The vast majority of people there were there for legitimate purposes. Even those who breached the capitol grounds only wanted their voices heard by those they felt were ignoring them.

There were a few wreckers there, driving the destruction, and without the approval of even many around them. There are videos of Trump supporters bulling them off the walls or complaining to police who refused to stop them.

The whole assault situation was a false flag op organized by anti Trump forces to discredit the rest of us. That it worked so well stings more than a little. We were probably somewhat naive since most of us weren't members of the professional protestors class.

To put it bluntly, the nation was in ZERO danger of civil war on 1/6. Zero. Other things would have been required for the whole thing to go kinetic, and they just weren't there. Some people got unruly and broke some stuff, the cops murdered a woman, and we all went home.

Don't worry, though. Civil war is coming. Gotta wait for the boot to press tighter against the neck. Wake up the normies who still just don't get it. The new admin is going full tilt, though. Following the playbook like it's written in small words they can easily understand.

I did see one guy with a pitchfork head on his flag pole.

Light years away.  

That wasn't an insurrection as much as it was a mob that was goaded into action by a few key players from either the extreme right or left.  My guess is elements of antifa were there as well as some nutty right wing people encouraging people to move forward.  No way to know for sure though.

I don't doubt there were people there who intended harm if they had the opportunity (what other explanation is there for the guys carrying flex-cuffs), but if those folks had actually gotten their hands on politicians I doubt the violence would have spread beyond the capitol and in all likelihood Trump would have summoned some hardened individuals to end things.  At the end of the day Trump wanted to remain president, but I don't think he wanted a second term based on violence.


The lefties calling this an insurrection have no clue what they are talking about.  Hopefully they won't ever get to see what a real insurrection is up close.

Always looking  back it's a cascade of things. Who knows down the line.

Nothing was going to be started by the protestors.  That said, had the Army decided to mow down 20-30 thousand peaceful protestors with anti-personal weapons, perhaps a tide would have been turned.

Now the second part of that - if some troops would have attempted to mow down the entire group of protestors - it is reasonable possible we would have had other troops trying to stop them.  Things could have gotten froggy fast.

All in all, I think we were at least an astronomical unit away.

For it to kick off you need a leader, and we didn't have anyone to lead us that day.

That wasn't the intent of the people at the rally. If they wanted to take over the Capitol they could have done it very easily. There were a few that caused damage but not really that many and there were Antifa/BLM there. The media made it into something it really wasn't and ran with it, we still hear about it today and it will be a rally cry for the left.

It should be a rallying cry for the right.  Except that half of us are too concerned with taking the high road.  Which is exactly how we got to this point in the first place.  Had those folks actually wanted to cause harm, we'd be looking for new representation.  'Our' leadership are fucking pussies.

On the other side of the world. One riot night in Portland or Seattle was far more of a threat and still ongoing. Don't fall for the Socialist propaganda.