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U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

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Post by starfallg »

codingprograms wrote: post #84
umvi wrote: post #72

How 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

No. People chose their own truth because they didn't like what the media was saying even though it is much closer to reality than whatever crap they were fed through "alternative" media.

Re: U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

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Post by andylynch »

Justsignedup wrote: post #122
root_axis wrote: post #43

This 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…

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This is not longer sedition, this is an insurrection. Right now we’re seeing pictures of guns drawn in the house chamber.

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Post by Afforess »

awnird wrote: post #12
voisin wrote: post #10

I 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

The police and the fascists are on the same side.

Yep: https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346909804036386816

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Post by adsche »

czhiddy wrote: post #39
voisin wrote: post #10

I 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

The stark difference in the response to these "protests" vs the DC BLM protests: https://twitter.com/RedR1dngHood/status/1346908557560537091

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Re: U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

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Post by staplers »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #144
root_axis wrote: post #43

This 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.

The writing was on the wall and they knew it. Now that Trump doesn't benefit them, they will act like they don't support him.

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Post by csomar »

voisin wrote: post #10

I 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

They are armed. You can't use tear gas against weapons but guns. Using guns will lead to deaths either way, so I think they are taking the correct stance.

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Post by sergiotapia »

czhiddy wrote: post #39
voisin wrote: post #10

I 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

The stark difference in the response to these "protests" vs the DC BLM protests: https://twitter.com/RedR1dngHood/status/1346908557560537091

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