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pelican_chorus t1_j144m2l wrote

Reply to comment by Psychogistt in Dunce by CloroxWipes1

Friends (or acquaintances, were they even really friends?) telling the cops that someone assaulted police officers in an attempt to overthrow democracy is a good thing.

Keeping crimes under a code of silence is something out of a mafia novel. Omertà, maybe.

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Psychogistt t1_j14cirr wrote

In an attempt to overthrow democracy? That’s quite some hyperbole

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pelican_chorus t1_j14e26n wrote

It's literally not. They wanted to scare congress into not counting votes. They wanted to scare Mike Pence into not accepting the results.

The law agrees with me. Over 900 people have been charged with insurrection so far, and many convicted of it, by a wide variety of courts including judges Trump appointed. Do you know what "insurrection" means?

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Psychogistt t1_j14epsm wrote

You think a group of unarmed people were going to overthrow the entire US government including the military? Do you realize how insane that sounds?

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pelican_chorus t1_j14mq9h wrote

They didn't need to overthrow the military, they just needed to convince Mike Pence not to accept the count and that would have thrown the country into chaos.

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