Washington Examiner writer: "(I)t wasn't a real gallows", in reference to the 1/06 insurrection

[steve2470]

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Ok, Mr. "Trump Insurrectionist Mob Defender" York, since I am no expert on gallows, you might be correct.

Who gives a big ugly s***t ? It was the SYMBOLISM that really mattered more. And, by the way, there was a noose in that photo. If they had stuck Pence's head in that noose and kicked his feet out from under him... well...my elementary knowledge of human physiology tells me that, within X seconds, Pence would have died from either strangulation, a broken neck, or both.

[AleksS]

1. What distinguishes

A noose hanging from a crossbeam from a “real” gallows?

Trees aren’t “real” gallows either, but that never stopped a lynch mob before.

[steve2470]

2. excellent points nt

[PatSeg]

6. And most importantly,

the murderous intent was very real. I have little doubt that if the mob had found Pelosi, Pence, Ocasio-Cortez, etc., someone(s) would have tried to kill them.

[multigraincracker]

3. You want to try it out and see,

Mr York?

[Girard442]

4. Amazing that Tamir Rice could be killed for...

...holding something that could be mistaken for a gun, but it's innocuous to put up a noose that actually could be used to execute someone.

[malaise]

5. And neither is a tree branch

Fuck Byron York

[Igel]

16. A tree branch can be a functional gallows.

[malaise]

20. That's my point

They're all functioning gallows

[ProfessorGAC]

7. York Is A Moron

Of course, it's a real gallows.
The lack of a trap door means it's not a highly engineered gallows.
But, it's a gallows, and since there are pictures showing it to be a real thing, it's a real gallows.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. The Examiner is a jackass propaganda blog

[keithbvadu2]

9. It took planning and logistics to get it there.

It took planning and logistics to get it there.

It was not spontaneous.

[louis-t]

10. Do not ever open anything from 'Washington Examiner".

It only encourages them.

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. Byron, you professional Republican hack....are you familiar with the term "Intimidation"?

The point was obvious to those that are not financially benefiting from RW media money.

[Walleye]

12. Don't need a real gallows to lynch people.Remember the strange fruit hanging from the poplar tree

[Mysterian]

13. The writer is lying; it is an actual gallows

The wood structure and the rope are sufficient to support a human body and the noose is ready for use. Stick your head in that and step (or get pushed) off the deck and you're going to die.

[struggle4progress]

14. Byron York is not a real smart

[Mad_Machine76]

15. I saw this tweet from him earlier today

and reported it. Don't know if Twitter will take it down, but this was disturbing as hell.

[Emrys]

17. Anybody being manhandled by a braying incensed mob out of the Capitol

would have probably been long dead before they even reached the gallows.

[LuckyCharms]

19. Must be it wasn't real human feces smeared on the

walls of the Capitol either then.

Must be that everything that the whole world saw wasn't real.

Wasn't "real gallows"?

OK. Maybe it did not follow the Better Homes and Gardens recommendations when it comes to constructing gallows, but it would have worked.

[raccoon]

21. By this dickheaded reasoning, if a person is hanged from a

Tree, it isn’t a real hanging.

[Iggo]

22. Hey now. We're getting onto clip/magazine territory here.

Do not awaken the beast.