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bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
Mon May 10, 2021, 08:58 AM May 2021

Truth emerges. Call it the Big Treason.




Eric Garland
@ericgarland
Suggestion: Don't call the violent assault on democracy "the Big Lie." It doesn't matter what they believe. What matters is that they invited foreign enemies to attack us and then attempted a coup d'état.

It's the Big Treason.
8:38 AM · May 10, 2021·Twitter Web App

Eric Garland
@ericgarland

"Ooh, look, these people have been *tricked* into believing this unusual thing - let's study it! Oh, such a problem," is the wrong framework. Relieves criminals of their own FREE WILL AND RESPONSIBILITY.

Selfish, deluded, asshole traitors betrayed America. It doesn't matter why.
Eric Garland
@ericgarland

The traitors broke laws, must be tried, and if the evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt, convicted. As such, I don't give a fuck what they believe.

The courts' question is did they:
- Engage in conspiracy
- Assault
- Kill
- Launder money
- Work for foreign nations?
Eric Garland
@ericgarland

They can believe the Tooth Fairy encouraged them to attack the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That matters not a whit. The question is, did they:
- Incite violence
- Organize the attack
- Commit wire fraud?

That should be our focus: PROSECUTE CRIMINALS.
Eric Garland
@ericgarland

The tax-evading bajillionaires behind the attack on democracy paid big bucks to create these propaganda networks spreading lies and encouraging malicious ignorance.

Focus on THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS ATTACK.
Eric Garland
@ericgarland

No more debates about evolution.
End public discourse on "Is algebra satanic?"
Shut down anyone who calls it a "post-truth world."
Shame and ridicule those who don't believe in science.
Encourage different opinions, but stop allowing people to have their own facts.
Eric Garland
@ericgarland

The trend toward Idiocracy was a long-term operation to manufacture consent by cultivating an insane, fascism-prone mindset. It's psychological warfare.

No more gauzy media profiles of the people they turned into weapons. Too much is at stake.
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Truth emerges. Call it the Big Treason. (Original Post) bucolic_frolic May 2021 OP
Oh shit . . . Lovie777 May 2021 #1
You might be confusing this man with our Attorney General. ZZenith May 2021 #21
K AND R Champp May 2021 #2
You just inspired my new signature! Towlie May 2021 #3
Unfortunately, only one of these traitors will have faced justice real justice for their acts. nt Progressive Jones May 2021 #4
all in bringthePaine May 2021 #5
Eric Garland - UDAMAN. Righteous diatribe. NoMoreRepugs May 2021 #6
+1,000 malaise May 2021 #7
And Trump: Botany May 2021 #8
KnR Hekate May 2021 #9
And Roger Stone and Flynn and Bannon (et al)ALL helped bang that drum for Years flying_wahini May 2021 #10
K&R nt pazzyanne May 2021 #11
seems about right stopdiggin May 2021 #12
Remember bucolic_frolic May 2021 #13
x1000! Evolve Dammit May 2021 #23
Mr. Garland sure went all in with this, didn't he? BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #14
K&R liberalla May 2021 #15
It's noteworthy even to have to ask, but Oliver Bolliver Butt May 2021 #16
i dont know, but beside russia, we have turkey, ukraine, and the saudis. mopinko May 2021 #19
Yep. dalton99a May 2021 #17
K&R 81M times! Wild blueberry May 2021 #18
It's two different incidents. kentuck May 2021 #20
Yep, "End public discourse on "Is algebra satanic?" ..." uponit7771 May 2021 #22

Champp

(2,114 posts)
2. K AND R
Mon May 10, 2021, 09:20 AM
May 2021

republiqon traitors and their russian kissyface co-conspirators must pay a steep price for attacking America.

Lock them up.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
8. And Trump:
Mon May 10, 2021, 10:28 AM
May 2021

Gave out the day, the date, the time, and the place for the violent attempted coup on
numerous invitations. Including one in which he said something like, "Jan. 6th be here
and go wild."

Helped paid for "it" using Trump campaign funds.

Had the niece of his chief of staff file the paperwork for the permit for his pre-riot pep rally.

Decapitated the D.C. National Guard so they could not help in responding to what he knew
was going to massive violence.

Refused to send help or call off his attackers after phone calls from Rep. McCarthy and V.P. Pence.

Told the violent insurrectionist criminals who had invaded and damaged the Nation's Capitol that
"he loved 'em."

Lock his ass up.

flying_wahini

(6,589 posts)
10. And Roger Stone and Flynn and Bannon (et al)ALL helped bang that drum for Years
Mon May 10, 2021, 10:54 AM
May 2021

And Years with the very purpose to overthrow our government
Leading up to the Insurrection.
What’s hard for me to swallow is how absolutely gullible
people are.

‘Patriots’ that don’t believe in Our Constitution.

stopdiggin

(11,296 posts)
12. seems about right
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:15 AM
May 2021

I actually don't mind if you want to call it "Lie" -- or whatever.
But let's keep in mind that you broke the law. Don't care if you're a cub scout leader back in podunk.

bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
13. Remember
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:25 AM
May 2021

"Drill, Baby, Drill!"?

If we can put these criminals away we can have our own foot-stompin' in 2024.

"RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW!"

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
14. Mr. Garland sure went all in with this, didn't he?
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:47 AM
May 2021

Anyone who argues vehemently against his assertions should be viewed with some suspicion, at the least.

16. It's noteworthy even to have to ask, but
Mon May 10, 2021, 01:38 PM
May 2021

which of the invitations to foreign attackers specifically is being referenced here?

mopinko

(70,079 posts)
19. i dont know, but beside russia, we have turkey, ukraine, and the saudis.
Mon May 10, 2021, 02:09 PM
May 2021

for starters.
maybe not tied to the attack, but most def behind the lie.

kentuck

(111,079 posts)
20. It's two different incidents.
Mon May 10, 2021, 02:13 PM
May 2021

It's the "Big Lie" and the "Big Treason".

They prefer to talk about the "Big Lie" rather than the "Big Treason".

The Big Lie happened before the treasonous act.

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