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Listen to Joseph Randall Biggs cry at his sentencing. (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2023 OP
Real contrast in that before and after Bettie Nov 2023 #1
I didn't know about this chouchou Nov 2023 #2
nope NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #3
I Agee grandpamike1 Nov 2023 #20
There are certain collectives of people LuvLoogie Nov 2023 #4
I understand. chouchou Nov 2023 #7
It's the old "You should have thought about that before you did it" MiniMe Nov 2023 #5
As a Vet, didn't he swear to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic? Ziggysmom Nov 2023 #8
That's right, Ziggysmom, Doc_Technical Nov 2023 #16
Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #11
Actually that was my first thought too when I read TBI Biophilic Nov 2023 #17
+1 MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #38
Phi was Gage remains classic example. Biophilic Nov 2023 #44
My husband has a traumatic brain injury from serving in Iraq AwakeAtLast Nov 2023 #24
I understand chouchou Nov 2023 #36
Compassion MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #37
Thanks! chouchou Nov 2023 #39
Heading back out to the garden to do some cleaning . . . hatrack Nov 2023 #6
These fucknozzles thought they were tough enough to overthrow the United States. Aristus Nov 2023 #9
And if there is another try, grandpamike1 Nov 2023 #22
I was an M1-series Abrams tank crewman in the Army. Aristus Nov 2023 #26
I agree with the outcome... rubbersole Nov 2023 #32
Too bad. 2naSalit Nov 2023 #10
Maybe someone in his family should have told him LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #12
And your orange idol did what for you? Demobrat Nov 2023 #13
This will always be the truth grandpamike1 Nov 2023 #25
Perfect assessment world wide wally Nov 2023 #30
schadenfreude hibbing Nov 2023 #14
FAFO Old Crank Nov 2023 #15
Music to my ears I'm kinda ashamed to say. BigOleDummy Nov 2023 #18
Oh well actions have consequences. Woodwizard Nov 2023 #19
It's sad from all angles. tinrobot Nov 2023 #21
Biggs told Alex Jones... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #23
fuck him gopiscrap Nov 2023 #27
Yesterday, a young one said he was off to serve his political prison of 19 months for doing nothing Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #28
The woman who got 57 months. Liar Dennis Prager lied that the just entered after others smashed windows Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #29
Wow, he's really blubbering in that audio clip. Talitha Nov 2023 #31
He wouldn't have been blubbering if the mob had succeeded. Demobrat Nov 2023 #33
Yes, I agree. Talitha Nov 2023 #35
People who feel remorse do not go on Alex Jones to take victory laps. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #34
Now that is some satisfying ugly crying! Blue Owl Nov 2023 #40
I'm sad for his children tom_kelly Nov 2023 #41
Not me. Demobrat Nov 2023 #42
Why in the world do you not think he would be a negative influence on his kids? NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #45
Well... tom_kelly Nov 2023 #48
Parents and teachers should show that to troubled kids. He and the rest of them Maraya1969 Nov 2023 #43
I am so sad for the poor terrorist... Chainfire Nov 2023 #46
Oh well, Joseph, ones actions can have consequence. republianmushroom Nov 2023 #47

Bettie

(17,175 posts)
1. Real contrast in that before and after
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 10:18 AM
Nov 2023

video.

I feel....um, zero sympathy for him. Maybe he should have thought about his kids BEFORE he had such a great time storming the capital.

chouchou

(1,339 posts)
2. I didn't know about this
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 10:22 AM
Nov 2023

After serving in the United States Army and suffering a traumatic brain injury,

I'm torn from "Stick the asshole in prison" to "Didn't anybody think that his actions MAY not be
entirely his fault.
Hey, just trying to be fair..

NoRethugFriends

(3,011 posts)
3. nope
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 10:58 AM
Nov 2023

You don't become a racist homophobe from a traumatic brain injury. You don't store in the capital because of a traumatic brain injury. Fuck him

LuvLoogie

(7,554 posts)
4. There are certain collectives of people
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:00 AM
Nov 2023

who have been sentenced to more time for less, often with no evidence, who perhaps bear NO fault of their own. Murdered and beaten by law enforcement. Have had crimes committed against them with justice delayed for decades or no justice at all.

Many of them had kids. Many of them lost kids to this unequal application of justice in this country.

What you fought for is justice for all. These people attacked that. They want justice for some. Some of them are paying for the blindness of their privilege.

Edited to add:

Had they been of a different demographic, they would have been gunned down. And the only one who did get gunned down was a woman. All the alpha males stopped storming that door after she went down, after SHE was the FIRST through the breach.

Ziggysmom

(3,614 posts)
8. As a Vet, didn't he swear to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic?
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:13 AM
Nov 2023

Guess he forgot that domestic part. But he remembered to cash his VA benefits check each month.


Doc_Technical

(3,602 posts)
16. That's right, Ziggysmom,
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:59 AM
Nov 2023

but in his mind he swore an oath to protect his way of
life, which does not include "uppity women". "perverts",
and "Untermenschen".

Response to chouchou (Reply #2)

Biophilic

(4,868 posts)
17. Actually that was my first thought too when I read TBI
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:17 PM
Nov 2023

I wish they had given more info about how he received the injury. TBI can and do change personalities.

Biophilic

(4,868 posts)
44. Phi was Gage remains classic example.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 04:13 PM
Nov 2023

1848 he was injured with a railroad spike. He actually survived but his personality was completely changed. He went a courteous hard worker in charge of a RR gang to a guy who didn’t care about anything, got into fights and basically became someone no one recognized.

AwakeAtLast

(14,261 posts)
24. My husband has a traumatic brain injury from serving in Iraq
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:51 PM
Nov 2023

He did not storm the Capitol, assault police officers or take a dump inside of the Capitol building.

chouchou

(1,339 posts)
36. I understand
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 02:35 PM
Nov 2023

I'm glad that people compared other people's spouses (As your husband) regarding how
they feel about the subject.
I didn't want to be unfeeling to someone who served our country.
Thanks!

hatrack

(61,011 posts)
6. Heading back out to the garden to do some cleaning . . .
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:04 AM
Nov 2023

And every moment I spend uprooting honeysuckle and mulberry seedlings will be made that much more enjoyable by the lingering, delicious flavor of this fuckstick's tears.

Yum!!

Aristus

(68,449 posts)
9. These fucknozzles thought they were tough enough to overthrow the United States.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:16 AM
Nov 2023

But then they boo-hoo-hoo when they get caught.

Spineless wimps...

grandpamike1

(204 posts)
22. And if there is another try,
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:50 PM
Nov 2023

I hope that our active duty folks, will be locked & loaded, and deal with them, they tried to deal to our Country. Um, sort of a Kent State, only larger in scope. Filthy traitors deserve nothing less. IMO.

Aristus

(68,449 posts)
26. I was an M1-series Abrams tank crewman in the Army.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:55 PM
Nov 2023

Every time I see those 300lbs mama's boys waddling around in tactical gear and brandishing AR-15's, I am encouraged by the fact that just one M1 Abrams tank could turn them all into a thick red mist in just a few seconds.

I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. And that oath never expired.

rubbersole

(8,597 posts)
32. I agree with the outcome...
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 01:55 PM
Nov 2023

...but the Kent State students weren't armed or had any I'll intent. Just sayin'.

LuckyCharms

(19,046 posts)
12. Maybe someone in his family should have told him
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:48 AM
Nov 2023

that if you don't commit felonies, you won't have to go to prison for 13 years.

Most adults know that.

I think if his brain injury caused him to not know the difference between right and wrong, then his lawyers should have pursued that route.

Otherwise, fuck him for crying like a child because he's sorry he got caught.

That's why most of us don't commit felonies, and then brag about it on camera.

Demobrat

(9,863 posts)
13. And your orange idol did what for you?
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:50 AM
Nov 2023

Did he bail your ass out while you awaited trial? Pay for a lawyer? Arrange for support for your family while you’re away? Mobsters do that. Did your god do that? Oh hell no. He won’t even send $20/month so you can buy gum at the commissary. He wouldn’t piss on your face if it was on fire. And you ruined, permanently ruined, your life for him. Think about that for 13 years you stupid, gullible fuckstick.

God I hate these tough guys who are all he-men in a gang, and cry like toddlers when it’s just them in front of the judge.

hibbing

(10,402 posts)
14. schadenfreude
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 11:53 AM
Nov 2023

Feeling a bit guilty about it, but I think I'll be okay. Enjoyed the contrast of the video of him at the capitol, then him sobbing. However, I also wonder how many of these traitors will monetize their fame.
Peace

BigOleDummy

(2,274 posts)
18. Music to my ears I'm kinda ashamed to say.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:19 PM
Nov 2023

But just kinda, no sympathy for the magaloon at all. Should be more.

I find myself wanting ... faster... results more these days. I put that to the fact that I'm old and in very poor health. Will I live long enough to see the end of the cult of our savior trump? Starting to wonder tbh.

Woodwizard

(1,013 posts)
19. Oh well actions have consequences.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:20 PM
Nov 2023

Being a military veteran makes the crime that much worse. We took an oath on enlistment.

Has the retired lieutenant colonel that had the zip tie handcuffs been sentenced yet?

tinrobot

(11,474 posts)
21. It's sad from all angles.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:47 PM
Nov 2023

What he did at the Capitol was sad.

What he did to his family is sad.

What he did to himself is sad.

Yes, put him in jail, but there's nothing to celebrate here.

LudwigPastorius

(10,909 posts)
23. Biggs told Alex Jones...
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 12:50 PM
Nov 2023

that if Donald Trump is successful in the 2024 presidential election, "I know he'll pardon me. I believe that with all my heart”.

LOL, His Orange Führer will be too busy looking for his own Get Out Of Jail card.

Demovictory9

(33,844 posts)
28. Yesterday, a young one said he was off to serve his political prison of 19 months for doing nothing
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 01:04 PM
Nov 2023

Reddit was reminding everyone of his crimes

Demovictory9

(33,844 posts)
29. The woman who got 57 months. Liar Dennis Prager lied that the just entered after others smashed windows
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 01:07 PM
Nov 2023

Such a liar, he is. He knew darn well she smashed the windows herself and called out instructions to others

Talitha

(7,456 posts)
31. Wow, he's really blubbering in that audio clip.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 01:47 PM
Nov 2023

And genuinely sorry too, from what it sounded like.

It takes a lot to make some people wise up, I guess.
No pity for fools.

Demobrat

(9,863 posts)
33. He wouldn't have been blubbering if the mob had succeeded.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 01:58 PM
Nov 2023

If they had gotten their hands on Nancy Pelosi he would’ve been dancing in the streets.

Fuck them all.

Demobrat

(9,863 posts)
42. Not me.
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 03:08 PM
Nov 2023

Because of my history, I never assume that having a man in the house is necessarily a good thing. For all we know the wife and kids are breathing a sigh of relief.

tom_kelly

(1,050 posts)
48. Well...
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 09:56 PM
Nov 2023

whether he is a bad influence or not, I'm sad for his children. Please don't assume what I'm thinking

Maraya1969

(23,013 posts)
43. Parents and teachers should show that to troubled kids. He and the rest of them
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 03:42 PM
Nov 2023

never put any thought into the results of what they were doing. They didn't think much at all. This could be part of a "scared straight" thing

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