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Generic Brad

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13. And they still didn't beat undermanned cops

Reply to Baclava (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 15, 2021, 12:43 AM

Jan 2021

No one was kidnapped. No one was hung. No Congressperson was shot. The certification still happened. They stopped nothing except their own futures.

Taking on the National Guard would be suicide.

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Will the FBI's arrests of hundreds of terrorists make any difference to the planned attacks on Wed? [View all] BigmanPigman Jan 2021 OP

IMO, yes. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1

When they face armed National Guard and police louis-t Jan 2021 #2

Yup, I think the basement keyboard commandos will think twice.. Can't play Call of Duty in jail.. nt mitch96 Jan 2021 #23

It might make the fringe people stay home CanonRay Jan 2021 #3

GOP still thinks it's fighting the Civil War. badboy67 Jan 2021 #4

It will sift the thugs into two groups. NCjack Jan 2021 #5

Yes and those that are still in a cult trance may go too. True believers. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #18

I think the one person who was shot dead will have a bigger impact than 100 arrests... RockRaven Jan 2021 #6

Agreed--that one casualty really dampened the mood. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #15

Yes, I've wonderede what would have happened if a few other insurgents had been shot obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #24

doubt that they've gotten any real news that would stop them. Cobalt Violet Jan 2021 #7

Trump going to Alamo, Texas will motivate some of the most brainwashed Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #20

Definitely Pachamama Jan 2021 #8

There wont be any violence, they will be facing soldiers not undermanned cops, they would get shot Baclava Jan 2021 #9

Playing army is some of their dreams. Gore1FL Jan 2021 #12

And they still didn't beat undermanned cops Generic Brad Jan 2021 #13

Of course! These guys are cowards Bobstandard Jan 2021 #10

Based on their reaction to the evidence of people dying with Covid, I am going to bet "no." Gore1FL Jan 2021 #11

Yup. They know the police won't side with them now, at the very least, and BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #14

LOL. Hell yes! Any of the wives who have a brain, have their idiot G.I. Joe wanna be, husbands by Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #16

Yes. Images have gone out reiterating a reality they are going to face Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #17

Maybe, but I think 20K+ troops at the Capitol will. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2021 #19

For those that do show up Bayard Jan 2021 #21

I think so. The confidence with which those insurrectionists acted led me to believe ... Brother Mythos Jan 2021 #22