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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by downandout on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:39PM (#25738634)
That isn’t necessarily true though. Three of the people, regardless of what you call the group they happened to be in at the time, died of medical issues that have not been tied to the events of that day. They may have just as easily died had they gone for a jog that day.
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by brown9-2 on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:54PM (#25738938)
One of the three was trampled by the crowd, which rarely happens in non-crowd settings.
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by downandout on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:57AM (#25742888)
Ok. What about the other two?
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by ogre_codes on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:08PM (#25751796)
What a inane line of questioning.

"Maybe they didn't die because of the riot?!"

"It was really only 4 dead not 5 becomes someone might have died in their bathtub."

This is the most insensitive fucked up hairsplitting I've ever read.

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by downandout on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:35PM (#25752230)
How is it insensitive to point out that people have strokes, heart attacks, etc. each and every day, whether they are involved in riots or not?

I am not in favor of anything that happened, but in order to have any perspective on any of this, accurate information is important.

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by AnimalMuppet on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:33PM (#25739712)
It can happen in crowd-but-not-storming-the-Capitol settings, though. A 100% peaceful protest is usually still a crowd.
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by uoaei on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:53PM (#25738916)
I don't see how continually looping back to semantics and pedantry helps advance this conversation.
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