Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. What the hell were they thinking?

What the hell were they thinking?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
65 Posts 14 Posters 1.0k Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • jon-nycJ Offline
    jon-nycJ Offline
    jon-nyc
    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
    #13

    Here's an excerpt from the US Attorney for DC's presser yesterday:

    So again, I just want to clarify that the initial charges were filing, some of these misdemeanors, these are only the beginning, this is not the end. So what are we looking at downstream here? So in terms of what we’re looking at is the initial charges’ everyone’s familiar with. The zip tie guy, the Munchels and the [inaudible 00:11:21] that were arrested on the house floor with zip ties, rifling through the house floor. People are familiar with online, they see the Barnett’s and Johnson’s, who were literally rifling through Pelosi’s office and stealing items, stealing materials, mail, and sometimes even personal momentos. So those are the cases, the public’s familiar with. They’re familiar with those cases because of social media, but what the public isn’t familiar with is that the FBI working with the U.S. attorney’s offices across the country and the crux of those being in DC, we’re looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy. Just yesterday, our office organized a strike force of very senior national security prosecutors and public corruption prosecutors, their only marching orders from me are to build, seditious and conspiracy charges related to the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol. These are significant charges that have felonies with prison terms of up to 20 years.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
    1 Reply Last reply
    • George KG George K

      @loki said in What the hell were they thinking?:

      Bowser asking for no national guard

      Really? I didn't see that.

      (legal question)

      DC, being "not a state"...does the mayor have standing to call in the national guard?

      L Offline
      L Offline
      Loki
      wrote on last edited by
      #14

      @george-k said in What the hell were they thinking?:

      @loki said in What the hell were they thinking?:

      Bowser asking for no national guard

      Really? I didn't see that.

      (legal question)

      DC, being "not a state"...does the mayor have standing to call in the national guard?

      1 Reply Last reply
      • JollyJ Jolly

        Thinking?

        I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

        MikM Away
        MikM Away
        Mik
        wrote on last edited by
        #15

        @jolly said in What the hell were they thinking?:

        Thinking?

        I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

        Yup. There’s no possible positive endgame.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

        Aqua LetiferA taiwan_girlT 2 Replies Last reply
        • MikM Mik

          @jolly said in What the hell were they thinking?:

          Thinking?

          I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

          Yup. There’s no possible positive endgame.

          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by
          #16

          @mik said in What the hell were they thinking?:

          @jolly said in What the hell were they thinking?:

          Thinking?

          I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

          Yup. There’s no possible positive endgame.

          I agree, but that's just the idiots on social. Let's see what the investigation comes out with.

          Please love yourself.

          1 Reply Last reply
          • X Offline
            X Offline
            xenon
            wrote on last edited by xenon
            #17

            The President is literally pumping you up.

            It's the most powerful man in the world.

            You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

            He's telling you to go save the Republic.

            The details will work themselves out.

            LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
            • MikM Mik

              @jolly said in What the hell were they thinking?:

              Thinking?

              I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

              Yup. There’s no possible positive endgame.

              taiwan_girlT Online
              taiwan_girlT Online
              taiwan_girl
              wrote on last edited by
              #18

              @mik said in What the hell were they thinking?:

              @jolly said in What the hell were they thinking?:

              Thinking?

              I don't think most of them were thinking at all...

              Yup. There’s no possible positive endgame.

              YEs, mobs do weird things. A friend of a friend of a friend, etc. knows the CEO from Chicago who got fired. He said that he is a normal guy. Level head, never extreme, etc Was complete shocked when he found out the guy was there.

              1 Reply Last reply
              • X xenon

                The President is literally pumping you up.

                It's the most powerful man in the world.

                You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                The details will work themselves out.

                LuFins DadL Offline
                LuFins DadL Offline
                LuFins Dad
                wrote on last edited by
                #19

                @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                The President is literally pumping you up.

                It's the most powerful man in the world.

                You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                The details will work themselves out.

                Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                The Brad

                X 1 Reply Last reply
                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                  The President is literally pumping you up.

                  It's the most powerful man in the world.

                  You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                  He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                  The details will work themselves out.

                  Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                  X Offline
                  X Offline
                  xenon
                  wrote on last edited by xenon
                  #20

                  @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                  @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                  The President is literally pumping you up.

                  It's the most powerful man in the world.

                  You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                  He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                  The details will work themselves out.

                  Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                  Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                  LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                  • X xenon

                    @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                    @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                    The President is literally pumping you up.

                    It's the most powerful man in the world.

                    You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                    He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                    The details will work themselves out.

                    Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                    Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                    LuFins DadL Offline
                    LuFins DadL Offline
                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #21

                    @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                    @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                    @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                    The President is literally pumping you up.

                    It's the most powerful man in the world.

                    You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                    He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                    The details will work themselves out.

                    Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                    Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                    They might have been thinking their dog was telling them to kill the stripper. It doesn’t make the dog responsible.

                    The Brad

                    X jon-nycJ 2 Replies Last reply
                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      The President is literally pumping you up.

                      It's the most powerful man in the world.

                      You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                      He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                      The details will work themselves out.

                      Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                      Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                      They might have been thinking their dog was telling them to kill the stripper. It doesn’t make the dog responsible.

                      X Offline
                      X Offline
                      xenon
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #22

                      @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                      The President is literally pumping you up.

                      It's the most powerful man in the world.

                      You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                      He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                      The details will work themselves out.

                      Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                      Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                      They might have been thinking their dog was telling them to kill the stripper. It doesn’t make the dog responsible.

                      That wasn’t the question in the thread.

                      LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                        @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                        @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                        The President is literally pumping you up.

                        It's the most powerful man in the world.

                        You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                        He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                        The details will work themselves out.

                        Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                        Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                        They might have been thinking their dog was telling them to kill the stripper. It doesn’t make the dog responsible.

                        jon-nycJ Offline
                        jon-nycJ Offline
                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                        #23

                        @lufins-dad

                        Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                        Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                        Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                        Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                        Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                        How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                        HoraceH LuFins DadL 2 Replies Last reply
                        • X xenon

                          @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                          @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                          @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                          @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                          The President is literally pumping you up.

                          It's the most powerful man in the world.

                          You're all feeling the weight of the moment.

                          He's telling you to go save the Republic.

                          The details will work themselves out.

                          Except he actually said “Peacefully and Patriotically make your voice be heard”. This doesn’t even come close to passing the Brandenburg test.

                          Ok, so what’s your best take of what the people invading the Capitol were thinking?

                          They might have been thinking their dog was telling them to kill the stripper. It doesn’t make the dog responsible.

                          That wasn’t the question in the thread.

                          LuFins DadL Offline
                          LuFins DadL Offline
                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #24

                          @xenon so what you’re saying is that the asshats weren’t actually listening to what he was saying. I agree with that.

                          The Brad

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            @lufins-dad

                            Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                            Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                            Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                            Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                            Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                            How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                            HoraceH Offline
                            HoraceH Offline
                            Horace
                            wrote on last edited by Horace
                            #25

                            @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                            @lufins-dad

                            Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                            Why were they even there?

                            A lot of it had to do with the irrational hatred against Trump and his supporters. It is convenient to now place all blame on election fraud claims.

                            None of us expect those who participated in the irrational hatred to own any of its effects. So please don't worry. It won't land.

                            Education is extremely important.

                            X 1 Reply Last reply
                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              @lufins-dad

                              Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                              Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                              Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                              Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                              Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                              How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                              LuFins DadL Offline
                              LuFins DadL Offline
                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on last edited by LuFins Dad
                              #26

                              @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                              @lufins-dad

                              Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                              Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                              Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                              Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                              Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                              How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                              Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                              The Brad

                              jon-nycJ X 2 Replies Last reply
                              • HoraceH Horace

                                @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                @lufins-dad

                                Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                Why were they even there?

                                A lot of it had to do with the irrational hatred against Trump and his supporters. It is convenient to now place all blame on election fraud claims.

                                None of us expect those who participated in the irrational hatred to own any of its effects. So please don't worry. It won't land.

                                X Offline
                                X Offline
                                xenon
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #27

                                @horace said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                @lufins-dad

                                Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                Why were they even there?

                                A lot of it had to do with the irrational hatred against Trump and his supporters. It is convenient to now place all blame on election fraud claims.

                                None of us expect those who participated in the irrational hatred to own any of its effects. So please don't worry. It won't land.

                                Ah yes - the historic injustices against these people caused them to lash out.

                                HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
                                • X xenon

                                  @horace said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                  @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                  @lufins-dad

                                  Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                  Why were they even there?

                                  A lot of it had to do with the irrational hatred against Trump and his supporters. It is convenient to now place all blame on election fraud claims.

                                  None of us expect those who participated in the irrational hatred to own any of its effects. So please don't worry. It won't land.

                                  Ah yes - the historic injustices against these people caused them to lash out.

                                  HoraceH Offline
                                  HoraceH Offline
                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #28

                                  @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                  @horace said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                  @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                  @lufins-dad

                                  Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                  Why were they even there?

                                  A lot of it had to do with the irrational hatred against Trump and his supporters. It is convenient to now place all blame on election fraud claims.

                                  None of us expect those who participated in the irrational hatred to own any of its effects. So please don't worry. It won't land.

                                  Ah yes - the historic injustices against these people caused them to lash out.

                                  Not very historic. And I call them doofuses or pick your pejorative. Those who even demonstrated much less invaded.

                                  Education is extremely important.

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                    @lufins-dad

                                    Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                    Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                    Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                    Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                    Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                    How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                    Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                    jon-nycJ Offline
                                    jon-nycJ Offline
                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #29

                                    @lufins-dad

                                    Aren’t we discussing impeachment? It’s open and shut. This is the only impeachment in our history that will improve with age.

                                    But to your question, criminal liability? No way. Not unless we learn something yuge from the investigation.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                                    LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                      @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                      @lufins-dad

                                      Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                      Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                      Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                      Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                      Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                      How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                      Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                      X Offline
                                      X Offline
                                      xenon
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #30

                                      @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                      @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                      @lufins-dad

                                      Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                      Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                      Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                      Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                      Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                      How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                      Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                      If you killed someone’s mother in front of them and the killer got killed in retaliation, that wouldn’t stand up to the Brandenburg test either.

                                      LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                                      • X xenon

                                        @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                        @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                        @lufins-dad

                                        Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                        Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                        Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                        Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                        Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                        How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                        Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                        If you killed someone’s mother in front of them and the killer got killed in retaliation, that wouldn’t stand up to the Brandenburg test either.

                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins Dad
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #31

                                        @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                        @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                        @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                        @lufins-dad

                                        Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                        Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                        Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                        Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                        Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                        How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                        Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                        If you killed someone’s mother in front of them and the killer got killed in retaliation, that wouldn’t stand up to the Brandenburg test either.

                                        WTF? I don’t even see the analogy you are shooting for?

                                        Brandenburg is specifically the benchmark for incitement to violence by public speech.

                                        The Brad

                                        X 1 Reply Last reply
                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @lufins-dad

                                          Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                          Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                          Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                          Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                          Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                          How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                          Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                          If you killed someone’s mother in front of them and the killer got killed in retaliation, that wouldn’t stand up to the Brandenburg test either.

                                          WTF? I don’t even see the analogy you are shooting for?

                                          Brandenburg is specifically the benchmark for incitement to violence by public speech.

                                          X Offline
                                          X Offline
                                          xenon
                                          wrote on last edited by xenon
                                          #32

                                          @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @xenon said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @lufins-dad said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @jon-nyc said in What the hell were they thinking?:

                                          @lufins-dad

                                          Why do you take the rally on the 6th as your t=0?

                                          Why were they even there? How many of these clowns knew what the significance of Jan 6th was before November? Or even before Trump promoted it?
                                          Why did 10s of millions absorb the stolen election memetic complex?
                                          Why did the movement get so much oxygen in right wing media?
                                          Why did Wood and Powell get so much attention?
                                          How many 10s of millions of people did he promote Flynn’s tweets to?

                                          Does any of that stand up to Brandenburg? That’s a decision for the courts. Not you, not me, and sure as hell not Nancy Pelosi. So let’s put it to them.

                                          If you killed someone’s mother in front of them and the killer got killed in retaliation, that wouldn’t stand up to the Brandenburg test either.

                                          WTF? I don’t even see the analogy you are shooting for?

                                          Brandenburg is specifically the benchmark for incitement to violence by public speech.

                                          You can get people riled up to the point of crime, without being criminally liable for riling them up.

                                          LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups