Five years ago, the media launched a campaign to define conservatives as "racists and white supremacists." Five days ago, they changed the terms to "seditionists and domestic terrorists." The first is to dehumanize the opposition; the second is to justify their repression.
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It seems mostly so then : ) I was hoping we could have a major debate. But, yeah, it wasn't a carefully planned coup. And maybe the coup language isn't especially important.
The definition is important. Right now, the left is trying to make the "coup/domestic terrorism" label stick in order to justify repression of speech more broadly. It's important to reject the predicate before we reach the conclusion.
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Fair point, but I'm very skeptical that the definition will matter for the left. They are going to overreach regardless. Perhaps they will be more effective with terrorist/coup language? I don't know. I'll have to contemplate.
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If it was a coup, it would have gone differently/they would have done something much more serious than live stream and take selfies. The media has had a lot of fun with pointing out they had no plan after they entered being selfies. Why? Because it wasnt a coup attempt.
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We've all seen the videos... there was hardly any security at that event. So how was it stopped when the on-the-ground security was so paltry? Because it wasnt a coup attempt.
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In no regard does "coup" apply here. Disruptive? Yes. Illegal? Yes. Bad? Yes. Violent? Yes. But they didn't even have a coherent plan to stop what would have been their main target (certification of a vote, which could have happened again later anyway). It's not even close.
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My own opinion remains that every single person in the United States who participated in riotous activity, say in the last 12-24 months (if we want limitations) should be prosecuted appropriately under the law, regardless of political affiliation or rationale.
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You keep throwing in the Q shaman, but there were thousands of people there. It wasn't a coup since it didn't have armed forces support, but it was definitely seditious and domestic terrorism. Tie wrap guys & the others were chanting to hang VP and they were looking for Pelosi.
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