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Pick_Zoidberg t1_j8fldj1 wrote

Reply to comment by Huli_Blue_Eyes in Biden fires Architect of the Capitol after calls for his resignation by Picture-unrelated

Everyone knew J6 was going to be a thing. It had a weeks of media coverage and all kinds of public groups.

I think the only people who were shocked by the turnout were the ones responsible for containing the turnout.

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bozitybozitybopzebop t1_j8gm7pa wrote

Not everyone.

The Capitol Police knew, and they requested the national guard be brought in 3 days beforehand.

Someone intentionally made the National Guard sit on their hands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

People weren't shocked. This was an inside job.

I await further firings.

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Professional-Bee-190 t1_j8hmd4n wrote

This is going to culminate with the most seriously worded letter in the history of history!!

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Most_Ruin_3005 t1_j8i7bxn wrote

You should await further coup attempts, because they're coming. Fascism is a cancer that, unless stamped out, will fester and hollow out all that it touches. We still haven't made moves against the fascists that coordinated the first coup, so it's all but guaranteed that there'll be a second.

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BrownEggs93 t1_j8j7ozk wrote

> I await further firings.

I want hangings. These people are still sitting in seats of power, still "guiding" this country's policies. Fuck them.

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blankarage t1_j8jmxh6 wrote

if there ever was a case for denaturalization, this would be it.

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Mumof3gbb t1_j8g6fgz wrote

Yup! I’m Canadian and I was watching a YouTuber who was from Washington and I remember early December being worried about her. We knew. Anyone who says they didn’t is either living under a rock or lying.

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excitedburrit0 t1_j8gcvxy wrote

In all of my 4 years lived under the Trump presidency, never once did I turn on the livestream to see a rally of his. But that morning I did. Had to tune in for Copefest 2021. Everyone who was paying attention to the post election news *knew* something was in the air.

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Jessica65Perth t1_j8h5a2j wrote

I live in Perth Australia and woke up in the middle of the night to watch expecting it, based on what Trump had been saying and comments on Social media by his cultists. I expected to see a strong Police presence

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jardex22 t1_j8h0xxo wrote

Even other organizations were specifically telling their members to not go out to counter protest. They knew shit was going to happen, and they would be blamed as the cause if they were there.

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Malaix t1_j8h6n5u wrote

/r parlerwatch basically started because conservatives on that site wouldn't shut the fuck up about how much they wanted to do an insurrection/civil war 2.

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phoenix_fire_starter t1_j8hcghp wrote

Brit here, never once in my life watched any American news live. But on J6 I tuned in knowing something was going to happen. 10/10 best coup coverage I've ever seen.

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nordic-nomad t1_j8huf2h wrote

Yeah us news is weird. On an average day you’re liable to be less informed about what’s going on watching the news than people who don’t.

But if something major is happening then it all kind of makes sense and you know more than people that are actually there about what’s happening and every angle of why and what could happen next. It’s a bizarre dichotomy.

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sirdiamondium t1_j8iarkn wrote

There was a law about it called the Fairness Doctrine but the Reagan administration collapsed it… now anything broadcast can call itself “news” no matter how fictional it is

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_j8gjinu wrote

I predicted it in 2016.

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MillyBDilly t1_j8j05ac wrote

so in 2016, you said on Jan. 6th there will be an insurrection?

Or do you just

'predict' that a crisis was on its way like experts have been saying since the tea party?

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_j8j0kip wrote

I actually said that Trump would refuse to leave the White House, and there would be some sort of unrest or insurrection.

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Tinkerballsack t1_j8kfvvj wrote

Yeah, they planned and announced it on Facebook, Twitter and TV. Charlie Kirk let everyone know about his buses on Twitter.

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2020willyb2020 t1_j8m5sse wrote

Be there…. It’s gonna be wild. We’re gonna make history or some shit

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