so that's probably not helping. Also, to be blunt, these are middle class white people. It's going to be hard to find a jury to convict. Jury Nullification takes effect. Prosecutors usually won't bother with a case they know they can't convict on unless there's help from up top.
It worries me, because this is very much reminiscent of the Beer Hall Putsch. We know people went there specifically to murder members of our government for political reasons. It's painfully obvious that the administration aided
This wasn't petty or random. This was well planned, well financed and well organized.
If this is what you call an organized event, I would hate to see what you call disorganized. Real coups (like in Myanmar) are well organized. This was a crowd of idiot anti-government types riled up by a mango colored reality TV star. Please try to keep some sense of perspective.
It *was* organized. There was lots of money and PR put into it. But it was organized by idiots, whose view of reality came out of a TV screen. Fortunately.
You're correct in that it was VERY poorly organized.
and that's the problem. We need to reduce the number of people who think this is a good idea. They *will* try again, since there are little or no consequences. We need them to have less support next time.
This has not amounted to much as of yet (Score:2)
Despite the huge crowds and the disaster that took place at the Capitol a month ago less than 200 people have been charged.
The GOP is holding up Biden's AG pick (Score:5, Insightful)
It worries me, because this is very much reminiscent of the Beer Hall Putsch. We know people went there specifically to murder members of our government for political reasons. It's painfully obvious that the administration aided
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This wasn't petty or random. This was well planned, well financed and well organized.
If this is what you call an organized event, I would hate to see what you call disorganized. Real coups (like in Myanmar) are well organized. This was a crowd of idiot anti-government types riled up by a mango colored reality TV star. Please try to keep some sense of perspective.
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It *was* organized. There was lots of money and PR put into it. But it was organized by idiots, whose view of reality came out of a TV screen. Fortunately.
You're correct in that it was VERY poorly organized.
The next one will be better organzied (Score:4, Interesting)