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  • HoraceH Horace

    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

    @horace said in Insurrection:

    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

    @horace said in Insurrection:

    Obviously

    It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

    Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

    It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

    I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

    Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

    That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
    #35

    @horace said in Insurrection:

    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

    @horace said in Insurrection:

    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

    @horace said in Insurrection:

    Obviously

    It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

    Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

    It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

    I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

    Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

    That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

    So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

    I was only joking

    HoraceH CopperC 2 Replies Last reply
    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      Obviously

      It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

      Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

      It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

      I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

      Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

      That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

      So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

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      HoraceH Offline
      Horace
      wrote on last edited by
      #36

      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

      @horace said in Insurrection:

      Obviously

      It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

      Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

      It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

      I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

      Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

      That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

      So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

      Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        @horace said in Insurrection:

        @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

        @horace said in Insurrection:

        @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

        @horace said in Insurrection:

        Obviously

        It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

        Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

        It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

        I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

        Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

        That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

        So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

        CopperC Offline
        CopperC Offline
        Copper
        wrote on last edited by
        #37

        @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

        So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened.

        Mr. Trump condemned the violence

        I know that is no fun

        But he did

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        • CopperC Copper

          @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

          So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened.

          Mr. Trump condemned the violence

          I know that is no fun

          But he did

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          L Offline
          Loki
          wrote on last edited by
          #38

          @copper said in Insurrection:

          @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

          So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened.

          Mr. Trump condemned the violence

          I know that is no fun

          Munchausen smiled.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            Obviously

            It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

            Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

            It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

            I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

            Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

            That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

            So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

            Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

            Doctor PhibesD Offline
            Doctor PhibesD Offline
            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
            #39

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

            @horace said in Insurrection:

            Obviously

            It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

            Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

            It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

            I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

            Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

            That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

            So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

            Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

            Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

            He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

            You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

            I was only joking

            HoraceH CopperC 2 Replies Last reply
            • HoraceH Horace

              @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

              @horace said in Insurrection:

              @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

              @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

              what was his goal?

              Yeah I'd be interested in hearing this, too.

              He can't accept losing and was whining about how unfair it was, to sympathetic ears. Creating his own social bubble in which he didn't really lose.

              So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give… The Democrats are hopeless. They’re never voting for anything, not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.

              Because if an election's unfair, obviously the most natural thing to do is to go to the Capitol to provide pride and boldness.

              His rhetoric certainly contributed to the reckless idiots who stormed the Capitol. I don't think anybody is denying that.

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              Jolly
              wrote on last edited by
              #40

              @horace said in Insurrection:

              @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

              @horace said in Insurrection:

              @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

              @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

              what was his goal?

              Yeah I'd be interested in hearing this, too.

              He can't accept losing and was whining about how unfair it was, to sympathetic ears. Creating his own social bubble in which he didn't really lose.

              So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give… The Democrats are hopeless. They’re never voting for anything, not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.

              Because if an election's unfair, obviously the most natural thing to do is to go to the Capitol to provide pride and boldness.

              His rhetoric certainly contributed to the reckless idiots who stormed the Capitol. I don't think anybody is denying that.

              I will.

              There is no advocating violence in any of his statements. There is a call to exert political pressure. And how do you do that? Through peaceful, but very loud protest.

              Is there some unwritten law among leftist idiots, that only people who are leftists/socialists/communists who hate America are allowed to protest and attempt to influence politicians?

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                Obviously

                It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                HoraceH Offline
                HoraceH Offline
                Horace
                wrote on last edited by
                #41

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                @horace said in Insurrection:

                Obviously

                It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                You may be mistaking my not getting hysterical about Jan 6 with trying to minimize Trump’s rhetoric which allowed for it. I’m in the comfortable position of never having bought or propagated either narrative in question. The election theft not the BLM narrative.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • HoraceH Horace

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  Obviously

                  It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                  Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                  It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                  I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                  Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                  That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                  So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                  Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                  Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                  He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                  You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                  You may be mistaking my not getting hysterical about Jan 6 with trying to minimize Trump’s rhetoric which allowed for it. I’m in the comfortable position of never having bought or propagated either narrative in question. The election theft not the BLM narrative.

                  L Offline
                  L Offline
                  Loki
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #42

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                  Obviously

                  It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                  Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                  It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                  I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                  Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                  That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                  So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                  Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                  Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                  He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                  You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                  You may be mistaking my not getting hysterical about Jan 6 with trying to minimize Trump’s rhetoric which allowed for it. I’m in the comfortable position of never having bought or propagated either narrative in question. The election theft not the BLM narrative.

                  Let’s be honest. Election theft is not a new concept. It’s been a feature of most elections since Bush v Gore and was also featured with Nixon and maybe even Truman v Dewey.

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                  • L Loki

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    Obviously

                    It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                    Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                    It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                    I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                    Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                    That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                    So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                    Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                    Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                    He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                    You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                    You may be mistaking my not getting hysterical about Jan 6 with trying to minimize Trump’s rhetoric which allowed for it. I’m in the comfortable position of never having bought or propagated either narrative in question. The election theft not the BLM narrative.

                    Let’s be honest. Election theft is not a new concept. It’s been a feature of most elections since Bush v Gore and was also featured with Nixon and maybe even Truman v Dewey.

                    JollyJ Offline
                    JollyJ Offline
                    Jolly
                    wrote on last edited by Jolly
                    #43

                    @loki said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                    Obviously

                    It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                    Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                    It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                    I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                    Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                    That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                    So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                    Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                    Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                    He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                    You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                    You may be mistaking my not getting hysterical about Jan 6 with trying to minimize Trump’s rhetoric which allowed for it. I’m in the comfortable position of never having bought or propagated either narrative in question. The election theft not the BLM narrative.

                    Let’s be honest. Election theft is not a new concept. It’s been a feature of most elections since Bush v Gore and was also featured with Nixon and maybe even Truman v Dewey.

                    So, let's fix it.

                    What is wonderful about Trump is his ability to throw all the toys in the box into the air and people can see where they land. Often, the toys get examined for the first time in years, causing reform or reevaluation.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      @horace said in Insurrection:

                      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                      @horace said in Insurrection:

                      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                      @horace said in Insurrection:

                      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                      @horace said in Insurrection:

                      Obviously

                      It's obvious to you and me. Not everybody agrees.

                      Then again, Jewish space lasers. Some pretty loose wigs out there.

                      It's not clear to me who would deny that "the emotion of the mob was about election theft, an idea propagated mostly by Trump".

                      I'm pretty sure that Trump denies any responsibility for what happened, so therefore so do his most avid supporters.

                      Also, Kevin McCarthy says Trump didn't provoke them. If I could be bothered, I'm sure we'd find a lot more examples.

                      That's all a war of rhetoric, where one chooses which words to mince or not. The mob believed a thing that Trump said (and said, and said), got emotional about it, and did something incredibly stupid, illegal, self-defeating, and absurdly easy.

                      So, weasel words. Clearly Trump should take some responsibility for what happened. That should be obvious to anybody.

                      Sure, and anybody who believes and propagates the fictitious BLM narrative that incited violent mobs to take over neighborhoods, should take some responsibility for that, too.

                      Trump did a bit more than just believe and propogate. He invented the narrative in the first place. He went on about it for months, he actually prepared the ground prior to the election. He presumably paid other people who work for him do the same, and he organized a protest. He then told a crowd to march on the Capitol.

                      He didn't just make a few posts online - he was central to the motivation behind the conspiracy theory.

                      You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                      CopperC Offline
                      CopperC Offline
                      Copper
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #44

                      @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                      You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                      You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                        You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                        You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

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                        L Offline
                        Loki
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #45

                        @copper said in Insurrection:

                        @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                        You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                        You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                        I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                        I’d go just as hard at people who try to keep bringing it up. Smacking down the congressional inquiry for example was an important move from my point of view.

                        HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
                        • L Loki

                          @copper said in Insurrection:

                          @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                          You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                          You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                          I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                          I’d go just as hard at people who try to keep bringing it up. Smacking down the congressional inquiry for example was an important move from my point of view.

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                          @loki said in Insurrection:

                          @copper said in Insurrection:

                          @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                          You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                          You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                          I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                          Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            @loki said in Insurrection:

                            @copper said in Insurrection:

                            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                            You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                            You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                            I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                            Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

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                            @horace said in Insurrection:

                            @loki said in Insurrection:

                            @copper said in Insurrection:

                            @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                            You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                            You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                            I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                            Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                            Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

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                              @horace said in Insurrection:

                              @loki said in Insurrection:

                              @copper said in Insurrection:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                              You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                              You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                              I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                              Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                              Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

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                              @loki said in Insurrection:

                              @horace said in Insurrection:

                              @loki said in Insurrection:

                              @copper said in Insurrection:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                              You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                              You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                              I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                              Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                              Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

                              The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy. Nor even of "hugeness" of the event.

                              You might in fact consider it an unfortunate but acceptable consequence of our freedoms, but mostly of leaving the Capitol doors unlocked.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                a few doofusses

                                selfies

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                                • HoraceH Horace

                                  @loki said in Insurrection:

                                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                                  @loki said in Insurrection:

                                  @copper said in Insurrection:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                                  You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                  You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                  I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                                  Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                                  Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

                                  The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy. Nor even of "hugeness" of the event.

                                  You might in fact consider it an unfortunate but acceptable consequence of our freedoms, but mostly of leaving the Capitol doors unlocked.

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                                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                                  @loki said in Insurrection:

                                  @horace said in Insurrection:

                                  @loki said in Insurrection:

                                  @copper said in Insurrection:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                                  You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                  You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                  I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                                  Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                                  Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

                                  The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy. Nor even of "hugeness" of the event.

                                  You might in fact consider it an unfortunate but acceptable consequence of our freedoms, but mostly of leaving the Capitol doors unlocked.

                                  I agree and even was the first to point out that Mayor Bowser called off the National Guard even in the face of good intel. So I agree it should have been preventable. Accountability all around.

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                                  • HoraceH Horace

                                    @loki said in Insurrection:

                                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                                    @loki said in Insurrection:

                                    @copper said in Insurrection:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in Insurrection:

                                    You can try and minimise this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                    You can try and maximize this all you like, but it's pretty obvious what happened.

                                    I personally think it’s over and am not interested in either maximizing it or minimizing it. So far all our discussion is attempts to minimize it and the retort is like shooting fish in a barrel.

                                    Well, no. My recollection is that your own rhetoric about the event is hardly ground truth fact, rather your own emotional response to the Capitol being vandalized.

                                    Oh it was a huge event but I am in fact ready to move on except when folks minimize. I love how talk becomes twisted, if only those damn videos didn’t exist. LOL.

                                    The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy. Nor even of "hugeness" of the event.

                                    You might in fact consider it an unfortunate but acceptable consequence of our freedoms, but mostly of leaving the Capitol doors unlocked.

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                                    @horace said in Insurrection:

                                    The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                    People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                      @horace said in Insurrection:

                                      The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                      People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

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                                      @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

                                      the government to be overturned.

                                      That covers a lot of ground

                                      Maybe I don't understand "literally "

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                                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                        @horace said in Insurrection:

                                        The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                        People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

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                                        @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

                                        @horace said in Insurrection:

                                        The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                        People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

                                        People feel passionate about politics. It's not as if Trump's rhetoric created this psychology. How many people hoped Trump would die, or be killed? Heck, even posters on this board admitted to that.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                          @horace said in Insurrection:

                                          The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                          People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

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                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          @aqua-letifer said in Insurrection:

                                          @horace said in Insurrection:

                                          The videos are not proof of an existential attack against our democracy.

                                          People don't say that because it had any hope of succeeding. People say that because that's what the mob actually would want to happen. They literally wanted the government to be overturned. Again I refer you to the videos made at the time for evidence of this.

                                          Yeah, the fact that they were uselessly and cluelessly inept isn't really a good defence.

                                          I was only joking

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