Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly hard to find. Scars on the walls have been repaired.

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find.

Scars on the walls have been repaired. Windows and doors broken by the rioters have been replaced. And there is no plaque, display or remembrance of any kind.

Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s claims that the carnage of that day is overblown and that the rioters are victims.

  • @[email protected]OP
    93•11 days ago

    I just can’t believe that Jan 6 ended up meaning absolutely nothing. Zero. We’re right back with Trump in the WH. Wild!

    • Snot FlickermanEnglish
      31•11 days ago

      I can. The plan to gut education succeeded, as did the plan to prevent any meaningful regulations on internet privacy or advertising.

      The Democrats are just as guilty as using paid online operatives using Persona Management Software who won’t say or admit that they are paid to promote these viewpoints. There is zero reason they don’t need a disclaimer saying they’re paid speech like TV, radio, and print ads require.

      Neither party went out of their way to try to regulate any new media beyond enforcing copyrights, tools for which have been abused to censor free speech time and time again because the penalties for a false DMCA filing are minimal and hard to make stick.

      Meanwhile Hillary Clinton was trying to ban GTA San Andreas because of the Hot Coffee mod. Way more important issue, I’m sure. /s

      • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
        14•11 days ago

        And good grief, even in this AP article, they keep calling them “rioters”.

        And yeah, I’m not all that surprised, either. The right-wing clutching their pearls when it was called an insurrection (which is putting it mildly) by the milquetoast media and constantly whining about antifa and BLM peaceful marches.