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Hekate

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12. What I think is really worth considering is how many were white collar workers & professionals...

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Sat Jan 23, 2021, 02:56 AM

Jan 2021

The guy up the hill from me is a Trumpista so sad he still has his US flag flying upside down — and he’s a medical doctor.

There were 3 people from Beverley Hills who went to the insurrection, and one was a doctor. People arrested and/or spotted in DC run the gamut from real estate agent to school teacher and on in that vein. One in 5 are veterans.

This really worries me. Between the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 and 1933 Hitler co-opted enough of all classes of society and was invited right in.

Yeah, a lot of the January 6, 2021 insurrectionists look dumb as a sack of hammers — but a lot of them are not dumb at all. And some of them are in Congress.

ETA link to op-ed I originally read in the LA Times, but this will do
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/jan/22/insurrection-was-americas-beer-hall-putsch/

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I'm sure the majority of seditionists aren't the brightest bulbs and probably had no idea they were [View all] captain queeg Jan 2021 OP

Do mobs think? Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1

I don't know, but I'm sure there are 'students' of the subject. elleng Jan 2021 #4

Manipulated "tools" Pantagruel Jan 2021 #2

I think they expected to force Congressmembers to vote their way. marylandblue Jan 2021 #3

The simple question "And then what?" Is seldom asked. nt Atticus Jan 2021 #5

A lot of seditionists are going to end up doing hard time. As long as they keep thinning their own abqtommy Jan 2021 #6

these same idiots were offended by kneeling football players Skittles Jan 2021 #7

I call them MORANS. IsItJustMe Jan 2021 #11

I think they have been brainwashed. here is a little information from Wikipedia Maraya1969 Jan 2021 #8

They were human shields. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2021 #9

Looked to me like a bunch of inbreeds, perverts, mental patients, misfits and degenerates. IsItJustMe Jan 2021 #10

What I think is really worth considering is how many were white collar workers & professionals... Hekate Jan 2021 #12