Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:14 PM

flotsam (3,268 posts)

The rioters should be stripped of citizenship

as was done, sometime for years, to southerners after the civil war...to be readmitted to the United States a majority of voters had to pledge allegiance (by vote) to the Union. Final amnesty for all except the leaders of the rebellion was given in 1872. Here's a timeline on how we handled the last insurrection...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-timeline/

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
The rioters should be stripped of citizenship (Original post)	flotsam	Jan 2021	OP
Deny them access to all public services	Orrex	Jan 2021	#1
I'd settle for	flotsam	Jan 2021	#2
Treat them as they would treat "illegal immigrants"	DBoon	Jan 2021	#4
I love it!	Orrex	Jan 2021	#5
Convict and put these assholes in prison	Gothmog	Jan 2021	#3
Oh yeah	flotsam	Jan 2021	#6
No. That is not something we do in this country.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jan 2021	#7
Yep	flotsam	Jan 2021	#8
+1 n/t	FSogol	Jan 2021	#9
They need to love this country or get the hell out!	Buckeye_Democrat	Jan 2021	#10

Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:15 PM

Orrex (62,060 posts)

1. Deny them access to all public services

Such as public roads, the FDIC, etc.

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Response to Orrex (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:25 PM

flotsam (3,268 posts)

2. I'd settle for

You no longer vote and you no longer count...

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Response to Orrex (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:30 PM

DBoon (20,673 posts)

4. Treat them as they would treat "illegal immigrants"

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Response to DBoon (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:32 PM

Orrex (62,060 posts)

5. I love it!

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Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:28 PM

Gothmog (124,364 posts)

3. Convict and put these assholes in prison

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Response to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:36 PM

flotsam (3,268 posts)

6. Oh yeah

Jail as well-but they joined an insurrection and should have to plead for amnesty before they are allowed to rejoin the "body politic".

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Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:26 PM

PoindexterOglethorpe (23,990 posts)

7. No. That is not something we do in this country.

The Confederacy was different. It wasn't a couple hour attempted takeover, it was years long, a separate, if traitorous, country.

I've been seeing similar posts here, and all of you who support this, need to think really hard. If we start stripping citizenship, it will happen to us down the road.

There's a reason we like to think of this country as a nation of laws.

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Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:30 PM

flotsam (3,268 posts)

8. Yep

and the law says rebellion is a crime and last time it happened those who rebelled and even those who did not support the rebellion lost citizenship. Every asshole seen inside the Capitol building is in open rebellion.

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Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:31 PM

FSogol (43,529 posts)

9. +1 n/t

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Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:37 PM

Buckeye_Democrat (14,518 posts)

10. They need to love this country or get the hell out!

See what I did there, imitating those insurrectionists?

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