How did the Capitol Police stop the violent insurrection on Jan 6th?

  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I agree, it annoys me that people act like this was a 9/11 scale attack on our government.

    Was it bad? Yes. Do I disagree with their motivations and actions? Yes. Do I think they actually planned to actually overthrow anything? No. As shitty as it was it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Imagine if even 1/10 of them had planned to bring/use rifles, molotovs etc.

    If they wanted to throw down they would have, but they didn’t, and I’m thankful for that. Same goes for the Capitol Police.

    • PorradaVFR@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Their laughable incompetence and chaotic organization doesn’t change their intentions to stop the legitimate certification of the election. This was absolutely a massive attack on our Democratic system of governance. The fact that it was attempted by disorganized idiots doesn’t change that fact.

      We got lucky.