General Senate Judiciary Committee Report on Jan 6th

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Speaker to Animals

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Human beings that do stupid things are still human beings. In a lot of these instances the people are pretty clearly mentally ill.
Some are on the spectrum. Some are sincere, intelligent people who were badly misled by an awful man. Some are just idiots who got swept up in an exciting "movement" instigated by an egomaniac. Some were just there to fuck things up, and they were all let into the place.
 

Wintermute

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Some are on the spectrum. Some are sincere, intelligent people who were badly misled by an awful man. Some are just idiots who got swept up in an exciting "movement" instigated by an egomaniac. Some were just there to fuck things up, and they were all let into the place.
I remember going to Parler and AR-15.com that day and they were lit up like Christmas trees. They were calling the insurrectionists idiots but then saying they wished they were there.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

The Most Consistent Motherfucker You Know
Jul 22, 2015
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Some are on the spectrum. Some are sincere, intelligent people who were badly misled by an awful man. Some are just idiots who got swept up in an exciting "movement" instigated by an egomaniac. Some were just there to fuck things up, and they were all let into the place.
Even those there just to fuck things up clearly don't have a lot going on with their lives. In either case, I generally have trouble celebrating the ruination of someone's life.
 

Speaker to Animals

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Even those there just to fuck things up clearly don't have a lot going on with their lives. In either case, I generally have trouble celebrating the ruination of someone's life.
I'm more about penalties to prevent/ discourage it happening again.

Penalties on the stiff side are better than wrist slaps.
 

Filthy

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I'm more about penalties to prevent/ discourage it happening again.

Penalties on the stiff side are better than wrist slaps.
that's a misconception about penalties related to poor impulse control, a harder smack on the nose is not often the right prescription.
 

Speaker to Animals

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that's a misconception about penalties related to poor impulse control, a harder smack on the nose is not often the right prescription.
How about they each get a solid punch in the nose, televised Nationally and time served?

Or pilloried and forced to watch elderly porn.

Something
 

Filthy

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How about they each get a solid punch in the nose, televised Nationally and time served?

Or pilloried and forced to watch elderly porn.

Something
people like Robbie Hart @Robbie Hart are willing to take a punch in the nose just to watch elder porn...

i like the thought, i just think there's a lot of bureaucratic overhead if we have to screen everyone with that Kobe Bryant Cock Excito-meter.
 

Robbie Hart

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Feb 13, 2015
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people like Robbie Hart @Robbie Hart are willing to take a punch in the nose just to watch elder porn...

i like the thought, i just think there's a lot of bureaucratic overhead if we have to screen everyone with that Kobe Bryant Cock Excito-meter.
Don’t have time to read

cliffs on op and all responses
 

Wintermute

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that's a misconception about penalties related to poor impulse control, a harder smack on the nose is not often the right prescription.
Agreed. Traitors should be hanged, not penalized.

It's crazy to think how close we came to actual deaths in the capitol. I wonder what the conversation would be, had they caught Pelosi or Pence and killed either. The reason we have the GOP lining up behind Trump and denying the insurrection is because they can still equivocate- "It was no different than any other day at the capitol." "look, they're staying inside the velvet ropes" and other bad faith arguments. Almost everyone on that day, McCarthy included, turned on Trump until they knew the worst hadn't happened. If Pence had died that day, what would we be discussing now?
 

Speaker to Animals

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Agreed. Traitors should be hanged, not penalized.

It's crazy to think how close we came to actual deaths in the capitol. I wonder what the conversation would be, had they caught Pelosi or Pence and killed either. The reason we have the GOP lining up behind Trump and denying the insurrection is because they can still equivocate- "It was no different than any other day at the capitol." "look, they're staying inside the velvet ropes" and other bad faith arguments. Almost everyone on that day, McCarthy included, turned on Trump until they knew the worst hadn't happened. If Pence had died that day, what would we be discussing now?
How faithless he is to the cult leader.
 

Wintermute

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Apr 24, 2015
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It's amazing that all it took to upend American democracy was one moron who did what he wanted because he had no idea how to execute the actual responsibilities of his office. It's like when my 7 year old nephew wants to go the other way on the Monopoly board and half the other players see that this benefits them, so they do it too.

I always thought it would be a brilliant strong man who would dismantle democracy.
 

Speaker to Animals

encephalopathetic
May 16, 2021
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It's amazing that all it took to upend American democracy was one moron who did what he wanted because he had no idea how to execute the actual responsibilities of his office. It's like when my 7 year old nephew wants to go the other way on the Monopoly board and half the other players see that this benefits them, so they do it too.

I always thought it would be a brilliant strong man who would dismantle democracy.
People have been worshiping whatever is most shallow, so it naturally led to the WH.
 

Filthy

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It's amazing that all it took to upend American democracy was one moron who did what he wanted because he had no idea how to execute the actual responsibilities of his office. It's like when my 7 year old nephew wants to go the other way on the Monopoly board and half the other players see that this benefits them, so they do it too.

I always thought it would be a brilliant strong man who would dismantle democracy.
Watch "Idiocracy"
 
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Watch "Idiocracy"
Idiocracy does not tell the story of a moron (or a strongman for that matter) dismantling democracy.

You should watch the movie again if that's what you think.
 

Filthy

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Agreed. Traitors should be hanged, not penalized.

It's crazy to think how close we came to actual deaths in the capitol. I wonder what the conversation would be, had they caught Pelosi or Pence and killed either. The reason we have the GOP lining up behind Trump and denying the insurrection is because they can still equivocate- "It was no different than any other day at the capitol." "look, they're staying inside the velvet ropes" and other bad faith arguments. Almost everyone on that day, McCarthy included, turned on Trump until they knew the worst hadn't happened. If Pence had died that day, what would we be discussing now?
How many things would have had to have happened for Pence to be killed?
 

Filthy

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Idiocracy does not tell the story of a moron (or a strongman for that matter) dismantling democracy.

You should watch the movie again if that's what you think.
It's the story of a democracy completely incapable of serving any need except the need to be entertained.

Show this to your caretaker and ask them to explain