Re:Congress demands tech CEOs censor the internet even more ...
by leereeves on Saturday March 27, 2021 @01:19PM
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They clearly meant to disrupt that confirmation in an act of protest, but here's how we know it was not a coup:
They left their weapons outside the Capitol. People planning to overthrow a government do not leave their weapons at the door.
Re:Congress demands tech CEOs censor the internet even more ...
by loopz on Saturday March 27, 2021 @05:05PM
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People were clearly misled. So intention is on the leadership that misled them. That intent was to change the election outcome by means outside the constitution and Law, under coercion and threat of violence.
Re:Congress demands tech CEOs censor the internet even more ...
by ramphastidae on Sunday March 28, 2021 @11:09AM
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So because two rioters left their guns at home, it wasn’t a coup? Keep moving those goalposts, buddy.
There was literally a mass rally, hours before the event, where the President and his cronies whipped a mob into a frenzy with lies about fraudulent voting systems and conspiracies to steal the election as the culmination of MONTHS of similar disinformation. They encouraged supporters to take Congress via “trial by combat” in order to prevent the legally elected President from being confirmed.
An attempt to block the legal transfer of power in order to illegally maintain your own is clearly an attempt to overthrow a legitimate government: a coup.