>> One thing I noticed about i-node's comments early on and since yours and others' is the emphasis on violence. If it's not violent, it's OK. I saw that especially early on in the comparison with BLM protests treating them like they were equivalent events. Also the focus on the event at the Capitol as an independent event, just another rally.
People have a pretty much unlimited (within broad boundaries) right to peacefully protest. Violence is a different matter. In the case of the Capitol, the violence had nothing to do with Trump. This is a lie that is being broadcast by Cheney, et al.
>> The affront of the event at the Capitol was not that it was violent. It was that it was part of an attempt to overturn the election.
There is no evidence, not a shred of evidence, that would suggest an effort to "overturn the election". At most, it might have bought time to get to the truth, which would surely have been insufficient. Everyone knew by that time it was over, and those with a lick of sense knew it had been successfully stolen.
Which is troubling -- because implicit in that is the fact that anyone can steal a presidential election if they have enough money. We are a fascist state just waiting for the dictator who wants to buy it. Bloomberg could have bought the election in 2020 in precisely the manner that Democrats did.
And we are left with a huge problem in that statehouses are not well-positioned to solve this problem of Democrats stealing presidential elections. If it is successfully stolen in '24 that event will be a dramatic setback for the country that may well be insurmountable. We can win if it is landslide, but the fascist Democrats can easily win it with the statehouses where we are now, buy using the same tricks with minor modifications. We must have a federal law blocking private contributions to election operations. And Voter ID is essential, and we need that as a national mandate. (Dems will claim it is voter suppression, but that is easily shot down as a lie by anyone with common sense).
Republicans, regardless of who the candidate is, must frame the 2024 election as a vote for Democracy with Republicans, or for autocracy with the Democrats. Because that is precisely what's happening here. |
