There was no insurrection on 6 January 2021. The people did not have arms and they did not try to overthrow the government. They were invited into the Capitol and most of them walked around looking at things and taking pictures. A very small group of left wing agitators caused issues and disrupted the business of government. The real issue is that a bunch of Congress Critters wet their pants (or soiled them) and finally came to the realization that if the people were pissed off enough that a small handful of them could actually take over and there is nothing government could do about it. The (in)justice system is working hard to make examples of everyone involved so that no one will ever be inclined to get out of line again. Congress cannot allow the peons to get away with any of this or they might begin to understand that they (the people) have power and can exercise it whenever they want.
People in this country burned entire towns to the ground. They murdered people. They attacked the police. They were involved in all kinds of illegality and they have not been rounded up and placed in jail for months at a time in solitary confinement awaiting trial. No, those few who were actually arrested were released and never charged. None of them have been sentenced to any time in jail and you can bet that many of them have criminal records.
The 6 January folks were rounded up by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies and placed in jail. They were denied bail and have been waiting for 10 months to get a trial. No one has been charged with insurrection and most of the charges are for minor issues BUT these folks are being sentenced to a long time in jail. The AQnon Shaman guy, you know, the dude with the horns and animal pelt and painted face, received 41 months in prison. He went into the Capitol, did not damage anything, did not hurt anyone and has no record but he got 41 months in prison. He is being made an example of so that anyone else who thinks about this will have second thoughts. The tyrants in government, including the tyrants in black robes, cannot allow people to think they will get away with anything that attacks the political class.
This man was sentenced because of thoughts and words. He was portrayed as peaceful by his attorney and he was peaceful during the entire event at the Capitol. But he had written some things on his social media page that were used against him.
“In the months leading up to Jan. 6, the defendant posted vitriolic messages on social media encouraging his thousands of followers to ‘expose the corrupt politicians,’ to ‘ID the traitors in our government,’ to ‘halt their agenda,’ to ‘stop the steal.’ This is not peaceful,” prosecutor Kimberly Paschall said. ~ From linked article
It does not matter what you post on social media as long as you do not act on it. You can say this will not be peaceful but if you are peaceful they can’t say you were not because of what you wrote. How many of the BLM/Antifa thugs who posted a lot of threatening language on social media and then actually were violent, are in jail with a 41 month sentence. None, zero, zilch, nada.
The ruling class in DC got a rude awakening on 6 January. They found out that if a relatively small group of people wanted to, they could take over the Capitol without breaking a sweat and the only thing the rulers could do is what they did on that day, piss their pants. Making examples of the mostly peaceful protestors is designed to instill fear in anyone else who might have realized that the people are in power and that the government works for us and if they fail to do so we make them.
This nation was founded on an act of insurrection when we decided that we would no longer be ruled by a tyrant. We rediscovered that and the ruling class is sleeping less peacefully at night. I do not advocate for violence and prefer we overthrow government at the ballot box but when the system is broken there comes a time to remove it and replace it.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ~ Declaration of Independence [emphasis mine]
This country needs an enema.
FAFO
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