Don’t Let Anyone Normalize January 6
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.......It’s interesting to consider why so many non-Trumpy Republican partisans and conservative intellectuals are willing to expend so much effort minimizing and contextualizing January 6. You might expect them to welcome the opportunity to draw a clean break, a sharp dividing line. Here, at last, is the toad too ugly to swallow; here is the long-awaited chance to shove Trump into the past and redirect their party to the post-Trump future.
I think I can see four reasons why this is not happening.
The first is the familiar human instinct to save face. You invest five years dismissing Trump as a vulgar but ultimately harmless buffoon. Then comes the definitive proof that you were wrong. Are you going to admit it? Of course not. You will use the mighty brain God gave you to explain why you were actually right all along, only in a slightly more complicated way than you were right before.
A second reason is that non-Trumpy conservatives share with Trump conservatives an intense preoccupation with the hypocrisies and double standards of their political opponents. If anything, non-Trumpy conservatives feel even more anger against those opponents than Trump conservatives do. Affirmatively pro-Trump conservatives feel right at home in the Trump coalition. For non-Trump conservatives, their situation is much less comfortable. Disregarding Trump himself as unimportant and irrelevant—while focusing all their attention on irksome things done by anybody other than Trump—becomes an indispensable psychological coping mechanism that leads them to reinterpret January 6 not as a story about Trump but as a story about why liberals did not say more in 2020 about urban disorders or some other irritant of the moment.
Reason three: Non-Trump conservatives have begun to absorb that Trump is not in fact receding into the past. Trump’s grip on the Republican Party remains tight. Unless he’s dead or otherwise unable by then, he’s the likeliest 2024 nominee. And even if he somehow is debarred from running, noisy loyalty to Trump will be a precondition for anyone who wants to succeed him. Non-Trump conservatives can privately allow that January 6 was a blemish on Trump’s record, but a defense of the record itself is the one and only meaningful test of loyalty in today’s GOP, more meaningful than being anti–abortion rights or pro-guns, to say nothing of the economic or fiscal principles that the party junked long ago.
Finally, while non-Trump conservatives may disapprove of the crude and excessive violence deployed on January 6, they do not disapprove of the post-democratic path being explored by the modern right. The yearning for a Caesar to repress the woke mob is expressed more and more explicitly, hence the appeal to even the highest-toned of today’s conservative intellectuals of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Poland’s Law and Justice party, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Some even have favorable words for some of the fascists of the 1930s, such as Portugal’s António Salazar.
The post-Trump right has a style as distinctive as its authoritarian substance: trolling, ironic, evasive. It expresses itself in rhetorical questions, in false alternatives, in sleights of phrase, in mocking deflections. It does not openly declare its intentions, in part because it does not dare to—and in part because it itself does not yet fully know. Those of us who have walked away from this betrayal of our earlier beliefs can discern the resemblance to the fascism of the last century. But those heading toward the new destination do not see so clearly, distracted as they are by the wisecracks that they are tweeting as they trudge.
But some things cannot be wisecracked away. January 6 was the last exit. If you can shrug it off as no big deal, just another incident of Trump talking too much, then you have already signed up for the next incident—and the one after that. You are then offering a no-risk pair of options for the enemies of democracy: Try to overthrow democracy and win, then you win; try and lose—hey, you were only kidding.
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Don’t Let Anyone Normalize January 6
I don't think anyone wants to normalize January 6, as it was one of the dumbest moves any group of yahoos could have done.
However, the left has certainly normalized looting, rioting and murdering, as evidenced of never condemning last summer's "Summer of Love".
Details Bugsy, details .....
Which do you think will fade from memory sooner
Protests against police brutality that occasionally had some violence, or an attempted overthrow of the US governmental process, instigated and approved by the president of the United States?
Surveys of last summer have shown that 90 + percent of Black Lives Matters protests around the country were peaceful.
The most interesting and enlightening thing about the Jan 6th aftermath is that , the next day, none of those Republicans who are now excusing the insurrection/riot were taking that position , nor did they on the 7th. But now, after seeing Trump supports the insurrection, they have fallen in line to try and downplay it.
Personally I hope neither fade from memory, but from history I expect both to fade over time.
But you are no different than the people who try to excuse the riot that took place on Jan 6th. You hype that 90% (other figures I've seen are 87%, not 90+ but whatever) that was peaceful. How many thousands of people showed up to the Trump rally on Jan 6th and did NOT take part in the riot at the Capital?
I suspect those hundreds of owners of buildings that were burned down won't forget the BLM protests soon.
So to you this about optics?
To the families of the people who died or were injured, to the people who's lives and businesses were ruined by the "summer of love" rioting and looting. It's about the actual rioting and looting and will never be forgotten.
Doubtful you'd ever forget it either if it happened to you.
Will people "forget" 9-11 ? Will people forget "Benghazi"? Will people forget the My Lai Massacre? or Kent State or the Cuba Missile crisis? Of course not because they are historical events . Jan 6th was an historical event, the sporadic violence you associate with George Floyd protests was not.
No John, it was unplanned protest that got of hand and turned violent, nothing approaching an insurrection or coup.
Just about all BLM "protests" were planned to be disruptive nd violent
Greg , every Trump supporter I have ever heard speak about it said they were going to the Capitol on Jan 6th to "Stop The Steal". How were they going to stop the steal with a peaceful protest outside the building? The plan was always to get inside and enter the congressional chambers.
Historical event yes, significant or important event, no
Anyone who breaks the law , particularly with violence, should be arrested and prosecuted.
I wonder how the Trump cultists would be defending Jan 6th if they didnt have the George Floyd protests to fall back on? We'd probably hear it was all the Squad's fault.
There is no evidence of any kind of plan. Everything that happened was spontaneous and spur of the moment
"Tell us lies, tell us lies, tell us sweet little lies. Tell us, tell us, tell us, lies."
The only part you left out was "The alt right agitators being responsible for the violence during leftist riots."
Maybe the right will stop downplaying Jan 6 when the left stop downplaying 5 plus years of their radical idiots riots, looting, arson, assaults, and murders.
Please, the only reason the left remember Benghazi is to repeatedly trash the Republicans for the number of investigations they conducted into it.
Keep the denial going. It was far more than sporadic, and involved far more than a few hundred or even a few thousand people.
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Something we can agree on. If it were the case a lot more jail cells would have been filled from the summer of love than from Jan 6th. One hellava lot more!
Funny, i keep hearing people like you say masses of people are defending what happened on Jan 6th but i'm not hearing them. Not at all.
I hear some folks slamming the plethora of left wing rhetoric calling it an insurrection but that's about it.
OK, John...show us where conservatives defended the January 6 riots. I know of one person, don't know who it was, that said it looked just like another tourist day. Otherwise, EVERY OTHER CONSERVATIVE has condemned it.
Can you say the same for the "summer of love" riots?
Here is what you do not understand, jan 6th and the George Floyd protests are not two sides of the same coin, they are totally separate situations and events.
You actually sound, ludicrously, that it is not possible to pass judgement on Jan 6th without also passing judgement on the George Floyd protests, and even vice versa, and that is simply ridiculous. Donald Trump was president of the United States when he thanked his supporters for trying to take over the Capitol Building ("remember this day forever"), you act like he was nothing but a street corner punk wannabe gangleader.
It really shows the level of desperation that infuses the arguments of the right. ( "What we did isnt bad because someone else did something too")
Yeah, i understand John. Ad Hominem attacks are all you have.
SOSDD
When you are willing to discuss Jan 6th without bringing up the black lives matter protests from the previous summer then we can talk about "ad hominem". I havent seen it yet.
Yep, that's your story and i'm sure you will stick to it John.
Just to remind you, i didn't bring it up. My first post in this string was in response to you responding to the poster who did bring it up.
So it's a little late to be pushing the off topic gambit John. A little late indeed.
'There is no evidence of any kind of plan. Everything that happened was spontaneous and spur of the moment.'
'“... just say the election was corrupt ...”'
Solipsism to the core.
'President Donald Trump urged top officials of the Department of Justice (DoJ) ... he and his supporters in Congress would follow this up with action.
'...how the Trump cultists would be defending Jan 6th if they didnt have the George Floyd protests...'
Solipsism to the rescue!
Idealists thrive on their preferred world as an ideal. Whatever preferred reality they can imagine to be true IS true [to them] BECAUSE they prefer it to objective reality. So there is a reason for which Marx and Engels deliberately eviscerated subjective idealism [solipsism].
This tactic intentionally hinders any real discussion of serious matters by baiting people into discussing nonsense invented for that purpose. So long as this strategy prevails, a principled, counter-position will not be developed. The result is that narrative extremism, reaction and illusion deepens and shifts ever further rightward. This is permitted PRECISELY because of the FAILURE to develop the principled counter-position without which no EFFECTIVE opposition to fascism can emerge.
It is not possible to host rational conversation with those whose conceptual framework [the grid through which they perceive, interpret and integrate data] is shaped around fictitious narratives. You cannot do that. You cannot do so because you then work within a subjective 'vision' conjured in their own minds. That narrative will always be altered to serve their preferred vision -- and this process continues in perpetuity.
A defensible counter-position to stop the rush to what is emerging in America IS possible; but it requires that stop deluding ourselves with the notion that 'rebutting the nonsense' is an effective strategy. It is rather necessary to evaluate the strategy, and the class interests which animate it. Without this -- and the material/social[ist] position which supports it, there is no chance of hindering the lapse into fascism, the collapse of civil rights, war and world war -- ending inevitably with thermonuclear holocaust in which millions or even billions will die needlessly.
How many MILLIONS of people showed up to BLM protests during the summer of 2020 and did NOT take part in ANY violence?
Greg, you and those who voted up your comment are utterly uninformed. MULTIPLE defendants are charged with conspiracy.
We've heard a lot about those protests..
But you've hit the nail on its head.
The key phrase here?
LAST SUMMER.
His attempted derail by the tactic of "Whaddaboudism" has failed once again-- because that was last summer..and times have changed!
When you are willing to discuss Jan 6th without bringing up the black lives matter protests from the previous summer
We've heard a lot about those protests..
But you've hit the nail on its head.
The key phrase here?
LAST SUMMER.
His attempted derail by the tactic of "Whaddaboudism" has failed once again-- because that was last summer..and times have changed!
To say nothing of the fact that the use of the feeble tactic of "Whattaboutism" is a sure sign that the user is losing an argument!!!
Historical event yes, significant or important event, no
WTF????
Don't you read the news?
And worse!!!
There were many who came prepared for violence.
One doesn't bring a baseball bat to a choir meeting.
Maybe not your choir practices...
Good one
The left is desperately continuing to exaggerate the significance of this dismal event, hoping to gain political advantage for the midterms.
However, the Dems are screwing up so badly with the far left radicals in charge of Biden, that they have little hope winning control of either chamber of Congress
Ten years from no one will remember the so called "George Floyd riots"of 2020.
Everyone will remember the Capitol Building insurrection of Jan 6th 2021.
Nah....just a handful of diehard progressive conspiracy theorists will keep trying to keep the lie alive
Don't underestimate the media. They will set up Jan 6 every year to do a documentary on the riot to remind everyone about it. They will call out every far left wing loon they can find to make sure the event is magnified as much as possible.
It is shocking though not surprising that the right tries to downplay an attempt to literally overthrow an American presidential election result.
Trump has lowered the standards by which conservatives comport themselves to a sub-basement level.
It's way lower than that.
Keep repeating the same damn big lie long enough; and TDS sufferers will accept it as the truth so long as it fits their anti-Trump narrative.
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Midterms are coming; there is no saving the Democrats from the beating they are due.
I still remember meeting John. Paul, George and Ringo and getting high with Bob Marley, Joe Walsh, Bob Dillon, Lowell George and Sting back in the Police days.
Why would the left condemn it? It has been going on far longer than the last year. Try the last 5 plus years. Looting, arson, rioting, and murder are now an accepted way of protest for the left; and only the left.
The Democrats and left are just pissed off the alt right had the temerity to try the same tactics- minus the arson, looting, and murder.
Absolute and utter bullshit. How could anyone expect less from you?
I am sure that you will continue to conflate the riots with the protest of BLM and tar the many millions of peaceful protesters with the actions of a few hundred or even thousand who decided that rioting was the thing to do. We all know that this conflation is a logical fallacy and an intellectually dishonest way of argumentation, but what the hell, if some people can't think past their shoelaces, feed them bullshit and they will follow along, gulping away.
Really, Thomas?
How about you show us video of leftists (politicians or media) condemning the riots during the "summer of love". You won't because there is none out there. The only time you saw Biden or Harris, or any other politician saying the disapprove is when their internal polls starting showing the public at large was very much against them. Then they had no choice.
I wonder how much bail money raised by Harris and her kooks simply went into their pockets and not always going to bail.
Almost every major democratic run city in America suffered some sort of violence during the "summer of love".
If anyone denies this, they are just blind to what is in front of them.
Link
Sorry, Thomas, nice try but fail.
It seems you did not even read your own seed. Not one of those highlighted in the "fact check" article condemned the violence taking place. In fact, even Clyburn tried to turn it around and say violence is a republican thing, of course, with no proof, because he was lying.
Now, show proof of any leftist politician or media that CONDEMNED the rioting in democratic cities during the "summer of love", not generalized statements like "this is not what we do", even though it really os.
You are correct Thomas.
Some folks are deaf, dumb, and blind to the truth.
OK, you seem to agree with Thomas. How about YOU provide some actual video of a leftist politician or media CONDEMNING the leftist riots during the "summer of love".
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Yes they did. Multiple times. If you can't read, then it is not my fault. If you can't comprehend what you are reading, I suggest a local community college.
Again...NONE of them condemned ANY of the riots during the "summer of love". At best, one or two of them said that violence is not acceptable, but they did not direct their comments to any group in general. Funny thing is, if you truly think that some leftist politician did do what you allege, then absolutely no one listened to them..
Big whoopdie doo.
Absolutely none of them sent a message directly to the rioters to STOP destroying property and killing people. They were so agreeable with it that Harris and her idiot backers had a "get out of jail free card" by raising bail for these criminals to get out of jail and go right back onto the streets the next day and destroy more property and kill more people.
I can assure you I comprehend that just fine.
From Thomas's link:
Just a few paragraphs from the article but there's more to read if you are willing
I helped him out. I hate to see someone floundering
You actually proved my point because I already pointed out that if someone was desperate, they would use these two people's quotes as "proof" I even said Clyburn said what they were doing was a republican tactic, and that, obviously, was a lie.
Now, where did any of them tell the leftist rioters to stop what they are doing? Here's a hint...They never did.
I'm sure it was nice of you to try and back up your boy, but that just means that two people failed.
The only thing you did was tally up 2 people who failed to prove a point.
From Thomas' link:
I can assure you that you don't comprehend. If you did, you would not still be uttering worn out and disproven talking points.
You are moving the goalposts now. You said initially:
I do realize that my post was from a print source, but it was close enough to show that leaders and media outlets had, in fact, condemned the riots. Any person who says they did not is flat out wrong. And that, my friend, is the end of it. No amount of caterwauling on your part is going to change that basic fact and will just prove my point further that you are wrong.
Oh, yeah. Woof!
Some folks are so dimwitted, they don't realize when they're being ignored by other members.
Also, look at all the copy cats - one comes up with 'summer of love' and like the hive minded folks that they are - they all say the same thing.
It seems that the Mayor of Portland was pretty vocal about condemning the riots and rioters...in print
in video
and on FOX
But that doesn't fit the narrative of the NT right wing
True.
Well, with one exception ... Trump & the MAGA supporters:
Trump Saw 'Love' And 'Kissing' During Violent Capitol Riot
True.
Well, with one exception ... Trump & the MAGA supporters:
Trump Saw 'Love' And 'Kissing' During Violent Capitol Riot
(And as time goes on, more and more people are beginning to realize that )
Has the democratic experiment in America come to an end? I don't know, but look at other nations who were ostensibly democratic and have trended towards a more authoritarian government. Then look at the USA experience. I see strikingly similar occurrences with one major exception: Trump, the wanna-be fascist demagogue lost the last election and the treasonous uprising he thought would follow his months long Lie to America fizzled. He should be dead politically, but he is still present, not quite dead yet, a clinging to the shards of his base and trying to assemble another run. We should have stuck a cork in him long ago.
The only thing that will fade Trump away is when he stops breathing. He has a mental illness that demands that he be the center of attention.
Says the guy who continues to seed stories about the man 7 months after he left office.
You are priceless. No price is too low to pay for your wisdom.
Trump puts himself in the news.
Had he gone and shut the fuck up after Jan 20 it would be difficult for people to keep commenting on him. But rather, he is already campaigning for the 2024 presidency. He is mentally ill.
Can you find any other former president that went out and gave a half dozen speeches , political rallies no less, in the first 6 months after leaving office? Of course not, because none of the others had the illness of malignant narcissism.
So what? No different than Hillary doing the same thing after the 2016 election, and still rearing her ugly head at times today. Less and less people are paying attention to her, much like what will probably happen to Trump.
Problem for you is Trump is not like other presidents, and it is difficult for you to keep up with the seeds that apparently you are assigned to put up everyday.
Youre right , no other president was a known pathological liar, crook, bigot, moron and cheat on the day they got elected.
That is true to a point. However, the difference is that the Democrats before him were masters at hiding their true histories and depended on the voters they screwed in the past to ask for more thinking it would be different this time.
Here is your second challenge, Thomas.
Show us exactly what Trump has said or did, or even tried to do, that was an inkling of authoritarian. Again, you won't, because it doesn't exist.
Everything Trump did and said was aimed at gathering and maintaining power and attention. It is still occuring today. He can deny that was what he was intending and you can suck the marrow out of that bone, but you will still starve if that is the sole source of your sustenance.
The most egregious example is the assertion that the election was stolen is an example of just one of the ways he tried to overturn the will of the people. Modern day dictators still have the support of some of the people: the selfish and the misinformed or duped.
So you can't give any examples. You can't even explain how you think Trump tried to "overthrow" the 2020 election.
By challenging the results (within his rights), what did he do different than several democratic lawmakers did in 2000 and 2016?
Now.....exact examples, please....and not generalizations or feelings
Thanks
And it seems you are more than happy to oblige and provide said attention.......................STILL right here.
trmp insisted that Pence not certify the election results. He was super pissed at Pence when Pence said he had to certify the results.
There was an example last week of trmp assuming he had dictatorial powers. I will go find it because I commented on it.
All thru-out his term he thought that he had absolute power and when someone reined him in, he threw a hissy fit. You know that's true
Yes, until he no longer threatens our country and its institutions.
He lied continually and to this day about how the election was going to be and was stolen from him.
Look at any speech he made. I am not about to play your rabbit hole games.
I did in comment. 3.2.1
mmmmK. LMAO. Why because he interrupted the status quo and "normal" operation of GovCo? hahahaHAHAHA
You can laugh at the truth if you so choose.
Isn't that politics? Trump is certainly less nuanced. But Trump seeking attention and the power provided by that attention isn't any different than Hillary Clinton's politics. Trump is blaming a rigged system; Clinton blamed the voters. The difference between Trump's politics and Clinton's politics is rather superficial.
After four years of trying to delegitimize the Trump Presidency, using every institutional means possible, the only thing left in the arsenal is gaslighting chutzpah.
Trump claiming the election was stolen has provided institutional politics and government many opportunities to display how the system is rigged. And they have. A notable trait of dictatorships (conveniently overlooked) is one party rule. Under a dictatorship, one political party controls government, the courts, the press, religion, education, and the economy. The one political party intrudes into every facet of daily life under a dictatorship.
The claims that Trump was or wanted to be a dictator are tenuous at best and complete nonsense at most.
Sincere Trump supporters are the most deluded people that have ever existed in this country.
You must think that a tidal wave and the squirt of a garden hose are no different then either.
Nonsensical generalization .... nothing more and nothing of value. Not in the least.
Perhaps. Being delusional isn't unusual for true believers of any political cause.
Are you denying the four years of institutional attempts (public and private) to delegitimize the Trump Presidency?
Whatever amounts of attempts there were to delegitimize Trump, there wasn't enough.
You say it like delegitimizing Trump was a bad thing. It was patriotism.
Trump lied to the American people thousands of times. Usually he lied to promote himself or to attack those who disagreed with him. He is , easily, the most unfit person to ever hold high office in the national government. He tried to bribe the leader of a foreign nation to help Trump's political chances. He tried to overthrow his own government.
But you know all that, and yet can try to defend Trump.
Trump voters , both times (since it was known prior to the 2016 election that he was completely unfit for office) , either were deluded or voted for someone who they knew was horribly unfit to lead America.
Whats your pleasure?
The attempts to delegitimize the Trump Presidency are quite apparent to those who aren't delusional. The opposition to Trump moved the country closer to becoming a police state where citizens are scrutinized for their political beliefs.
Viewing global imperialism as patriotic is a penultimate delusion.
The only lies told thousands of time here are the lies you tell about Trumps lies
busting out the maga kneepads ...
Trump supporters are getting crazier by the day. We're going to need a vaccine against THAT before long.
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Nothing legitimate about the Turd Reich's 'presidency'.
What happened at the Capitol was a normal day in America. The public has seen riots play out on TV before. The public has seen people of questionable character elevated to heroic public figures before. The public has seen public figures making outrageous claims to foster uprising, protests, and violence before. None of what happened at the Capitol was new or novel.
What happened at the Capitol was also justice, so some extent. People did to Congress what Congress has been doing to people. Congress was forced to experience a normal day outside the Beltway. And like all the other riots the public has seen play out on TV, the riot at the Capitol won't change anything.
Nerm, do you consider yourself to be an extremist ?
I want ALL riots outlawed. I want ALL attacks on civil society outlawed. I want ALL violence removed from politics.
I want martial law in Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and Kenosha just like martial law at the Capitol.
Are those extremist expectations?
Donald Trump was The President Of The United States when he told his crowd to march over to the Capitol and fight for "stop the steal" , "if you dont fight you wont have a country anymore".
Do you think Trump's crowd took that as an instruction to stand outside the capitol building "protesting" ?
How was a protest going to "stop the steal" ?
Was Trump wrong?
Rioting has become a normal form of protesting. The public has seen that play out on TV numerous times. The riot at the Capitol was just another riot shown on the TV; nothing novel or new.
The riot at the Capitol wouldn't change the election any more than other riots around the country will change social justice. The riots haven't changed anything.
Just because YOU think he was inciting a riot doesn't make it so.
We've told you this many times before.
What those people did was on their own, no one else.
By your logic, Maxine Waters should be arrested for telling her supporters to get into the faces of Trump cabinet and supporters. Quite a few people did and some of the supporters were assaulted. All in the name of what Waters told them to do.
Of course, you won't look at it like that because your hatred for Trump and his supporters far outweigh any assault or damage they may have received
I have given up on trying to use facts and logic on you. You are immune. Since I am not allowed to ridicule you the way I would like, I guess it is nothing.
John, don't be delusional.
You have never shown facts and logic...to anyone...ever.
Today is no different.
Bugsy, everyone here knows that you got no game.
Some folks are so dim that they don't realize when they're being ignored by certain other posters. .
That's funny, John...in a sad way.
Maybe one day you will bring an argument that is worth spending a few minutes with.
That day is not today.
You're right. Maybe you haven't noticed you only have 5 posts in your Jan 6 seed.
There's a reason for the ignore.
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You are so correct John!
That's funny, bugsy...in a sad way.
You've been posting in this seed for HOURS...
Kettle/Pot right?
News for you, bugsy:
Your 'show me where your guys denounced riots' is not a valid argument. I think that's what you'll want to plead as soon as your own 'argument' is turned on you. Ex:
Proposition:
The violence/destruction tied to the protest was instigated by police agent provocateurs to rationalize suspension of civil liberties and forcefully disperse protesters.
Now bugsy: point us to the mayors, city councils and police supervisors who have denounced the role of police agent provocateurs as described.
I'd guess you want to reject that and say that this 'argument' isn't valid.
But if you reject this, you can't legitimately censor others for their irrationality.
You can't have it both ways.
The third officer to respond has taken his own life. His death is on the hands of every one of those aholes who stormed the capitol, the speakers at the rally who fueled the crowd, and every congressman if proven guilty of being complicit.
More over-emotional bullshit.
These people were most definitely in the wrong line of work if they chose to do this to themselves
In the end no one is responsible for those choices but the people that made them.
Period.
You have proof of this how?
How many of those officers involved in Jan 6th were also involved in the multiple BLM and Antifa riots over the "Summer of Love"? How many were already suffering problems before Jan 6th occurred?
Better throw in every last BLM and Antifa rioter in DC; all their Democrat enablers; and the system they worked in that didn't care enough to notice they needed help; and make sure they got the help they needed.
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Funny how the party that calls for "personal responsibility" but then fails to do anything responsible to get vaxxed and masked, fails to join in completely and call for a 1/6 investigation, fails to support gun safety measures that the majority of Americans support, and fails to admit the truth of what they saw with their own eyes about 1/6.
First they blame China for the virus but even that is true, personal responsibility lies with each and every American to fight against the virus, especially if it came from China. They do the exact opposite.
They claim the virus is a hoax, then claim it is Trump's vaccine. Well then why are they not taking the vaccine, broadcasting it on social media calling it the Trump vaccine?
If they call it Trump's vaccine, then they admit straight out that it was never a hoax as Trump and many Republicans claimed.
Why damage so many red states with denying the vaccine while Trump's voters die taking the path of no responsibility.
If 1/6 was nothing but a bunch of white BLM supporters waving Trump flags and wearing Trump hats then why didn't Republicans jump on that to investigate? If 1/6 was the invisible "antifa" that manifested into Trump supporters storming the Capitol then why didn't every Republican jump on board a real investigation?
They don't want to admit or take responsibility for anything as their own party shrinks and dies, quite literally.
Your questions are just too difficult to answer. One would have to live in alternate reality to even wrap one's head around the hypocrisy and inconsistency
And look what that did!
Random attacks on Asian-Americans are way up...after Trump started calling Covid "The China Virus" and the "Kung-Flu".
If that's not direct incitement I don't know what is!!!
They're dying/dead/a stinking bloated corpse, but refuse to admit it.