Does anybody else deliberately refer to capital riot
As just that? Not treason or insurrection. Just a riot? I feel like people throw these words out there kind of haphazard. I very specifically don’t call it either of those things.
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BlueVeins · 22-25
It objectively was an insurrection. The head of the executive withheld law enforcement, and the people around him communicated directly with the heads of militias who would march on the capitol. They had walkie-talkies and zip-tie handcuffs. Walkie talkies are only useful for coordinated activity, and zip-tie handcuffs are only useful for taking hostages.
It was kind of a shitty insurrection; the insurrectionists only had clubs & spears instead of actual guns, and the executive branch had too many neocons for any real unity to take shape. Also, the certification of the electoral college votes was... probably a little too late to act. But it was definitely a serious and organized effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
It was kind of a shitty insurrection; the insurrectionists only had clubs & spears instead of actual guns, and the executive branch had too many neocons for any real unity to take shape. Also, the certification of the electoral college votes was... probably a little too late to act. But it was definitely a serious and organized effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
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BohemianBoo · M
Why not?
BohemianBoo · M
@MalteseFalconPunch Yeah, people only care about something when it happens recently. It's the same thing with mass shootings. One happens, everyone mourns, we forget about it, then another one happens, and it's like oh that's right, we still have this problem.
Yeah, it's almost become a meme. Liberals always say it can't happen here. And really, the way they talk about how homophobia and transphobia are bad, but it won't lead to mass murder, it's literally exactly like how Liberals talked in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. As Nazis and Fascists were talking about eliminating the "enemies of the state," Liberals were disagreeing but shrugging it off.
Now we have a party whose central platform is that queer people are coming for your children. 😣
But no, I think it's good that the media is recognizing this as an anti-democratic Insurrection. We can fix our Democracy, we can eliminate the electoral college and such, without totally overturning the system. We should be pushing our Democracy forward, not going against it, since the other direction is Fascism.
Yeah, it's almost become a meme. Liberals always say it can't happen here. And really, the way they talk about how homophobia and transphobia are bad, but it won't lead to mass murder, it's literally exactly like how Liberals talked in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. As Nazis and Fascists were talking about eliminating the "enemies of the state," Liberals were disagreeing but shrugging it off.
Now we have a party whose central platform is that queer people are coming for your children. 😣
But no, I think it's good that the media is recognizing this as an anti-democratic Insurrection. We can fix our Democracy, we can eliminate the electoral college and such, without totally overturning the system. We should be pushing our Democracy forward, not going against it, since the other direction is Fascism.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Usually refer to it as the January 6th incident if I have to. Yet I never have objected to any of those words. It's pointless to criticize anyone's wording. Their meaning is usually quite clear so it doesn't matter.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@MalteseFalconPunch I have yet to find two people that has the same definitions on most words. So it pointless to criticize on wording. Only those that have Eidetic memory can have the same definitions. And I know none of those.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@MalteseFalconPunch you can do that with any word. And why it's pointless. Just the wrong accent can do it.
Northwest · M
@Human1000 I think I know what he's trying to say, but that does not make sense either.
As in the July 14, 1789 sacking of the Bastille was a good insurrection, but the Jan 6, 2022, attempting sacking oh the Capitol building and failed hanging of Mike Pence in the gallows they set up outside, is a bad insurrection.
For us, who were not there on July 14, 1789, we can simply say the Jan 6th insurrection, and everyone would still understand what it means.
As in the July 14, 1789 sacking of the Bastille was a good insurrection, but the Jan 6, 2022, attempting sacking oh the Capitol building and failed hanging of Mike Pence in the gallows they set up outside, is a bad insurrection.
For us, who were not there on July 14, 1789, we can simply say the Jan 6th insurrection, and everyone would still understand what it means.
Human1000 · M
@Northwest Ahh, not all insurrections are created equal. That being said, I think the term has a negative connotation. One man’s riot is another man’s “armed resistance” so to speak.
Jan 6 is different in that it is simply denied by its members, supporters, and enablers. Recall that for a couple of weeks it was a good ol’ “false flag operation.” I think that fell apart based on body type, goatee, and so much Velcro “tactical gear” no one believed the Dems could pull it off.
Jan 6 is different in that it is simply denied by its members, supporters, and enablers. Recall that for a couple of weeks it was a good ol’ “false flag operation.” I think that fell apart based on body type, goatee, and so much Velcro “tactical gear” no one believed the Dems could pull it off.
plungesponge · 41-45, M
Heck there's people saying it was a peaceful daytrip
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