panem-et-circenses
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The two big takeaways from your "insurrection" were:
A) Americans are kinda soft. Crying about the Jan 6th riot is a whole new level of pathetic - and still pretending it was a wildly big deal over a year later, when it's clearly not a big deal, is almost as ridiculous.
B) The same people who mock the idea that guns could protect anyone from the US government also think that the US government risks being overthrown by a handful of unarmed and disorganized dimwits. These are not people whose opinions should matter.
I wouldnt classify us as ‘soft’ anymore than I would the other western countries in this era. In fact, we have proven just how violent we are, against ourselves and others. In the boxing forum, we were talking about how Ohio could takeover Australia over the course of a business week. It’s kind of funny banter but the underlying fact remains — we are crazy, when not in our usual bubble/coma.
Any comparison to 9/11 is weird and crazy, in my opinion. January 6th was not the worst thing to happen since the civil war. These are all clear to me and many others. But we shouldn’t just poo-poo what occurred , for it was a disgrace. A group of people — egged on by the lies of our president — acted like petulant turds, delayed democracy and our democratic traditions. Anyone who wasn’t embarrassed is either a.) totally partisan, or b.) truly engulfed in the lie that the election was stolen, which is scary itself.