Very strong quote on legitimate political discourse

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Jennifer Mercieca has hit the nail on the head. The second paragraph says it all!

https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Leveraging-big-ideas/what-is-legitimate-political-discourse-and-does-it-include-the-jan-6-attack-on-the-capitol


I don’t know who she is, but wow, she hit the fucking nail right on the head.


The Republican National Committee would like Americans to focus on the peaceful protesters who gathered on Jan. 6, 2021, to hear President Donald Trump’s speech at the Ellipse – and ignore the violence at the Capitol.

If we look at the Ellipse, we see a vibrant, and legitimate, political protest with signs, chants and speeches. If we look at the Capitol, by contrast, we see illegitimate political violence, including people using bear spray, erecting a hangman’s noose and assaulting others.

The link between them was Trump’s speech. He used a particular combination of rhetorical strategies, calling for a plague to be removed so that the nation could be pure again; threatening force; and claiming that his group was good, strong, pure and sure of victory. He also made claims of victimhood, of having had something stolen from him and his supporters. This specific combination of rhetorical strategies has traditionally been used to motivate a nation for war

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1. Exactly right....maybe a fog is lifting? nt

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2. Hopefully so. I still have a hard time believing people are questioning what they saw

It was a violent insurrection. We now can clearly see the plan was to throw the vote to the House and over ride the will of the people. As the states get 1 vote each, Trump would have been installed over the will of the majority of the Members of Congress as North Dakota would have the same vote as California and South Dakota would have the same 1 vote as New York. There was a clear plan to over ride the will of the majority of the voters.

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3. Navarro clearly thought he could overturn the will of the American people, by sending the contested

ballots back to 6 States and letting the Republican majority choose the slate. This was a conspiracy engineered by the WH with a willing and compliant RNC to excuse his impeachable offenses, so he could attempt the overthrown of a legitimate and fair election..

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4. Correct fraud was committed in multiple states

With the intent of causing confusion. It was coordinated by the Whitehouse and the campaign. It was supposed to create the cover to kick the election into the House and over ride the will of the people.

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5. KR TY