FlewUnderWires

You forgot a couple blue lives. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-officer-suicides-capitol-riot/2021/02/11/94804ee2-665c-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html%3foutputType=amp

And I don’t care that it was unsuccessful, short lived or that events decades to centuries ago were worse it shouldn’t have happened or been encouraged or allowed to happen. And I’m amazed that pilots are making excuses for it and downplaying it.

Gordie H

Except it wasn't a one day thing (tip of the iceberg)....it's not good when a majority of one of our two parties thinks the election was stolen.

Excargodog

Two cops suicided? And you blame that on a riot? More cops die of suicide annually than die in the line of duty. And you are claiming the rioting killed them?


https://www.officer.com/command-hq/s...uicide-in-2019

That’s an even more pathetic exaggeration than inferring the 6 Jan “insurrection” actually was a serious threat to the government.

And I’m as immune to shaming as you apparently are to common sense. You can keep trying - I suppose - like I keep trying to throttle you back from high dudgeon to simply making sense, but I imagine we will both be equally disappointed.

Excargodog

I’d agree. It would seem appropriate to put in place better procedures to reassure public confidence in the results. Picture ID might be helpful. We don’t let people drive a car or fly on an airliner without one.

FlewUnderWires

If suicides from 2020 can be blamed on Covid restrictions then yeah. I could imagine having to fight fellow Americans trying to invade the Capitol could be pretty mentally impactful.

Interestingly enough and coming full circle to the original topic, Covid was the leading killer of law enforcement last year.

And just because it was a perfect example of republicans not having any actual plan or doing anything once they are in power doesn’t change the fact that they over ran and building. Giving up and only leading to a few deaths doesn’t downplay its significance nearly as much as you think it does.

Gordie H

That’s cute but nothing to do with it. As an aside, sure – picture ID is fine by me.

IF DT was shunned (by politicians, voters, etc.) after what he did and there wasn't a whitewash attempt, I wouldn’t be as concerned. But that’s not what it is…remains to be seen how all this plays out.

Excargodog

It doesn’t downplay the significance AT ALL. Except for hysterics like yourself, there never was any significance. Like the guy who flew the Cessna 150 onto the White House lawn in 1994 killing himself, while I certainly don’t endorse his actions, in terms of threat to the Republic, the event was trivial.

block30

Give.
me.
a.
break.

javaguy141

Please---all who actually fly airplanes for a living. DON'T FEED THIS TROLL ANYMORE.

chucknorris

Republicans.... the capital insurrection and continued push of an election malfeasance narrative is extremely wrong and harmful to the nation, admit it and move on.

Democrats.... the continued lawlessness, environment of total disrespect toward law enforcement, riots (not the protests) by BLM followers in certain cities and anarchists in others, are extremely wrong and are harming the nation, admit it and move on.

There, can we all agree? This isn’t that hard. Both sides have their radical, destructive elements that are unbecoming and do not represent the majority view.

Polarizing legislation by both sides that tends to follow the loudest voices on the fringe and less of the voices toward the middle that enjoy a bit of common ground, also disturbing.

Do you know what radical democrats and radical republicans have in common? Both extremes are highly populated with antivaxxers. A tiny bit common ground in the fringe.

-Signed a registered fairly staunch Republican.