Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by dontreact on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:09AM
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What do you think would have happened if things went a little differently and the mob got to Nancy Pelosi? They were very close to doing so.
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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by gjsman-1000 on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:43AM
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We would have a funeral for Pelosi, but democracy would be no closer to dying. And while it's a tragedy for anyone to be murdered, hype about it "nearly killed democracy" is just inflammatory.
Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by dontreact on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:32AM
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If pelosi were murdered (and potentially other senators too)
Do you think the senate would still have certified the election? Or would Trump still be president?
I think the fear is that the mob was almost able to make it so that Trump’s lie about a stolen election would have overridden the democratic process.
If such an event happened, it would have been fair to say that event “killed democracy”