Posted on 07/30/2021 5:30:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
Knock it off with the extremist talk. Exactly how does the author know they were extremists? Why use the word 'deplorable'? Is that some reference to Trump supporters? Prove they were Trump supporters. There seems to be evidence that FBI assets were leading the way. Let's see who was really involved before writing such garbage.
When they talk about it being deplorable, they must mean the shooting of Ashley Babbitt. That’s the only thing that comes to my mind as being deplorable.
The rest of it could at most be characterized as stupid or shortsighted where people are causing damage or stealing things.
Democrats got scared because it threatened the ratification of the election. In fact, if I remember right, it did get delayed.
As much as I believe the election was stolen (no, not pervasive, Bill Bar, just in key jurisdictions to flip the electoral college), I have to agree. An intrusion on the sovereign functions of the congress should be considered a problem.
But this whole thing has gone hyper-political. Democrats want to assign guilt and shame, not just on the protestors outside the capitol that day, but to have the voters in this nation. They also don’t care that they cheated, and they are scared to death that it will get exposed.
It was a false flag attack by leftists to blame on Trump voters. Nothing more.
The whole operation was not even being run by the people who are being blamed for it. The organization and execution came from direct orders by Speaker Pelosi, who controlled the whole deployment of “protective” Capitol police. These were the same guardians who stepped aside when the BLM/Antifa mob, wearing false flags of apparent Trump support, led the actual incursion of the Capitol grounds. Also among this crowd were a number of FBI instigators, herding and directing the movement of the flow of participants through the Capitol.
Absolutely.
I completely disagree. It was January 6, 2021 and they just stole the election. I think Jan 6 was totally appropriate, outside of murdering Ashli Babbitt.
Why is it that when patriots rise up in righteous anger all the elites get uppity? But let there be months of looting, mayhem, and dissolution of the rule of law, and hey, that’s mostly peaceful.
Nonsense. In the full context of our founding fathers January 6 was completely justified and didn’t go far enough, again, outside of the cold-blooded murder of Babbitt.
In any case, the core point about it not being a coup, insurrection, or threat to democracy is absolutely correct. And certainly nobody deserved to get shot.
Nancy Pelosi et al should realize there will be no realization of a coup.
Dead people realize nothing
The coup happened on Nov 3.
It was a false flag attack designed by liars to blame on Trump voters.
Trespassing? OK,I'll accept that. I've seen it suggested that many didn't even realize they were trespassing. But ignorance of the law,they say,is no excuse.
If we're talking "insurrection" we need to talk about firebombs being thrown at Federal courthouses in Portland,Seattle and elsewhere last year.
January 6th wasn't within 100 light years of being an "insurrection".
Government must be terrified of the People. Anything other than that inevitably leads to tyranny.
Along with days and weeks before and after.
They were extremists. ANTIFA extremists, BLM extremists, FBI agents provocateur, etc. mixed into the crowd to get something started.
In this case, the defense against trespassing isn’t ignorance of the law, but rather ignorance of the fact that they weren’t permitted to be where they were. And that is a legally valid potential defense.
Harsanyi is an establishment mouthpiece.
Never should be mistaken for a conservative.
To the extent that that might be true it seems that they had no reason to believe they were trespassing.
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