EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 2951
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26794 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:41 NewSunshine wrote: Trump said "Stand By" to his Boys. Anyone who couldn't see this coming for the last 4 years had one last chance to open their eyes. Not my problem if their ignorance is catching them out in these moments. The shocking enabling of him is as much if not more to blame than Trump’s own abysmal conduct. He’s not some Lex Luther figure, without people shamefully pandering to him he’d have been as idiotic, but certainly more impotent at immolating things. | ||
KwarK
United States43989 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:39 Broetchenholer wrote: People that vote knowingly for fascists are fascists. People that claim they vote for facscists despite them being fascists and then backpedal when the fascists actually do somthing fascists are fascists. If you accept a fascist for personal political gain over a non fascist, you are a fascist. The only excuse is ignorance. I get that some Americans can claim ignorance. You cannot. You have been debated about the fascism of the Trump movement for 5 years by this forum. You pulled your support too late. And you can't even stop deflecting and blaming the other side when the person you voted for president for has instigated a coup d'etat. Just once, take the blame. You enabled an antidemocratic madmen and it has destabilized your country. You knew what you did, you did not care. x100 | ||
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Sermokala
United States14127 Posts
I got an amber alert blareing on my phone not that long ago. That was not what I needed tonight. | ||
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Shingi11
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:47 Nouar wrote: It seems people who breached the capitol are being violently and forcefully detained. https://twitter.com/davidhastweets/status/1346939946507014146 Lol my God the contrast to the blm protests. | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
Absolutely, hit the nail right on the head, Broetchenholer | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:52 Starlightsun wrote: Lol my God the contrast to the blm protests. These people attack our country's democratic process in broad daylight for the whole world to see and they get escorted out of the building with the police holding their hands like a parent walking their child across the street. Fucking disgusting. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8744 Posts
 ) - one can hope for impeachment. interesting will be how the electoral college defectors will be handled. here things are very much in flux.one thing's for certain though. Trump will not go down quietly. motherfucker is a nihilistic narcissist, and oh so sure of himself. I hope for him to do something stupid. so we can have actual fireworks, like Rs going after him by throwing the book at him and him martyring himself and taking the base with him. | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:56 Doublemint wrote: I foresee something juicy brewing. the fallout from this will WANT Republicans to disentangle from Trump asap - kinda like Danglars ( ) - one can hope for impeachment. interesting will be how the electoral college defectors will be handled. here things are very much in flux.one thing's for certain though. Trump will not go down quietly. motherfucker is a nihilistic narcissist, and oh so sure of himself. I hope for him to do something stupid. so we can have actual fireworks, like Rs going after him by throwing the book at him and him martyring himself and taking the base with him. impeachment or 25th amendment are definitely possibilities, republican leadership knows what this means as it hits dinner time airwaves and they need to act | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
Seriously, this is like the perfect way to show how disgustingly egregiously different black and brown people are treated by law enforcement in this country. Even when they're not the ones doing anything they're going to catch some blame for it. https://twitter.com/brendanstan1ey/status/1346952051339767809?s=20 | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22369 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:56 Doublemint wrote: Did they count finish, I heard nothing about that.I foresee something juicy brewing. the fallout from this will WANT Republicans to disentangle from Trump asap - kinda like Danglars ( ) - one can hope for impeachment. interesting will be how the electoral college defectors will be handled. here things are very much in flux.one thing's for certain though. Trump will not go down quietly. motherfucker is a nihilistic narcissist, and oh so sure of himself. I hope for him to do something stupid. so we can have actual fireworks, like Rs going after him by throwing the book at him and him martyring himself and taking the base with him. If they redo the count I would expect there to be no one contesting the result. | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
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m4ini
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I do think part of the reason why they didn't go full ham is simply because it's the Capitol. You can't fire willy nilly in there, if i'm not mistaken it's a quite historic building (and interior). .. not that i actually think that's the entire reason, that would be the skin colour, but i do think it plays part. I do think though they should've waltzed in there in riot gear and beat the living shit out of every single one of them before actually arresting them, rather than shooing them out of the building like the little rats they are. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26794 Posts
On January 07 2021 07:55 StasisField wrote: These people attack our country's democratic process in broad daylight for the whole world to see and they get escorted out of the building with the police holding their hands like a parent walking their child across the street. Fucking disgusting. Democratic processes are mere abstract ideological constructs, god forbid folks damage some property though... I do think it’s not 100% comparable here, I’ve been in work so haven’t seen actual images to visualise the scene. While not entirely surprising by any means this is day 1 of an emerging situation, not day x of an ongoing series of protests and confrontations. What does seem of undeniable concern is why there were delays in the deployment of additional support, the national guard etc as this situation escalated as it did. | ||
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CuddlyCuteKitten
Sweden2787 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22369 Posts
On January 07 2021 08:00 m4ini wrote: I would expect everything to be locked off for the inauguration. National Guard deployed with an exclusion zone around the event.Makes me wonder what inauguration day's gonna look like. I do think part of the reason why they didn't go full ham is simply because it's the Capitol. You can't fire willy nilly in there, if i'm not mistaken it's a quite historic building (and interior). .. not that i actually think that's the entire reason, that would be the skin colour, but i do think it plays part. I do think though they should've waltzed in there in riot gear and beat the living shit out of every single one of them before actually arresting them, rather than shooing them out of the building like the little rats they are. Or they might hold it inside the White House like apparently happened in 1945. | ||
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Shingi11
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