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In reply to the discussion: A Big Problem With the 1/6 Coup Attempt [View all]Solly Mack
(96,396 posts)than the yearly flu.
You can't treat the problem if you choose to minimize the problem. If you choose to ignore the scope and danger of the problem.
I know they are fellow citizens and I know you can't truly kill an idea. But it's one thing to believe something and quite another to promote those beliefs through a violent attack on the government.
This wasn't civil disobedience where they wanted their voices heard, with a demand for action to be taken by government to right a wrong within the system.
This was an intentional attack, a violent attack, on our system of government, to overturn and a free and fair election. This attack came from inside our government and outside of government.
The insurrectionists and the Trump plotters were not working within the system to reach their intended goal. They were attempting to destroy the system to achieve it.
I don't know how it will all eventually play out, or who will eventually end up in prison, but I do know it starts with acknowledging the magnitude of what took place and charging all those involved accordingly.
Otherwise, we are going to be left with yet another "Lost Cause" bubble of lies and distortions that will be as equally dangerous as the original.