The greatest single flaw that the Republican't Party has is that they believe their lies. They have lied about their opposition so much that they can't believe that what they're saying isn't true. They can't believe that people who oppose their philosophies don't do the same terrible things that they do. Both sides do it, right?
That has never been true. Both sides don't do it. But I want to talk about a specific example today; January 6th, 2021.
As we all know now, January 6th was a terrible day for the United States. There was a riot. The Capitol was invaded. The lives of our representative government were put in terrible danger. Several people died. Over a hundred police were injured. The existing administration bungled the response. Hell, it appears that the response was geared to something they weren't expecting!
Memos were drafted telling the Capital Police and the National Guard to support Trump Supporters. People were put into positions to make certain that things would go their way, and now thanks to the Select Committee investigating those terrible events I think I have an understanding of what was supposed to happen, versus what actually happened.
I think that the Republican side of the equation tried to start a fight. I think they wanted there to be violence in the streets between the Magahats and Antifa. They spent weeks putting it all together, riled up the crowd and sent them on their march towards what they believed would be protesters from Antifa assembled to support the count of the election and certification of Biden's win. If a riot broke out and blood was shed then The existing administration could invoke emergency powers and ultimately stop the count of electors.
And it would have worked if Antifa had shown up. They got the Magacrowd all riled up for a fight and then there was no one to fight with. Everything unfolds from there - pent up rage and mob mentality needs an outlet, and so they invaded the Capitol.
And this brings me back to my original point. Republicans have been saying for years now that Antifa is an organization designed to fight everything they believe in. This simply isn't true. Antifa is a philosophy, not an organization. Unlike the Proud Boys and the rest, Antifa isn't a group you join. You are either Antifa or you aren't.
You are either against fascism or not. It's a philosophy, not a club.
But they've been telling themselves for years that Antifa's an organization. A group to fight against. And so they expected to pit one group against another and only one showed up. The one they had got all riled up in the first place.
No wonder there was violence.
The response was designed to break up a fight. To break up a riot between protesters and counter-protesters. They had all of the responses geared up for it. Who to support, how to react, how the news would break. And when that didn't happen this rudderless and leaderless administration that was still in power had no idea how to react. So they chose not to. Tragedy ensued.
You can even see it in some of the Fox news reports when they claim that Antifa was there. Again, Antifa is a philosophy, not a club you join.
In a small way, I kind of feel sorry for the Insurrectionists on the ground. They were manipulated into it. But only in a small way. They must be held responsible for their actions.
But the people who put this all together? Riled up the crowd? Prepared for a different riot than the one they got?
Lock Them Up. Throw away the key.
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