I catch flak for calling events at The Capitol a false flag.
I was referring to people starting fights at The Capitol while Trump was still speaking, before he finished.
Trump supporters I've encountered would stay there at the speech, until it was finished.
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I was referring to people starting fights at The Capitol while Trump was still speaking, before he finished.
Trump supporters I've encountered would stay there at the speech, until it was finished.
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I was also talking about those who first went in, exploiting photo ops. What's the negative PR value of that Confederate flag?
But it goes further. Capitol can lock down in a minute. Maybe two minutes. It's the fucking Capitol. Get real.
Heavy, locking bronze doors.
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But it goes further. Capitol can lock down in a minute. Maybe two minutes. It's the fucking Capitol. Get real.
Heavy, locking bronze doors.
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So why were the doors left open? Who decided to let these people in?
Sorry. I simply do not accept that the building could not be secured quickly. Very quickly.
They doubtless run drills. Smell the coffee.
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Sorry. I simply do not accept that the building could not be secured quickly. Very quickly.
They doubtless run drills. Smell the coffee.
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It's not just about whether some guys at the front are ANTIFA or whatever. That's just one aspect of the photo op: get the people in the building and get some spicy conflict photos, etc.
It's about more than that.
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It's about more than that.
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Negative PR? Check. Source of 100k negative headlines in minutes? Check. Pretext to invoke 25th Amendment? Check.
But what's most important of all might be *how it affected the psychology of the cowards in the houses of legislature*
What's that worth right before a vote?
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But what's most important of all might be *how it affected the psychology of the cowards in the houses of legislature*
What's that worth right before a vote?
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The Trump people who went along inside aren't bad people. They have a legitimate grievance. Many grievances.
It was a false flag & simultaneously wasn't.
In any case packing their asses into The People's House sent a strong & clear message.
Now we have to own it.
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It was a false flag & simultaneously wasn't.
In any case packing their asses into The People's House sent a strong & clear message.
Now we have to own it.
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So own it we shall.
Imagining, "If only we were just more polite the criminals would suddenly stop exploiting & degrading us" is for the birds.
But we should see that the move gave them as much as it gave us. Cost us as much as it cost them.
More perhaps.
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Imagining, "If only we were just more polite the criminals would suddenly stop exploiting & degrading us" is for the birds.
But we should see that the move gave them as much as it gave us. Cost us as much as it cost them.
More perhaps.
7/8
We must remain alert to manipulations. In Minecraft, it's the other guy's job to get hurt. Exclusively.
Shit's now quite real. That requires constant effort to prudently see things coming. Retrospective meditations are for fuck ups.
Or so I try to remind myself daily.
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Shit's now quite real. That requires constant effort to prudently see things coming. Retrospective meditations are for fuck ups.
Or so I try to remind myself daily.
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