Threw away the dream..

xenon · 9 Jan 2021, 17:44

Apparently married to a physician, stay at home dad of 5 kids (according to a local Florida news outlet).

https://www.newsweek.com/adam-johnson-nancy-pelosis-lectern-capitol-riot-arrested-florida-1560231

xenon · X xenon 9 Jan 2021, 17:43

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Doctor Phibes · 9 Jan 2021, 20:38

@xenon said in Threw away the dream..:

stay at home dad of 5 kids

He should have stayed at home.

Mik · 9 Jan 2021, 19:28

I suppose there had to be a Florida Man story in there somewhere.

Doctor Phibes · wrote on 9 Jan 2021, 19:24

Alcohol. It's a hell of a drug.

jodi · 1 Sept 2021, 19:31

@mik said in Threw away the dream..:

I suppose there had to be a Florida Man story in there somewhere.

Allan Mestel, who told the channel he was an acquaintance of Johnson, said he had notified the FBI when he recognized the Florida man in the photo.

Loki · wrote on 9 Jan 2021, 20:38

@doctor-phibes said in Threw away the dream..:

@xenon said in Threw away the dream..:

stay at home dad of 5 kids

He should have stayed at home.

Sounds like his wife supported him.

Renauda · 10 Jan 2021, 00:51

I am confident that he was just a concerned citizen who, at the time, wanted to make his presence felt.

Aqua Letifer · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 00:51

@renauda said in Threw away the dream..:

I am confident that he was just a concerned citizen who, at the time, wanted to make his presence felt.

I've spent a lot of time looking at videos of the rally, and I have to tell you, this guy looked like just another tourist to me.

jon-nyc · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 04:12

Threw away the dream

Doctor Phibes · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 04:27

He just looks like a knobhead with a stupid hat to me. Sorry, a knobhead with a plinth, and a stupid hat, and a lot of cheap booze.

kluurs · 10 Jan 2021, 05:14

All the other kids were doing it... Again, stupid - but they felt they were acting upon the directive of those who told them the country was being stolen from them - and Joseph ~~Stalin~~ Biden was not the true President. While guilty of poor judgment, they felt they were acting in the best interests of the nation as defined by the President.

Aqua Letifer · 1 Oct 2021, 05:15

@kluurs said in Threw away the dream..:

All the other kids were doing it... Again, stupid - but they felt they were acting upon the directive of those who told them the country was being stolen from them - and Joseph ~~Stalin~~ Biden was not the true President. While guilty of poor judgment, they felt they were acting in the best interests of the nation as defined by the President.

LD had a good point awhile back: how many of these folks do you think actually thought they'd get access to the Capitol? I mean, watch the videos of them after they got inside. There was clearly no plan whatsoever.

I really hate what happened, but assuming we take that line of thinking kluurs, would it be better for the country overall if they went easy on the sentencing? Or has all this shit from the past year gone quite far enough and now's the time to get serious about punishing mobs?

Jolly · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 05:15

@aqua-letifer said in Threw away the dream..:

@kluurs said in Threw away the dream..:

All the other kids were doing it... Again, stupid - but they felt they were acting upon the directive of those who told them the country was being stolen from them - and Joseph ~~Stalin~~ Biden was not the true President. While guilty of poor judgment, they felt they were acting in the best interests of the nation as defined by the President.

LD had a good point awhile back: how many of these folks do you think actually thought they'd get access to the Capitol? I mean, watch the videos of them after they got inside. There was clearly no plan whatsoever.

I really hate what happened, but assuming we take that line of thinking kluurs, would it be better for the country overall if they went easy on the sentencing? Or has all this shit from the past year gone quite far enough and now's the time to get serious about punishing mobs?

Nah, I'm still holding out for crucifixion.

At Arlington.

jon-nyc · 10 Jan 2021, 05:17

You have to think about the moral hazard problem.

Oh, and they beat a federal officer to death with a fire extinguisher.

What do you think they would have done had they captured Pelosi or Pence?

Aqua Letifer · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 05:17

@jon-nyc said in Threw away the dream..:

You have to think about the moral hazard problem.

Oh, and they beat a federal officer to death with a fire extinguisher.

What do you think they would have done had they captured Pelosi or Pence?

Well that's another thing, are we going to say they're all the same "they" or prosecute them individually? I'm sure we have the surveillance footage to single people out, right?

jon-nyc · 10 Jan 2021, 05:20

Obviously we try them as individuals.

Aqua Letifer · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 05:20

@jon-nyc said in Threw away the dream..:

Obviously we try them as individuals.

That would make the death of the police officer completely irrelevant for the guys who just invaded the offices.

jon-nyc · X xenon 9 Jan 2021, 17:43

@xenon said in Threw away the dream..:

His lawyer said that at his trial he won’t be taking the stand.

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I’ll see myself out.

89th · wrote on 10 Jan 2021, 11:36

LLOL

The New Coffee Room

Threw away the dream..