I don't understand how the same people who said we should defund the police are forcefully suggesting that we need a strong police response here? I'm not going to take any sides. All sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say.
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#142How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?
Nobody trusts the media. So people will believe what they want. There’s no source of truth
One of the problems, yes. I've witness too many times where they blatantly lied.
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#143Smith and Wesson stock jumped up 20% so far
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#144This is a failure of leadership by the republicans - plain and simple. I don't care if this comment is perceived as partisan, it's a statement of fact. If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. Edit: Yes, it's true that the top leader and his acolytes have engineered this outcome, but the majority of the republican leadershi…
Well the Republican “leadership” is no longer a monolithic entity, it’s split between Trumpists and establishment types. The former have been leading it all. The latter have been speaking out against it all along, but to no effect.
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#145History in the making right here. This[1] might be an early contender for image of the year [1] https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346906369232920576/pho...
Doesn't compare to this one: https://twitter.com/stevennelson10/status/134690995241006284...
I have difficulty believing it's real, but it's from the account of a legit reporter. I predict, this will be one of the iconic images from the 53rd week of 2020.
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#146anybody know if there's any live streams from one of these idiots storming the capitol? apparently someone has been shot and in the chest inside the capitol
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#147Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!
Do you want this to escalate? This would be a bad time to start making martyrs out of these people.
How about before it turns into an actual coup, streaming live globally?
Either put up a fight or give up on democracy.
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#148This is a failure of leadership by the republicans - plain and simple. I don't care if this comment is perceived as partisan, it's a statement of fact. If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. Edit: Yes, it's true that the top leader and his acolytes have engineered this outcome, but the majority of the republican leadershi…
This is terrorism, plain and simple. Donald Trump is the leader of a terrorist cult.
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#149This is a failure of leadership by the republicans - plain and simple. I don't care if this comment is perceived as partisan, it's a statement of fact. If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. Edit: Yes, it's true that the top leader and his acolytes have engineered this outcome, but the majority of the republican leadershi…
> If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. They all came out against Trump when this started in 2016. Was not even a speed bump.
The senators could have voted to convict convict during the impeachment trial.
That would have been more than a speed bump. They had the opportunity to act, chose not to (well except for Romney).
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#150Is there ANY credible evidence of fraud, anywhere? Or are people protesting solely because they trust Trump?
https://hereistheevidence.com/ presents some evidences, up to reader to decide if credible/substantial or not
Do we know who runs that site? It could be accidental but it looks like a very low information way to barrage one's opponents and avoid specific criticism