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Trying to find and capture politicians during the process of certifying a national election in the United States is rebellion, not protest. The people who did t
by unethical_ban 5y ago
Trying to find and capture politicians during the process of certifying a national election in the United States is rebellion, not protest. The people who did that may have thought they were saving the country from a stolen election, but they were on the wrong side of history and reality.
None of the college students in your videos were trying to murder the prime minister or bash law enforcement in the head with a fire extinguisher.
To make this reply relevant to the discussion, my point is that the incumbent loser of an election told lies in order to rally his followers to violent protest/riot. That is a rare example of a justified ban from all social media for a public figure.
- jebronie 5y agoIf you honestly think the protestors tried to overthrow the government, how come not one of them brought an assault rifle along and the large majority was totally unarmed? Worst coup attempt ever. How did Trump rally the protesters when he explicitly told them to stay peaceful before and after they walked into the capitol building?
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- unethical_ban 5y agoFallacy of armed plot being required to destabilize (or otherwise drastically change) civil society. Fallacy of someone literally saying "don't be hostile" while lying to an angry crowd about something so enraging to their beliefs that it is incredibly likely they will become hostile.
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- unethical_ban 5y agoFallacy of whatabout: me giving a damn about Merkel when I'm talking about Trump.
- jebronie 5y agoFallacy of misapplying Whataboutism-Fallacy.
- edmundsauto 5y agoJust because they weren't armed doesn't mean it wasn't an insurrection. Republican leadership (McConnell) have used that term to describe it. They disrupted an important session to say something they thought was important, bringing tactical gear that would not be appropriate for a protest. What exactly were they protesting, while milling about in the Capitol building with several in-groups looking for political leaders to capture? Oh, right - they were protesting a free and fair election that they lost. Their evidence was 100% baseless conspiracy theories - except in the rare case when fraud was found, it was found to be fraud in favor of their ticket (and extraordinarily limited in scope). JFC, if you can't see that 6Jan was a bad thing for democracy, I don't think there's much more to discuss. I, for one, am excited for every day those assholes spend in prison and believe their coordination should be used as evidence of a coordinated attack on the US' legitimately elected government.
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