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  1. some_furry · · focus · HN ↗
    I asked, &quot;What happened on January 6, 2021?&quot; and its answer is, I think, telling: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;e1H8NvK" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;e1H8NvK
    1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
      Seems very factual and unbiased, I think you&#x27;re showing everyone else more about yourself. It&#x27;s not a &quot;Heroic attempt to save democracy&quot; or an &quot;Large scale Insurrection and attempt to instill Fascism&quot;.
      1. some_furry · · focus · HN ↗
        Before they were pardoned, the rioters were indicted by grand juries and convicted by juries of their peers. It was an insurrection, not just a &quot;large crowd&quot;.
        1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
          The media wave made it a kangaroo court worse than OJ Simpson&#x27;s trial. My only point was that there is a lot of bias in it, and right in the same politiosphere that those juries are in. Gives a lot of &quot;police have investigated themselves and found no problems&quot;
          1. some_furry · · focus · HN ↗
            You&#x27;re entitled to your opinion, but neither what you said nor Trump&#x27;s pardon can change history. What&#x27;s done is done.

            January 6 was an insurrection incited by the sitting President against his own country. Any attempt to water this down is dishonest.

            1. lovich · · focus · HN ↗
              Hey now, you’re getting dangerously close to implying the king did something wrong
              1. some_furry · · focus · HN ↗
                No gods, no kings, no masters.
      2. GolfPopper · · focus · HN ↗
        Ah, like the following &quot;very factual and unbiased&quot; summary of November 9th, 1923 in Munich:

        &quot;The Defense Ministry and its exterior plaza were closed to the public. A large crowd gathered outside. Before 11:00AM, people attempted to breach security and enter the building without authorization, and force was used. Normal government operations resumed the following day, and some members of the crowd were arrested.&quot;

      3. lovich · · focus · HN ↗
        Perhaps missing “the first attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the nations history at the behest of a sitting President”?
      4. myko · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt; &quot;Large scale Insurrection and attempt to instill Fascism&quot;.

        interesting because this is exactly what it was, and it isn&#x27;t really a debate

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