I would still have been against mob action, but this is a serious question - and indeed, a major part of my argument why it was so dangerous for Trump to make claims that, if true & sincerely believed, could reasonably *justify* sacking the Capitol.https://twitter.com/Patterico/status/1353739186591862797 …
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To choose a parallel, the core problem in the Breonna Taylor case wasn't how the cops reacted on the spot. It was that they went to execute a no-knock warrant on the wrong apartment. Legal liability aside, *poliical* accountability asks why they were there in the first place.
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Basically a SWATting situation
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ehhhhhh its a stretch to go from "we was robbed" to "Proximate cause" JFK stole the election in 1960, nobody would say Nixon needs to answer for saying it and kennedy getting offed
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Nixon did not contest that election. He conceded and announced he would not litigate the Illinois results. And the issues Trump raised were not factually based or legitimate -- which makes a big difference as well.
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Yes, if Trump was right, then the mob was John Brown at Harpers Ferry. They were righteous. Or, at least, Athens, TN (you surely know the reference, but relatively few will):https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946) …
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Yep. There is a serious moral argument for & against John Brown's raid. Ditto Athens (still mean to read Chris DeRose's new book on that). If every word of Trump's 1/6 speech was the truth, you could make that same case.
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You would be, but that is not analogous to what Trump said or what happened
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Hold Trump accountable.
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