz.substack.com/p/feb-6-1934jan-6-2021
inlikealamb 5y ago
Just because they were bad at it doesn't mean they didn't try. Here's a list: * Breaking into congress * Carrying flags representing a rival (dead) government * While wearing tactical gear, some carrying blunt objects, handcuffs, mace * Stealing computers and documents * Searching for congresspeople * Killing a police officer, beating others Not to mention they were doing it while Congress was meant to be counting electoral votes. What else do you need to make it a coup attempt? Is competence a requirement?
- anticodon 5y ago
  It's funny considering how USA intensely finance and prepare coups and revolutions all over the world. I'm from one ex-USSR country and living in another ex-USSR country. It happened several times right in front of my eyes. USA funds several media outlets so that they publish a precisely mixed mash of truth and lies. People mindlessly consume the mash and start to get a feeling they live in an imperfect society that can be very easily improved ("just get rid of your current president and you'll start living awesome life the same moment! it's so easy, folks! no other effort required"). Then they start publishing a real recipes for starting a turmoil (via figures like notoriously known Navalny). Then, when the coup fails, USA start pressuring: "It's an agression against democracy! It was a peaceful protest! Sanctions! Sanctions! Sanctions!" (if the coup succeeds, the only result is that people start living in worse conditions - check Arab Spring countries or any other country where color revolution succeeded - they're doing much worse economically and in all other areas of life, including "democracy"). When the protest which was much milder happened in the US itself, it's suddenly "totally different thing". BTW, just this week mercenaries from USA trained in USA killed president of Haiti. What a bunch of hypocrites...
  - inlikealamb 5y ago
    It's technically a different thing because this attempted coup was domestic, and I don't think the whattaboutism accomplishes much... there's no hypocritical rhetoric in the thread you're replying to. The US has certainly inflicted coups abroad, and I also disagree with those... but I suspect you weren't commenting to get my opinion on the matter.

phkahler 5y ago

>> A rowdy protest is not “an attempted coup”. Oh is this referring to the so called "insurection"? That was like a mild protest compared to other recent ones.

swader999 5y ago
The only ones creating trouble were the fbi informants that were there as agitators. Why haven't these people been charged yet? The rest were let and even motioned in. They took a tour and left peacefully when asked.
- CyberDildonics 5y ago
  Please tell me this is supposed to be a joke and that you don't seriously think this, given the ocean of literal video evidence out there.
  - swader999 5y ago
    Evidence like this? https://rumble.com/vh52u9-watch-u.s.-capitol-police-gave-protesters-ok-to-enter-capitol.html https://rumble.com/vh52u9-watch-u.s.-capitol-police-gave-pro... https://twitter.com/i/status/1347596278583197698 https://twitter.com/i/status/1347596278583197698
    - CyberDildonics 5y ago
      You made one true claim and two ridiculous claims. Then you give evidence for only the one that has been established. Was it FBI informants crushing capitol police against doors and beating them on the ground?

anigbrowl 5y ago

No less a person than the Chairman of the joint chiefs is said to have thought otherwise. You may find this historical comparison of interest: https://johnganz.substack.com/p/feb-6-1934jan-6-2021 https://johnganz.substack.com/p/feb-6-1934jan-6-2021

inlikealamb 5y ago

Just because they were bad at it doesn't mean they didn't try. Here's a list: * Breaking into congress * Carrying flags representing a rival (dead) government * While wearing tactical gear, some carrying blunt objects, handcuffs, mace * Stealing computers and documents * Searching for congresspeople * Killing a police officer, beating others Not to mention they were doing it while Congress was meant to be counting electoral votes. What else do you need to make it a coup attempt? Is competence a requirement?

anticodon 5y ago
It's funny considering how USA intensely finance and prepare coups and revolutions all over the world. I'm from one ex-USSR country and living in another ex-USSR country. It happened several times right in front of my eyes. USA funds several media outlets so that they publish a precisely mixed mash of truth and lies. People mindlessly consume the mash and start to get a feeling they live in an imperfect society that can be very easily improved ("just get rid of your current president and you'll start living awesome life the same moment! it's so easy, folks! no other effort required"). Then they start publishing a real recipes for starting a turmoil (via figures like notoriously known Navalny). Then, when the coup fails, USA start pressuring: "It's an agression against democracy! It was a peaceful protest! Sanctions! Sanctions! Sanctions!" (if the coup succeeds, the only result is that people start living in worse conditions - check Arab Spring countries or any other country where color revolution succeeded - they're doing much worse economically and in all other areas of life, including "democracy"). When the protest which was much milder happened in the US itself, it's suddenly "totally different thing". BTW, just this week mercenaries from USA trained in USA killed president of Haiti. What a bunch of hypocrites...
- inlikealamb 5y ago
  It's technically a different thing because this attempted coup was domestic, and I don't think the whattaboutism accomplishes much... there's no hypocritical rhetoric in the thread you're replying to. The US has certainly inflicted coups abroad, and I also disagree with those... but I suspect you weren't commenting to get my opinion on the matter.