Current Events > So am I the only one who thinks people are being just a bit dramatic rn?

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If this is your definition of an "attempted coup" you have some pretty lame standards.

Like some knuckleheads marched around the capital building, a few of the nuttier knuckleheads got inside and did, well nothing really.

Trump will leave peacefully on the 20th, Biden will be sworn in, and nothing really that significant will happen in the next four years other than Republicans taking back at least the house in 2022.

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Shut the fuck up

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Four people died.

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Hayame Zero posted...

Four people died.

I mean that's tragic but it isn't exactly a "civil war"

The point is the alt right came nowhere near overthrowing our government.

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imagine if the politicians werent all evacuated and the mob ran into Pelosi, AOC, Schumer, or really any high profile democrat. What would happen?

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If you don't think attempting to stop congress from certifying the results of an election is an "attempted coup" then you are an idiot downplaying the events.

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They're threatening to return with guns, and you know Trump is just going to fan the flames until the 20th.

This might just be the spark before the fire.

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Politics posted...

I mean that's tragic but it isn't exactly a "civil war"

The point is the alt right came nowhere near overthrowing our government.

the republicans in office sure are trying like hell though

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Tmaster148 posted...

If you don't think attempting to stop congress from certifying the results of an election is an "attempted coup" then you are an idiot downplaying the events.

They didn't even do that lmao

These are just idiots that made fools of themselves, someone even got fired from their job lmao

But at no point was our democracy at risk, or will it be in the near future or even distant future.

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berlyman101 posted...

the republicans in office sure are trying like hell though

Are they? Because basically all of them voted to uphold the election results. Yeah Ted Cruz is an idiot but what's new?

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Politics posted...

They didn't even do that lmao

These are just idiots that made fools of themselves, someone even got fired from their job lmao

But at no point was our democracy at risk, or will it be in the near future or even distant future.

They attempted and failed.

But hey continue to downplay domestic terrorism.

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a couple people just broke into the capitol with the intent of disrupting the election proceedings haha no big deal guys just another wednesday

tc why u simping for trump

soulunison2 posted...

tc why u simping for trump

Hey, I literally worked on the campaign for Biden and other Democrats

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i agree people are making it bigger than it was. they're doing that gif where the soccer player gets touched and falls down in pain

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https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1

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Politics posted...

Are they? Because basically all of them voted to uphold the election results. Yeah Ted Cruz is an idiot but what's new?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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that viking dude without a shirt on and a wooden sword from the renfest down his sweatpants was almost our supreme leader

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Overreaction is by far the superior choice for underreaction in this type of situation imo.

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I doubt any significant number of them really expected to be able to get that far. They had no idea what to do once there. If everything stopped at this point, Trump strongly opposed the events and stopped inciting his base and no more protests happened, it would still be a disgrace but hardly the end of American democracy.

The problem is this set a precedent, expectations. Next time, it's very likely they will expect to get there and have actual plans. If you cannot understanding how dangerous this is, you're seriously underestimating human stupidity.

Man you've occasionally seemed like a reasonable guy in the past but lately you have been on some sort of observable downward spiral. Unless it's an intentional bit, in which case carry on I suppose

Politics posted...

They didn't even do that lmao

These are just idiots that made fools of themselves, someone even got fired from their job lmao

But at no point was our democracy at risk, or will it be in the near future or even distant future.

Do you just not understand what attempted means or something?

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Politics posted...

Hey, I literally worked on the campaign for Biden and other Democrats

Even if that's true, that makes you look worse not better

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Did you forget about the pipe bombs?

It's not that they succeed or not, it's that they even attempted is the scary/dumb part.

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Prestoff posted...

It's not that they succeed or not, it's that they even attempted is the scary/dumb part.

Oh I agree, my point is this is more dumb than scary.

Like lets say they did get more serious and actually tried to stop the election, the military would have put an end to this in a couple of minutes. The Alt Right is dead and this was the final nail in the coffin.

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