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edhopper

(33,625 posts) Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:48 AM Feb 2021

"But for"

Heard Morning Joe mention this.
In Tort cases it is a way to assign responsibility. If something would not have happened "but for" a certain player.

I think it is incontrovertible that the Capitol Riot would not have happened but for Trump's rhetoric and actions.

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"But for" (Original Post) edhopper Feb 2021 OP

The same test occurred to me a few days after the assault on the US Capitol. Hugin Feb 2021 #1

KnR Hugin Feb 2021 #2

Hugin

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1. The same test occurred to me a few days after the assault on the US Capitol.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 10:54 AM

Feb 2021

It's a pretty standard way of identifying liability and culpability.

If it weren't for what person or group of people would this have happened?

The answer to this question with respect to the armed insurrection is obviously, Trump.

Sometimes it's not so great to always be the center of all attention.

Hugin

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2. KnR

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 04:28 PM

Feb 2021

Keep this in mind... But, for Trump, would there have been an armed insurrection of homicidal seditionists on the US Capitol building?

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