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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by jaycroft on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:21PM (#25694508)
A symbolic gesture signaling approval of the peaceful transition of power for arguably the most powerful political apparatus on earth is quite significant to a lot of Americans. It is probably considerably less interesting to people watching from the outside.
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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by Aeolun on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:08PM (#25695356)
The symbolism of him attending is much more important to me than the symbolism of him staying away.

Few people will start a riot if he is there transferring power to the new president.

A legion of people will show up to disrupt the proceedings if he isn’t.

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