Regularguy

Gordie, personally I have no problem with the outcome. No matter how it was orchestrated the Democratic Party was brilliant in getting out the vote. They should be congratulated and carefully analyzed at the same time if the Republicans want to have a chance in the future.

And this was not about the vote. That subject has been covered so many times we should all simply ignore it and move on.

What I am still repulsed by is the inconsistency in the application of values. As a nation we are clearly in one of the worst times in its history. People in all positions clearly have applied what is known as "situational ethics," picking and choosing whatever will favor their needs and wants. Very sad times

FlewUnderWires

You are seriously doubling down on your support of the attempted violent overthrow of the United States and its government!?!?

What is wrong with you? What about-ism is absolutely no excuse for sedition, treason and terrorism.

Regularguy

You are really confused, can't seem to read with comprehension, make unfounded assumptions and more.

Just throw out the tired, worn and invalid "what about-ism" defense when your position is not only un-defendable it is purely repulsive and an affront to the Citizens the USA. The very use of this argument demonstrates you have nothing more than a sophomoric view of politics and legal matters.

And by the way, it appears unlike you, I support the legal and truly peaceful right of free speech and protest in these United States. I do not, as any sane person shouldn't, support any violence, personal bodily attacks, destruction of property or actions against our Governmental processes, and that includes the breaking into and the destruction of our Capital building and what it represents.

You, as well as many others (no political Party excluded) need to be consistent in your values and stop demonstrating ingenuous and immature opinions of these events.

“Yes, Grasshopper. But can any man afford such arrogance?”

Gordie H

You are concerned about civil disobedience…ok, it’s a debatable issue…one of a hundred. I’m much more concerned right now about vote totals being honored…if this goes, the country will never be the same.

There are plenty of banana republics in the world…I don’t know why people don’t think it can’t happen here.

FlewUnderWires

My “position” is being against the attempted violent overthrow of the government and against legitimizing, making excuses for, supporting, or deemphasizing, or lying to protect domestic terrorism (which you unequivocally just did with your “mostly peaceful, no deaths endorsement).

I never brought up Pelosi, BLM, AOC, or whatever else you are raving about. You threw that out there in a panicked deflection after getting called out for saying that You don’t think Jan 6 was so bad.

Excargodog

The Whiskey Rebellion (over a nine cent a gallon tax on Whiskey) was a far greater threat to the US government than was the 6 Jan “insurrection” of a bunch of people upset over an election loss.

https://www.history.com/topics/early...skey-rebellion

Same for the veterans March of 1932

https://www.ushistory.org/us/48c.asp

Regularguy

You may be right, but I did my part by voting and assuring I was properly identified this year. Thank you though for the response and I do believe the Democrats legally made sure they could get people who never or rarely voted to cast their ballots.

FlewUnderWires

And white supremacists are a greater threat that BLM
and Antifa. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-10-06/dhs-white-supremacists-the-most-persistent-and-lethal-threat-within-the-us%3fcontext=amp

The civil war was worse than the civil unrest last year.

Does that mean all of those other things get a pass? Or that we should make it seem ok for this to happen ever few years? If a hijacker took over your plane and one of them and an FA were hurt but once they got control of the flight deck the just left because they didn’t have a plan, would you just say, “no worries, this isn’t the worst hijacking and you stopped so it’s fine?”

Regularguy

You are really something and I stand on my comment about your ability to read and comprehend. Amazing isn't it when a narrative gets so ingrained in person's head they can't see beyond their nose. It's call being myopic in their views. If you noticed I never wrote or implied the Jan 6 invasion of the Capital Building "wasn't so bad." I clearly pointed out when compared to the hatred, destruction, death and out right verbal attacks by certain Congress women and others, those events were not only equal to but greater attacks on our Nation and its very core. Something you deny!

And just to get the record straight no one "panicked" except for you. Especially when you bring up tired old cliches to "deflect" the real issues at hand.

Let's make this more clear, people who have an opinions like you about the past year of hate and destruction within our Country are major contributors to the dangers we face, both physically and culturally real.

But in the end you will just call names, use some sort foul language or something similar bringing more hate and destruction to the world.

Moving on, go fly your airplane.

Excargodog

You exaggerating the importance of a demonstration because of a few weirdos tagging on to it would be as stupid as me claiming that ANTIFA is a legitimate threat to the overthrow of the US. There will always be idiots and thugs.


From the WaPo::

So in the end, we had one person shot, one overdosed, and two civilians and one cop dying of natural causes.

By comparison, in the 1968 riots in DC, 13 people died, either burned alive, beaten to death, or shot by police with 1097 injured and 7000 arrested.

The “insurrection’ on 6 Jan was scarcely a threat to the nation or the government and you lose all credibility when you try to make it so.