(04-15-2022, 10:44 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(04-15-2022, 10:05 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: If Trump goaded these people into going to the Capitol the same way the media goaded you into thinking January 6th was a violent insurrection.

When a person already wants to believe something is true, all it takes is a ten-second video clip of a small portion of an occurrence to convince them that it is true.  They'll never take an objective look at all of the relevant facts.

I've watched hours of footage.
Protestors entered the Senate chambers and said a bunch of stuff but didn't hurt anyone. The Senate wasn't in session of course.  
Other protestors attempted to enter the House chamber despite warnings to stop by armed guards.  One was shot and the rest chickened out.  But they were all attempting to disrupt government, which is insurrection.
In numerous other locations, these protestors attacked and injured police, which is violence.
Many other people were placing weapons caches nearby in case the unarmed insurrectionists got a beachhead
I don't understand how rational people deny these facts.  Could it have been worse, yes. 
Were some of the participants oblivious to the violence that was intended? Yes.
Was it poorly organized? Yes.
None of that negates the fact that it was an extremely dangerous insurrection intended to suspend the Constitution

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