DC Unrest Megathread

[afleitch]

This what happens when the world constructed inside your head and the media that create that fantasy meets real life. These fantasists are dangerous and are the biggest threat to democracy and the rule of law; not 'both sides' not 'but ANTIFA' - this group. And the traitorous ballon that leads them.

[afleitch]

Now Congress will know what it feels like when a school get's locked down.

[afleitch]

These criminals need to be arrested and prosecuted to a man. It's not without precedent; I myself prosecuted several BLM protestors from May. Its only fair that these people be treated the same way.

Yes. This started out ok but this is turning into a Beer Hall Putsch.

Lite-Beer Hall Putsch.

[afleitch]

I thought riots were the language of the unheard?

They are very much a herd.

[afleitch]

Ya'll need to chill.  A small group of crazy people are running around the capitol but there's no need to start shooting people, JFC.  Its not even comparable to this June when we had whole neighborhoods going up in flames.  The people who break the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  That does NOT mean opening fire on them.

What's worse?

Storming a Target
Storming Congress.

Pick one.

[afleitch]

Hawley hasn’t said anything the damn coward traitor

He's probably shaking the piss and faeces out of his trouser leg.

[afleitch]

The whole message is get out of the far right's way

We saw the far left do their thing in the summer, this is the right's time.

This only helps the center

I missed the day the left attacked the seat of democracy. Must have been in the shower.

[afleitch]

Spare a thought for the staff and interns during all this.

[afleitch]

Let's call this by name: It's an attempted fascist coup. Ergo, this is treason.

Coup is a weird way to say riot.

Riot is a weird way to describe storming the Capitol.

[afleitch]

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1346928649455472643?s=20

Thank goodness she's paid the big bucks...

[afleitch]

The media should refuse to show a single frame of footage from that traitor.

[afleitch]

What if Obama......ah, forget it.

Even W would not have gotten away with 10% of this stuff. Not even close.

Hell, I'm pissed off Nixon got impeached now.

[afleitch]

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) this gives Trump adjacent Republicans a way out now. They can use this as an 'awakening' and some already have.

[afleitch]

Where was this outrage during the 3 months of Portland siege or the CHAZ?  I would've had more respect for "Antifa" if they stormed the Capitol like this instead, especially if it was for a populist cause like healthcare or stimulus.

No you wouldn't. Just stop. Breathe.

[afleitch]

So Trump tweeted and called the protestors 'patriots' but Twitter have deleted it.

[afleitch]

I'm lucky I was doing other things during the past few pages of this thread, otherwise I'd have been banned for sure.

I wrote then scrubbed many posts before posting.

[afleitch]

Remember, the White House inherited the @potus account. Trump used his personal account by choice.

[afleitch]

Armed stormings have been planned at every state capitol, as well as four consecutive days of armed protests at the US Capitol, per the FBI.

God help us.

https://abc7ny.com/fbi-armed-protest-president-donald-trump-capitol-raid/9563994/

If this turns into a bloody mess then I at least hope it will be the thing that finally discredits Trumpism once and for all.

If Wednesday didn't, nothing will.

De programming will be hard, if not impossible. However, social media is the connective tissue, so maybe we'll see.

[afleitch]

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1349037401243582466

He clearly has a bigger skeleton in his closet than just being gay.

The GOP will move back towards tacitly approving Trump's actions. They just want their next candidate to be successful in their eventual soft coup.

[afleitch]

This video response that Trump just released is probably the calmest and most subdued I’ve ever seen him.

At least so far, I’m still watching.

He's clearly in a secure bunker and has no control over anything he says.

[afleitch]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

[afleitch]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1353792976800129024