Calbeck
@Background Human
Actually that’s not how the crime of insurrection is written. It’s an attempt to overthrow the government. If it was merely “disruption” of government then tons of historical riots and even peaceful marches, sit-ins, and so forth - particularly during the Civil Rights Protest Era - would have been “insurrection”.
Actually that’s not how the crime of insurrection is written. It’s an attempt to overthrow the government. If it was merely “disruption” of government then tons of historical riots and even peaceful marches, sit-ins, and so forth - particularly during the Civil Rights Protest Era - would have been “insurrection”.
Or we could simply reference the Civil War, where the LEGISLATURES of numerous States were declared to have committed insurrection against the Federal government merely by seceding - an act which was carried out not by any attacks on a body of government doing business in any way, but by a body of government doing actual business.
Redefining crimes to fit one’s political opposition, and tailoring it to excuse one’s political allies, is the starting point of every dictatorship in history. And that’s what we are seeing the Democratic Party doing in real time. Fortunately, they haven’t actually changed the law, which is why no one is being charged with insurrection. They’re merely lying in order to drum up more fear, hatred and division for political advantage.