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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by jeffbee on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:33PM (#37471557)
A person who is in jail awaiting trial for attempting to overthrow the government of the United States is not a "political prisoner".
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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by ipaddr on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:54PM (#37471950)
In many cases they would be if they subscribed to a political ideology and committed acts because of them.

In this case overthrowing is actual a protest that went out of control because of lax security. A real overthrow attempt would need to involve heavy weapons. Protesters didn't even have butter knives.

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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by l33t7332273 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:22PM (#37472380)
> In this case overthrowing is actual a protest

Only for some of the people involved. However, there were certainly people there attempting an actual overthrow[1]

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/14/oath-keepers...

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