They were dangerous enough to kill a police officer...
M-K-TAG said:
Seriously?? With these guys? Yeah... riiiggghhttt..
WarAGle said:
Don't come crying to this board when the republicans don't win another presidential election for the next 20-30 years if they are even still viable by then. It breaks my heart to say that. Yes I do say it was a coup. Capital police should have been better prepared. They weren't. Rioters brought zip tie restraints. They didn't just bring them to "protest peacefully". They erected a gallows outside the Capitol and shouted "Hang Mike Pence". Trump needs to be arrested and tried for Treason.
Well, sure.ttu_85 said:
So you are saying 300 mostly unarmed, poorly organized rioters is a coup attempt? Wow. That would have to be the lamest "coup attempt" in human history
I thought coups were conducted by several thousand highly trained, well armed operatives or a military overthrow.
Any idea how dumb this sounds.
...and don't forget the outgoing administration, the CIA and FBI. Maybe not a military coup, but an executive branch coup.CRebs22 said:eric76 said:Did it involve several thousand well trained operatives or a military overthrow?CRebs22 said:
The only coup done in recent American history is evidenced by what the democrats have done for the past 4 years
If you consider thousands of journos and big tech punks to be "well trained", then absolutely. 4 years of fake news and censorship is dangerous enough; and we've only scratched the surface. It is going to get much worse. Maybe they'll remember you in the new world order
You list what others have done and follow that with treason for Trump.WarAGle said:
Don't come crying to this board when the republicans don't win another presidential election for the next 20-30 years if they are even still viable by then. It breaks my heart to say that. Yes I do say it was a coup. Capital police should have been better prepared. They weren't. Rioters brought zip tie restraints. They didn't just bring them to "protest peacefully". They erected a gallows outside the Capitol and shouted "Hang Mike Pence". Trump needs to be arrested and tried for Treason.
I assumed this was satire. You're serious?WarAGle said:
Don't come crying to this board when the republicans don't win another presidential election for the next 20-30 years if they are even still viable by then. It breaks my heart to say that. Yes I do say it was a coup. Capital police should have been better prepared. They weren't. Rioters brought zip tie restraints. They didn't just bring them to "protest peacefully". They erected a gallows outside the Capitol and shouted "Hang Mike Pence". Trump needs to be arrested and tried for Treason.
WarAGle said:
Don't come crying to this board when the republicans don't win another presidential election for the next 20-30 years if they are even still viable by then. It breaks my heart to say that. Yes I do say it was a coup. Capital police should have been better prepared. They weren't. Rioters brought zip tie restraints. They didn't just bring them to "protest peacefully". They erected a gallows outside the Capitol and shouted "Hang Mike Pence". Trump needs to be arrested and tried for Treason.
Romney is a liberal hack, and McCain was a Republican in name only.Red Fishing Ag93 said:
Romney, failed.
McCain, failed.
Republicans failing isn't new.
Except for DJT.
They successfully, but only temporarily, shut down the process of certifying electors to select the next President.MouthBQ98 said:
Yes, there were dozens! Dozens! ...maybe, of people who convinced themselves they were going to bust into the capitol and convince congress that Trump should be the real winner. They were play acting that they were saving the Republic from the corrupt deep state or whatever. I'm sure that they drew motivation from Trump's refusal to concede and complaints about fraud, but I also don't see where he directed the crowd to attack the capitol building and subdue congress. As if that would be all it would take, even if they had succeeded somehow.
Old McDonald said:
some real orwellian doublethink going on with the trump supporters' reaction to last Wednesday's events
the rioters who stormed the capitol are simultaneously patriotic, unthreatening protesters just expressing their discontent and also malicious ANTIFA false flag instigators
bad_teammate said:They successfully, but only temporarily, shut down the process of certifying electors to select the next President.MouthBQ98 said:
Yes, there were dozens! Dozens! ...maybe, of people who convinced themselves they were going to bust into the capitol and convince congress that Trump should be the real winner. They were play acting that they were saving the Republic from the corrupt deep state or whatever. I'm sure that they drew motivation from Trump's refusal to concede and complaints about fraud, but I also don't see where he directed the crowd to attack the capitol building and subdue congress. As if that would be all it would take, even if they had succeeded somehow.
It was a coup attempt. It was a stupid one (it involved Trump supporters, so there was no other option but for it to be stupid) and an eventual failure (again, Trump), but it temporarily succeeded in its purpose, which was the overthrow of government authority.
It was a coup attempt.
solishu said:
They were dangerous enough to kill a police officer...
He lost, you fools need to get over it.%A0TexAgs91 said:
> This was an attempted Coup by Trump so he can remain in power.
Well he did win the election, so it's his right to remain in power.
jrdaustin said:solishu said:
They were dangerous enough to kill a police officer...
Not "they". Likely ONE person who will be found, arrested, and prosecuted.
The transparent attempts to cast the actions of a few misguided individuals on all Trump supporters is the worst type of propaganda and revisionism.
bad_teammate said:They successfully, but only temporarily, shut down the process of certifying electors to select the next President.MouthBQ98 said:
Yes, there were dozens! Dozens! ...maybe, of people who convinced themselves they were going to bust into the capitol and convince congress that Trump should be the real winner. They were play acting that they were saving the Republic from the corrupt deep state or whatever. I'm sure that they drew motivation from Trump's refusal to concede and complaints about fraud, but I also don't see where he directed the crowd to attack the capitol building and subdue congress. As if that would be all it would take, even if they had succeeded somehow.
It was a coup attempt. It was a stupid one (it involved Trump supporters, so there was no other option but for it to be stupid) and an eventual failure (again, Trump), but it temporarily succeeded in its purpose, which was the overthrow of government authority.
It was a coup attempt.
i know you really really really really want to believe this - but it simply isn't accurate for anyone with a functioning brain.bad_teammate said:They successfully, but only temporarily, shut down the process of certifying electors to select the next President.MouthBQ98 said:
Yes, there were dozens! Dozens! ...maybe, of people who convinced themselves they were going to bust into the capitol and convince congress that Trump should be the real winner. They were play acting that they were saving the Republic from the corrupt deep state or whatever. I'm sure that they drew motivation from Trump's refusal to concede and complaints about fraud, but I also don't see where he directed the crowd to attack the capitol building and subdue congress. As if that would be all it would take, even if they had succeeded somehow.
It was a coup attempt. It was a stupid one (it involved Trump supporters, so there was no other option but for it to be stupid) and an eventual failure (again, Trump), but it temporarily succeeded in its purpose, which was the overthrow of government authority.
It was a coup attempt.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."GalvestonAg74 said:He lost, you fools need to get over it.%A0TexAgs91 said:
> This was an attempted Coup by Trump so he can remain in power.
Well he did win the election, so it's his right to remain in power.
Go back to Surly Hornsbad_teammate said:Well, sure.ttu_85 said:
So you are saying 300 mostly unarmed, poorly organized rioters is a coup attempt? Wow. That would have to be the lamest "coup attempt" in human history
I thought coups were conducted by several thousand highly trained, well armed operatives or a military overthrow.
Any idea how dumb this sounds.
There's nothing about the definition of "coup" that involves efficacy, organization, or optics. A coup is an overthrow of government power.
1/6 was an attempted coup. It was laughable, but some of the people storming in there explicitly wanted to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral votes that would formally elect a new President. That is attempting a coup, regardless of how dumb, ineffective, or disorganized the participants were.
A lot of the people storming the Capitol weren't even thinking that much, they were just flowing with emotion and herd instincts. Many people suffer consequences for doing things without thinking them through.