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It was an insurrection in the same way that any other large scale protest was an insurrection. It was not, however, "the worst attack on our democracy since th
by war1025 5y ago
It was an insurrection in the same way that any other large scale protest was an insurrection.
It was not, however, "the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war" like Biden, other Democrats, and the media at large have claimed. [1]
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/right-wing-erupts-after-biden-declares-jan-6-%E2%80%9Cworst-attack-on-democracy-since-civil-war/ar-BB1gajQ2 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/right-wing-erupts-af...
- eggsmediumrare 5y agoWhat was worse?
- war1025 5y agoEven if by some crazy implausibility it was the "greatest threat to our democracy since the Civil War", that's like saying, "Man, I just got a paper cut and that is sure the worst injury I've had since that accident where I was paralyzed from the waist down"
- eggsmediumrare 5y agoWhat was worse? And are you kidding me? What if the mob had caught AOC or Pelosi? That would have turned from a "paper cut" to a political murder during an insurrection.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> What if the mob had caught AOC or Pelosi? To be fair, that's not who they were chanting about hanging on the gallows they built. And, frankly, changing the outcome the way they wanted made uncooperative Republican targets more valuable.
- war1025 5y agoYou mean like that time four Republican Congressmen were shot during a baseball practice in 2017? [1] [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/congressman-steve-scalise-shot-alexandria-virginia-park-n772111 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/congressman-steve-scali...