Bye-bye, thread.
Today certainly will reverberate decently, going forward.
U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
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#242"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections" - Przeworski In other words, the core concept of democracy isn't the elections or any of the other trappings, it's the fact that it's possible for one group to lose power, transition to another group and retain the possibility to transition back in a subsequent election to the original group.
On that note, the Pa. State Senate Republicans are just refusing to swear in their new democratic colleagues.
I Can't wait for this attitude to inevitably cross the pond.
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#243I am shocked and horrified that it is taking so long to clear those who have breached the Capitol. There is more police efficiency and aggression in a run of the mill BLM protest. Edit: for example: https://twitter.com/RedR1dngHood/status/1346908557560537091
There is nothing those protestors would like more than a violent response. Imagine the social media response. The leadership is scared of sparking a bigger fire
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#244This 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…
What is the point of a national guard if they can't be used to defend the capitol?
They were requested by the DC Mayor and approved by the Pentagon for deployment yesterday by... But no idea where tf they are.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/muriel-bowser-dc...
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#245I can't vote to unflag things, but this really, really should not be flagged. It is just a little more important than most political garbage.
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#246This 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.
There's barely any "establishment" members left in the Republican party. They were primaried to death in the past couple of decades, or chose to quit when they saw what direction their party was heading. Like it or not Trump and his brand of politics is the modern Republican party.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-there-are-so-few-mo...
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#248'Far-Right Protestors'
So if you're a Trump supporter you're now apart of the 'Far-Right'? I wonder if this labeling by the media has led to the protests we see today.
As a side note, you never see 'Far-Left Protestors' as a title. Surely there had to have been some 'Far-Left' protests in recent memory.
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#249This is history in the making. Whoever is flagging this, please kindly log off.
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#250Are there people here on HN that believe the election was stolen? I haven't seen any evidence, most of the lawsuits haven't borne fruit either. However, I also recognize that there may be blindspots/biases. I'd really like to hear from anyone who believes this, to present a cogent argument. I promise not to attack. I want to hear the argument from the other side. I also beseech the rest of HN to please refrain from a…
Something to get you started, some tweets from the threads are bullshit but you'll figure it out:
- https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/13440093584729579... - https://twitter.com/TalkMullins/status/1346559560987897857 - https://twitter.com/kr3at/status/1345910829384777728 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9fX5c7hGf4