• @ceenote
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    182 months ago

    That every voting American doesn’t know the details of exactly how Donald Trump tried to steal the election and that the riot was only a small part of it is a huge failure of our press.

    • @CharlesDarwinOPM
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      42 months ago

      Small nit: it wasn’t a riot. But agreed to all of the rest.

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        12 months ago

        Yes it was.

        Riot, noun
        1 a: a violent public disorder
        specifically : a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent
        1 b: public violence, tumult, or disorder
        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riot

        It was also an insurrection:

        Insurrection, noun
        1: an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection

        • @CharlesDarwinOPM
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          32 months ago

          The usual connotation for a riot is that it was unplanned.

          The terrorist attack on the Capitol was gamed out for months beforehand.