2020-2021 Coup Watch Thread

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hal2kilo

Lifer
Feb 24, 2009
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You guys need to STOP replying to somoneses1

He's clearly part of the propaganda machine and it does you no good to argue with him. In fact by replying you're actually validating his existence which is what he and all the other conservative nuts want.
Stop doing it.
You are right. He's just so fun to F with.
 

Homerboy

Lifer
Mar 1, 2000
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You guys need to STOP replying to somoneses1

He's clearly part of the propaganda machine and it does you no good to argue with him. In fact by replying you're actually validating his existence which is what he and all the other conservative nuts want.
Stop doing it.

You're 100% right and I've said this about other trolls in the past too.
I will try better to ignore him.
 

kitkat22

Golden Member
Feb 10, 2005
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I am not too new here - primarily a lurker. I have several people on ignore, which makes it interesting to follow threads some time.

A mob of people enter a government building with intent to disrupt a political process, kidnap legislators, occupy the building with plan to hold it hostage and do so in the name of Donald Trump is not a coup...

Further worsening the situation, you have police failing to do their job, Trump inciting the mob further and Trump delaying the National Guard response.

We got freakishly dang lucky, this did not turn into a full on horrible event with destruction of the foundations of the constitution. We literally had the executive branch almost completely hold the legislative branch hostage on 1/6/2021.
 

fskimospy

Elite Member
Mar 10, 2006
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I am not too new here - primarily a lurker. I have several people on ignore, which makes it interesting to follow threads some time.

A mob of people enter a government building with intent to disrupt a political process, kidnap legislators, occupy the building with plan to hold it hostage and do so in the name of Donald Trump is not a coup...

Further worsening the situation, you have police failing to do their job, Trump inciting the mob further and Trump delaying the National Guard response.

We got freakishly dang lucky, this did not turn into a full on horrible event with destruction of the foundations of the constitution. We literally had the executive branch almost completely hold the legislative branch hostage on 1/6/2021.
Apparently some officials in allied countries agree with you.

 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Will Trump declare Martial Law to stay in power and blame yesterday's riots at the Capitol as the excuse?
 

emperus

Diamond Member
Apr 6, 2012
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I really believe some of the Capital Police wanted this to happen as some of them were in line with the Trump supporters. I understand the fear, but why not lock the doors behind them as they ran into the Capital? They could have taken defensive positions and called for backup.
 

emperus

Diamond Member
Apr 6, 2012
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Will Trump declare Martial Law to stay in power and blame yesterday's riots at the Capitol as the excuse?

After yesterday, the fear for me isn't the military brass will follow along but that the rank and file will.
 
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obidamnkenobi

Golden Member
Sep 16, 2010
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WTF is this?? (at 1:05)

He has a baton, and presumably a gun (?). But he runs away from 3 looks like unarmed idiots? Inside the capitol building?? He shove one guy so can use some force? But multiple times he runs away from a defensible position on top of a stairs, rather than beating the shit out of them! Couple hits to take down one guy and rest might flee. Heck he's a big boy, with a baton could probably take all 3. And that's not even considering pulling his gun and blowing away first guy who comes towards him! As he's surely justified in doing. This makes no sense!

edit; ok eventually there's a mob coming behind. But still don't see anything a gun wouldn't stop, or deter..
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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WTF is this?? (at 1:05)

He has a baton, and presumably a gun (?). But he runs away from 3 looks like unarmed idiots? Inside the capitol building?? He shove one guy so can use some force? But multiple times he runs away from a defensible position on top of a stairs, rather than beating the shit out of them! Couple hits to take down one guy and rest might flee. Heck he's a big boy, with a baton could probably take all 3. And that's not even considering pulling his gun and blowing away first guy who comes towards him! As he's surely justified in doing. This makes no sense!
There were a lot more than three insurrectionists following. Yes, he could have likely handled the three, but after that he would have been in trouble and he didn't get any backup until the criminals were well into the building. There's a longer video linked in one of the other coup threads that shows more clearly what this guy was up against. This guy I can sympathize with. The leadership of the Capitol Police needs to go for dereliction of duty.
 
Nov 8, 2012
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WTF is this?? (at 1:05)

He has a baton, and presumably a gun (?). But he runs away from 3 looks like unarmed idiots? Inside the capitol building?? He shove one guy so can use some force? But multiple times he runs away from a defensible position on top of a stairs, rather than beating the shit out of them! Couple hits to take down one guy and rest might flee. Heck he's a big boy, with a baton could probably take all 3. And that's not even considering pulling his gun and blowing away first guy who comes towards him! As he's surely justified in doing. This makes no sense!

..... You think... a mob of people running at you with more coming behind them.... Is a position where it would be in your best interest to fire your weapon when they clearly have no problem with you running away?

Do you think life is just like videogames?

Do you know what a handgun is and how many rounds are in one?

Can you please promise us to never ever get a gun?

On a scale from 1-10 how big of an idiot are you?
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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..... You think... a mob of people running at you with more coming behind them.... Is a position where it would be in your best interest to fire your weapon when they clearly have no problem with you running away?

Do you think life is just like videogames?

Do you know what a handgun is and how many rounds are in one?

Can you please promise us to never ever get a gun?

On a scale from 1-10 how big of an idiot are you?
Fuck off, traitor.
 
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[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
Dec 15, 2015
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..... You think... a mob of people running at you with more coming behind them.... Is a position where it would be in your best interest to fire your weapon when they clearly have no problem with you running away?

Do you think life is just like videogames?

Do you know what a handgun is and how many rounds are in one?

Can you please promise us to never ever get a gun?

On a scale from 1-10 how big of an idiot are you?
That's actually the correct tactic when being confronted by an irate mob, put a round in the closest, loudest, biggest individual (in that order).

Having said that, he managed it well (imho), given that neither he nor any of the rest of them died.
 
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obidamnkenobi

Golden Member
Sep 16, 2010
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There were a lot more than three insurrectionists following. Yes, he could have likely handled the three, but after that he would have been in trouble and he didn't get any backup until the criminals were well into the building. There's a longer video linked in one of the other coup threads that shows more clearly what this guy was up against. This guy I can sympathize with. The leadership of the Capitol Police needs to go for dereliction of duty.

Yeah it's not the worst, he eventually had quite a crowd against him. But the absolute unwillingness to do anything, except a gentle nudge to one guy, is shocking! After the same police maced children and pushed seniors a few months ago?? He could at least try some moves from Police brutality 101 class before he abandon the best defense position they had..
 

SMOGZINN

Lifer
Jun 17, 2005
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..... You think... a mob of people running at you with more coming behind them.... Is a position where it would be in your best interest to fire your weapon when they clearly have no problem with you running away?

Do you think life is just like videogames?

Do you know what a handgun is and how many rounds are in one?

Can you please promise us to never ever get a gun?

On a scale from 1-10 how big of an idiot are you?

Yes. This is what we want out of the defense of our Nation's capital. Run away if you are outnumbered.
Fucking embarrassing.
 

uallas5

Golden Member
Jun 3, 2005
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Hopefully he'll declare Movfefe law, and nobody will know what he's talking about, so nothing will happen.
Or he'll screw up and say he's enacting a "Marshall Plan" and everyone will start wondering why we need to airlift food to Berlin
 
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Grey_Beard

Golden Member
Sep 23, 2014
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Or he'll screw up and say he's enacting a "Marshall Plan" and everyone will start wondering why we need to airlift food to Berlin

Or maybe it will be Infrastructure Week again, but this time it will to rebuild Europe and not the US.
 
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