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rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:39 AM Nov 2020

SEDITION

se·di·tion
/səˈdiSH(ə n/

noun
noun: sedition; plural noun: seditions

conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

Can someone please explain to me how the rallies Trump plans on holding, at which he will incite the masses to denounce the election results, won't be seditious???

You know what his rhetoric will be. You know the phrases he will use as he panders to his rabid cult. How is that not seditious??

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SEDITION (Original Post) rustysgurl Nov 2020 OP
Bring in at least one other Trump family member and this should cover it: Towlie Nov 2020 #1
It seems kind of seditious. But introducing that concept only would BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #2
For you and me it would be. yonder Nov 2020 #3
"Denouncing" is not enough. marybourg Nov 2020 #4
Telling people they need to fight the results ... rustysgurl Nov 2020 #5

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
1. Bring in at least one other Trump family member and this should cover it:
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:46 AM
Nov 2020
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384


18 U.S. Code § 2384. Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)


I'd argue for the 20 years.

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
2. It seems kind of seditious. But introducing that concept only would
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:47 AM
Nov 2020

serve to elevate these pointless rallies and give these MAGA fools an inflated sense of importance in the grand scheme of things. Probably better to point, laugh and ignore these mass public tantrums until they burn out on their own.

yonder

(9,663 posts)
3. For you and me it would be.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:48 AM
Nov 2020

Being part of the country club set, a corporate board member or a presence on Wall St., etc. gains oneself entry into that exclusive club where laws no longer apply.

marybourg

(12,620 posts)
4. "Denouncing" is not enough.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:13 AM
Nov 2020

There has to some force, or violence or incitement to same. Otherwise you’re just dealing with protected speech..

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
5. Telling people they need to fight the results ...
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 02:07 AM
Nov 2020

or Donnie, Jr. saying people need to go to war?? Idiots showing up at election offices with guns. Groups trying to kidnap sitting Governors. That's not enough?

I'm not trying to be alarmist, but who knows what these cultists will stoop to doing. Where's a good blizzard when you need one to keep them all inside?

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