Mothra said:
Sam Lowry said:
ATL Bear said:
Sam Lowry said:
ATL Bear said:
Sam Lowry said:
The intent of a protest is essentially to persuade. It's the voicing of an opinion or demand and a show of unity with others of like mind. It becomes criminal when it crosses the line from persuasion to the threat or use of violence. It becomes an insurrection when people rebel against a governing authority per se (as opposed to a government policy). J6 was an insurrection because it was an attempt, by force and the threat of force, to deprive Joe Biden of his legitimate authority. That's not what protesters do.
Protests take many forms. Many protests are intended to disrupt, interrupt, and stop actions they disagree with. People tie themselves to trees, sit in roads and buildings, and sometimes resort to violence, whether through property destruction, fires, or worse. Because a protest engages in illegal actions doesn't make it an insurrection or a coup. People protest government authority ALL THE TIME not just policy, and is not a rebellion. That is the narrative that has been invented for a much more frightening purpose to turn political opposition into something more like terrorists. Because you so vehemently disagree with the purpose of the protestors does NOT make it any sort of insurrection or participants rebels.
None of that is inconsistent with the definitions I stated.
You are positing the intent was insurrection and rebellion, not protest. That is a big inconsistency.
It was. That's what separates J6 from all the other things you mentioned. Not just that it was illegal, or violent, or that I disagree with it, but the intent.
How did you determine intent from a crowd of thousands of people? Did you interview each of them?
just remember.. The disruption of the Constitutional electoral certification process was timed perfectly, immediately after the first objection was raised but before the debate around it was to start.
It was tantamount to threading a needle at the perfect time..
J6 was an Op by portions of our Govt tjat used a bunch of useful idiots.
It's purpose was preventing the People from watching the 6 pairs of Senator/Rep from objecting to AZ, MI, PA, WI, GA, NV electors AND to demonize MAGA and create domestic terrorists where law fare could be used to crush dissent.
Worked perfectly.