• Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People keep calling it a riot, we all know what happened but that subtle rebranding does a lot to subconsciously change how people feel about it.
    A riot is when a crowd spontaneously becomes violent and starts breaking shit.
    People don’t bring zip ties and build gallows at riots, they don’t plan and rehearse for riots, people don’t get guided tours from insiders of the place they’re planning to riot in a few months.
    That’s why it needs to keep being said loudly that it was an insurrection and why people should be careful to never call it a riot.

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      1 year ago

      Imagine spontaneously building a gallows, like where the fuck would you even find the wood at in the capital?? Who randomly thinks "I should take multiple 12 foot lengths of 2x4 to hear the person who lost the election speak?

      Who else thinks a big old fat length of rope is what I should take with me to see the peaceful transfer of power for myself?

      Fuck those cunts.