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Trump popularity. (lemy.lol)
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

This is what's called "cherry picking". It was an insurrection, even Fox News calls it that. Bro...

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, an insurrection is what was happening in Iraq after the 2003 invasion (and happening rightfully so).

    If what occurred on J6 was an insurrection, it would have been explicitly violent or had a real organized plan for the literal overthrow of the government.

    Even the ridiculous plan organized by the Proud Boys was not really an insurrection even though it involved demanding a re-vote (or a re-vote after a recount) because it ultimately wanted to preserve democratic norms, and the fools who came up with it sincerely believed that democracy was completely undermined by the last election... Which, arguably, it was.

    Employing non-lethal means to occupy a place as a protest seems reasonable, doesn't it? This is what people did after the killing of George Floyd.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Whatever you gotta tell yourself in order to feel like you're not a piece of shit for supporting Trump and/or the GOP

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I would suggest that we have always wanted uprisings against the government which is ruled by corrupt, "middle of the road" people, right, so there should be a loose alliance between the grassroots right wing and the grassroots left wing that fight for policies that are ideological and based on principle.

    It's the centrists, who govern through practicality and concerns of the immediate future, that are the greatest stumbling blocks to change. They have obligations to the elites - the ideological left/right do not have any such obligations.

    I disagree vehemently with Trump on his views of Muslims and his ideas about Israel, of course, but the guy certainly is an enemy of the establishment and floats out ideas that are radical and haven't been talked about in decades, like his 10% tariff tax plan.

    These are real starting points for change.

    BTW, I am not really a conventional leftist - I am a Libertarian, and you probably got that from some of our arguments, but I want to come out and say it... I do nto want to be seen here like PRETENDING to be a conventional leftist and thus undermining discussion.

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