Watching the new insurrection videos on CNN. The guy with horns will get off on an insanity defense

[mobeau69]

He's incredibly nuts.

[Chipper Chat]

1. I want to smack the shit out of him.

Ugly stupid obnoxious fucker.

[treestar]

2. That takes proof he did not know what he was doing was wrong

There's "nuts" and "legally insane" - two different things.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. His Note About Justice Will Make That Tough

It was a justification for his actions. A "we gotta do what we gotta do" note.
Makes it hard to prove he didn't realize this was a provocative action.

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. Good luck with that...

Lock him up with others who are criminally insane.

He knows exactly what he did. He packed a bag, booked a ticket, and boasted. He knew.
He is firmly entrenched and he chose to keep digging, even when it became absurd

[getagrip_already]

4. if it means he gets committed, I'm ok with that.....

[tulipsandroses]

5. Our prisons are filled with people with mental illness. All the Qanon folks are nuts

Anyone that believes that Democrats are pedophiles that drink the blood of babies, JFK Jr is still alive, trump is some kind of super hero that will put an end to the pedophile ring is nuts. However, they are not so far gone that they don't know right from wrong.

Also, we should frame this as these people are terrorists. Plain and simple. They are no different from Middle Eastern extremists that commit acts of terror because of extreme ideologies. What is the difference between these folks and the guy that believes that kidnapping and beheading someone or bombing places is the right thing to do and the God that he serves will be pleased. Or will be rewarded in the afterlife with 70 virgins? Would we say that's nuts? I would. But still say that person belongs in prison. So do these people.

[mobeau69]

7. Agree 100 percent.

[hlthe2b]

8. Common misconception about how often "insanity" defenses are actually offered & successful:

Virtually all studies conclude that the insanity defense is raised in less than 1 percent of felony cases, and is successful in only a fraction of those1.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/faqs.html

[ck4829]

9. Please, jurors who know anything will see through any attempt to conjure support for this defense

He joined in a premeditated insurrection.

He knows what he is doing.

He knows what he was doing when he was a participant in the attempted run on Congress.

[obamanut2012]

10. No he isn't

He's a sociopath.

[Baked Potato]

11. I think he is pompous and bombastic.

[Ellipsis]

12. He just taking advantage of the wonderful acoustics.

I guess he likes peyote. It is organic after all.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. Saying the guy is insane without diagnosing him is ableist. People can be irrational, ignorant and

and participate in crimes without being mentally ill.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. I doubt that VERY much. Insanity is a nearly impossible defense

to mount.



But yes. That dirty little fuck is nuts.