4 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

While this is going on

Kz wants to make sure we show leniency with the terrorists.  Cool.

The Civil War is coming. Get ready for the battle, the first since 1860. I hope the National Guard can handle it. 

27 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

Yeah, but it was poorly executed so we can't really say they "tried".

They weren't even being violent.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of these folks get a few years in prison.

2 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Yes, "literally defending terrorism" is certainly what I'm doing. This is another spot-on, accurate portrayal of the discussion.

Which is why I asked what you wanted them to receive.

Your original meme belittled the attack. There's really no getting around that.

All of the people at the rally are not seditionist scum

Just as all BLM protesters are not rioters.

Specific people committed specific crimes.

Just now, Paul852 said:

Your original meme belittled the attack. There's really no getting around that.

Yes, it was hilarious. It's showing how insane lib groupthink is in equating what happened Jan. 6 to 9/11.

1 minute ago, Toastrel said:

All of the people at the rally are not seditionist scum

Just as all BLM protesters are not rioters.

Specific people committed specific crimes.

Holy ish, did Toaster actually just interpret my argument far more accurately and quickly than smooth brains Paul and Van?

1 minute ago, Kz! said:

Yes, it was hilarious. It's showing how insane lib groupthink is in equating what happened Jan. 6 to 9/11.

It was domestic terrorism on US soil. I'm sorry if you're still in denial about that but it was. I'm not sure why you're getting hung up about that. Was it more catastrophic? Of course not.

1 minute ago, Toastrel said:

All of the people at the rally are not seditionist scum

Just as all BLM protesters are not rioters.

Specific people committed specific crimes.

Well, not everyone there took place in a coup attempt. But they certainly gathered to invalidate a democratic election based on conspiracy theories - soooo, kinda all seditionists. 

Just now, Kz! said:

Holy ish, did Toaster actually just interpret my argument far more accurately and quickly than smooth brains Paul and Van?

You've been defending the people who stormed the Capitol. The "rally" was never the argument. Stop projecting your smooth brain onto others.

3 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Holy ish, did Toaster actually just interpret my argument far more accurately and quickly than smooth brains Paul and Van?

No, I spoke my own piece. If you have any argument, it is that some parents should not have kids.

15 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

It was domestic terrorism on US soil. I'm sorry if you're still in denial about that but it was. I'm not sure why you're getting hung up about that. Was it more catastrophic? Of course not.

Oh wow, did you hear that on CNN? So, we've established "they" are domestic terrorists, yes? What should they receive as punishment? 1-20 years? You think "domestic terrorists" should get as little as 1 year in prison?

It's like talking to a brick wall. A really fu**ing stupid brick wall.

 i don't know why any of you waste your time. 

5 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Oh wow, did you hear that on CNN? So, we've established "they" are domestic terrorists, yes? What should they receive as punishment? 1-20 years? You think "domestic terrorists" should get as little as 1 year in prison?

Look who is now a terrorist sympathizer. I am not surprised. 

I am with Cheney and W on this. They should be stripped of their citizenship, tried by military tribunal and sent to prison in Gitmo. 

25 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

No, I spoke my own piece. If you have any argument, it is that some parents should not have kids.

 Toast is straight up slayin MFers this morning. I love it.

14 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Oh wow, did you hear that on CNN? So, we've established "they" are domestic terrorists, yes? What should they receive as punishment? 1-20 years? You think "domestic terrorists" should get as little as 1 year in prison?

24 minutes ago, Gannan said:

Look who is now a terrorist sympathizer. I am not surprised. 

I am with Cheney and W on this. They should be stripped of their citizenship, tried by military tribunal and sent to prison in Gitmo. 

"Terrorist sympathizer"   

32 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

It's like talking to a brick wall. A really fu**ing stupid brick wall.

"Wahh, you won't accept the insane premise that everyone who entered the capitol is a domestic terrorist."

Cry more.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-capitol-mob-fbi-arrests-cumulus-election-biden-huppke-20210112-zmxfbai4djcxncuhbcpgjdoixi-story.html

Hello, I am a patriotic supporter of President Donald Trump who broke into the U.S. Capitol and attacked police officers because I believed the election was stolen and it was my duty to overthrow the government using only a flagpole I picked up along the way and the horns on the cool viking helmet I wore.

I am now being told I have lost my job and might go to prison. This is an absurd, Orwellian trampling of my First Amendment rights, according to a person I follow on Twitter.

What kind of country are we if an outstanding citizen like myself can be fired, arrested and charged with domestic terrorism just because I livestreamed myself joining hundreds of other freedom fighters in attempting to crush a screaming law enforcement officer before defecating in the offices of Democratic lawmakers?

As the CEO of a small company, my rights have been constantly trampled by leftists and I have had to endure unspeakable horrors like using LED lightbulbs and having my Facebook account shut down because I kept using it to threaten a violent uprising against my own country. And now, just because I destroyed federal property, put the lives of members of Congress at risk and engaged in an attack that led to the death of a police officer, I’m the one who has to face consequences?!?

That seems both unfair and tyrannical. I have never once had to face consequences before, so clearly there’s a problem.

Fortunately, I have a highly paid lawyer on retainer who joined me in Washington, D.C., and he will be representing me in this matter as soon as he posts bail on charges of domestic terrorism and fights back at the employer who fired him.

And now, I turn the microphone over to a Republican lawmaker from my district.

Hello, I am a Congressional Republican who loudly repeated President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged” and "stolen.” I also egged on the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.

It is tragic that large corporate donors like Hallmark, American Express and Marriott are saying they will no longer give me money and that my colleagues in the Democratic Party are attempting to have me removed from office because I committed an innocent act of sedition and may have incited people to attempt a violent disruption of government activity.

Clearly this is an attempt to silence me, and no, I do not believe it’s ironic that I’m saying that in front of a large bank of television cameras.

What we need right now in this country is unity. Clearly, the only way to achieve unity is for Democrats and all others disturbed by the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol to immediately stop trying to blame those responsible for the attack and to not hold them accountable in any way.

Did the FBI issue an internal bulletin Monday warning of plans for armed protests in all 50 state capitals and in Washington in the days before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated? Yes, but I’m sure that has nothing to do with the prior deadly insurrection I may or may not have incited.

What I do know is this: To bring Americans together, we should all be laser focused on the fact that I have lost 20,000 Twitter followers in the past day, a clear act of censorship that certainly has no connection to the social media company’s decision to purge white supremacists, violent conspiracy theorists and other users propagating dangerous disinformation.

And now I’ll hand things over to a right-wing radio talk show host.

Hi there, I’m a conservative radio host and I’m deeply troubled that I might get fired if I continue to say the presidential election was rigged or do anything to inspire heavily armed citizens to lash out violently at our government.

Though I’ve been doing all of that nonstop for the past several months, I learned Monday that my company "will not tolerate any suggestion that the election has not ended. The election has been resolved and there are no alternate acceptable ‘paths.’” Anyone who suggests otherwise "can expect to separate from the company immediately.”

This is clearly unconstitutional, as the Founding Fathers firmly believed private broadcasting companies must let their employees say whatever they want, no matter how baseless, inflammatory or anti-democratic it might be.

Frankly, I don’t want to live in a country where the company paying me an enormous amount of money can fire me simply because I say something like: "I’m telling you, folks, they ARE STEALING YOUR COUNTRY OUT FROM UNDER YOU AND IF YOU DON’T STAND UP, RIGHT NOW AND TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO COME AND STEAL YOUR CHILDREN AND ENSLAVE THEM AND THEN BOIL YOU AND SERVE YOU TO YOUR ENSLAVED CHILDREN!!!!”

As the others here today have already made clear, actions that lead to violence, death and an attempted coup must NOT be met with consequences. Rather, they should be met with appeasement and an admission that everything was actually the fault of liberals.

Anything less is an outrage, a trampling of our First Amendment rights, censorship, tyranny and an attempt to destroy America, which, quite frankly, is our job.

We will now refuse to take questions.

rhuppke@chicagotribune.com

1 minute ago, Kz! said:

"Wahh, you won't accept the insane premise that everyone who entered the capitol is a domestic terrorist."

Cry more.

1 minute ago, Kz! said:

"Wahh, you won't accept the insane premise that everyone who entered the capitol is a domestic terrorist."

Cry more.

Hey man, you've acknowledged that at least some of them were terrorists. I'll take that as a win and move on.

Just now, Paul852 said:

Hey man, you've acknowledged that at least some of them were terrorists. I'll take that as a win and move on.

Are all of them domestic terrorists, Paul? Not expecting an answer, btw.

Just now, Kz! said:

Are all of them domestic terrorists, Paul? Not expecting an answer, btw.

Everyone who stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of our presidential election? Yep!

4 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

Everyone who stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of our presidential election? Yep!

Exactly. This isn't hard folks. This wasn't just some ordinary building, and it wasn't exactly empty at the time. Don't let the idiots down play this as some form of protest gone awry. They weren't just trespassing. Their intention behind entering that building wasn't just to have a look around.