In Other News

[Egbert]

I thought it was a riot and if I recall correctly the media, at least here in Australia, described it as a riot. I suppose an "insurrection" is a riot and it was a riot aimed directly at the authorities so I suppose it could be described as an "insurrection".

[Berzerker]

Normally I would ignore that comment, in keeping with Ming's OP desire:


But I'll make an exception for this bullsh1t.

Jan. 6 in DC was totally an insurrection, Berz. We watched it on live TV. Listened and watched the build-up for a solid month. There was nothing grass-roots about it.

It may not have been well organized. It may have failed to overturn the election. But it was definitely an insurrection.

Does 8 months sound about right for a convicted insurrectionist?

Apparently Oerdin's contention is that if you get enough sheeple to hang out in the area without guns, it's OK to invade the US Capitol. You can attack its police (because blue lives matter!), trash its contents, raise a gallows, call for the deaths of Pence and Pelosi, break into offices, steal and damage federal property, and send the US Congress scrambling into hiding in fear for their lives, preventing them from executing their legal duties. Oh, and can smear your feces on the walls while you're at it. Apparently, it's a just a percentage thing.

You forgot 'seize power', kinda matters when accusing people of insurrection. Otherwise last summer's riots were actually insurrections...

[BeBMan]

Spearman vs. Tank 'nuff said.

[SlowwHand]

Or French.

[Uncle Sparky]

That is why, when playing CIV, you should never worry about having Mongols and Zulus next door.
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[giblets]

An angry mob isn't dangerous unless every member is armed with a rifle

[-Jrabbit]

Apparently Oerdin's contention is that if you get enough sheeple to hang out in the area without guns, it's OK to invade the US Capitol. You can attack its police (because blue lives matter!), trash its contents, raise a gallows, call for the deaths of Pence and Pelosi, break into offices, steal and damage federal property, and send the US Congress scrambling into hiding in fear for their lives, preventing them from executing their legal duties. Oh, and can smear your feces on the walls while you're at it. Apparently, it's a just a percentage thing.

[ricketyclik]

It seemed like an insurrection from here. The only comparable moment in Australia's history was "The Dismissal" in 1975, whereby a democratically elected government was dismissed by the Governor General, the Queen's representative. There were widespread protests, not armed, but it is considered to be the closest Australia ever came to a civil war.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection

[Dinner]

Thank you for admitting you have no argument. Please go back to marinating your brain in partisan propaganda and drooling on yourself, thanks. I am positive being objective would not be something you excel at.

[EPW]

An "insurrection" with no guns or firearms

A "poster" with no brains

[Dinner]

Normally I would ignore that comment, in keeping with Ming's OP desire:


But I'll make an exception for this bullsh1t.

Jan. 6 in DC was totally an insurrection, Berz. We watched it on live TV. Listened and watched the build-up for a solid month. There was nothing grass-roots about it.

It may not have been well organized. It may have failed to overturn the election. But it was definitely an insurrection.

An "insurrection" with no guns or firearms in which 99% plus of the participants were entirely peaceful? The other 1% or less simply amounted to a riot. We all know that is true but it seems some of us are so hyper partisan they choose to lie. That lying says more about them than anyone else.

[Dinner]

I meant before January 6. I knew something was likely to happen, as did many people who were online. That the FBI/etc didn't is a failing on the level of 9/11.

Since January 6 I keep thinking about buying a rifle, not that I want it at home or would hope to ever use it outside of a shooting range.

JM

Many ranges offer to store weapons for a fee.

[Dinner]

The problem with group's like Antifa (which is a self declared communist revolutionary group) is they literally instruct their followers to lie and pretend everyone who is not them is some how a "Nazi". It is a deliberate tactic.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

The urge to shoot Nazis is not going to lead anywhere good - but one certainly understands.

[Jon Miller]

I meant before January 6. I knew something was likely to happen, as did many people who were online. That the FBI/etc didn't is a failing on the level of 9/11.

Since January 6 I keep thinking about buying a rifle, not that I want it at home or would hope to ever use it outside of a shooting range.

JM