Posted on Nov 4, 2021
7 Republicans present at the Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection...
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Always Troubling to Hear when those that Don't Believe in Democracy get Elected.
7 Republicans present at the Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection...
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And your assertion that they do not believe in democracy is supported by..... What exactly?
If you believe that an election was rigged, altered, or otherwise fixed and you believe in democracy, wouldn't it be your DUTY to protest the election? Participating ina stop the steal rally is likely an indication of a STRONG belief in democracy. So strong, in fact, that when you see democracy subverted you go out and FIGHT protest and speak out and make everyone else hear about the corruption.
Whenever we see reports of election protests in ANY OTHER COUNTRY we immediately hail the protestors as democracy-loving heroes who are risking their safety (and sometimes their lives) to fight corruption. But when we see it at home, we immediately jump to the ONLY possible conclusion that these are democracy-hating insurrectionists who are trying to subjugate the country to their capricious whims.
Maybe be, just maybe, a large majority actually love democracy and thought that there was some funny business with the last election that needed to be addressed. They may have been misinformed about some things. They may have been up in arms about things which turned out not to be true. But that doesn't mean they don't believe in democracy.
Biden won. My personal belief is that he had a lot of help from the courts and Democratic operatives at the state level changing election laws in ways that were ... Shall we say, "unsavory?" But he won according to the rules in place on election day.
But I am not going to denounce people who look at the HIGH number and of irregularities, last minute voting law changes, court refusals to uphold state laws and Constitutions, and othe general election cycle mayhem (caused by BOTH parties) and want to speak out about it.
The stop the steal rally was a PEACEFUL rally to protest IN SUPPORT OF democracy.
What happened after was not. But attendance at the first event neither implies nor evidentiates participation in the second.
If you believe that an election was rigged, altered, or otherwise fixed and you believe in democracy, wouldn't it be your DUTY to protest the election? Participating ina stop the steal rally is likely an indication of a STRONG belief in democracy. So strong, in fact, that when you see democracy subverted you go out and FIGHT protest and speak out and make everyone else hear about the corruption.
Whenever we see reports of election protests in ANY OTHER COUNTRY we immediately hail the protestors as democracy-loving heroes who are risking their safety (and sometimes their lives) to fight corruption. But when we see it at home, we immediately jump to the ONLY possible conclusion that these are democracy-hating insurrectionists who are trying to subjugate the country to their capricious whims.
Maybe be, just maybe, a large majority actually love democracy and thought that there was some funny business with the last election that needed to be addressed. They may have been misinformed about some things. They may have been up in arms about things which turned out not to be true. But that doesn't mean they don't believe in democracy.
Biden won. My personal belief is that he had a lot of help from the courts and Democratic operatives at the state level changing election laws in ways that were ... Shall we say, "unsavory?" But he won according to the rules in place on election day.
But I am not going to denounce people who look at the HIGH number and of irregularities, last minute voting law changes, court refusals to uphold state laws and Constitutions, and othe general election cycle mayhem (caused by BOTH parties) and want to speak out about it.
The stop the steal rally was a PEACEFUL rally to protest IN SUPPORT OF democracy.
What happened after was not. But attendance at the first event neither implies nor evidentiates participation in the second.
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