# 6 January 2021; A Day worth a Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770 "2021-01-06T04:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/382 "2021-01-06T21:02:20Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > She was draped in a Trump flag so, fuck her. She got what she deserved. I certainly hope she lives. The last thing those wingnuts need is a martyr to their cause, if nothing else. (Also, human decency, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/383 "2021-01-06T21:02:21Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Police? The USAF would have strafed them. I was thinking a police helicopter dropping tear gas into the crowd, but the USAF works just as well. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/384 "2021-01-06T21:03:03Z")
Nato Secretary General weighs in: > ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/385 "2021-01-06T21:03:44Z")
Yeah, let’s not start cheering on deaths. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/386 "2021-01-06T21:03:45Z")
It is not nice to wish harm on the mentally ill. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/387 "2021-01-06T21:03:47Z")
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but this all goes to illustrate the axiom that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, and one man’s police brutality is another man’s law and order. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/388 "2021-01-06T21:03:57Z")
Pretty easy to get their line of thinking: Democrats are proven to have cheated and stolen the election, and nobody’s doing anything about it, so it’s up to us. Tree of liberty and all that. I honestly wasn’t sure if the crowd would be big enough that there’d be a critical mass of people who’d actually pull this kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/389 "2021-01-06T21:04:36Z")
I’m seeing news flashes now that armed militias are showing up at state capitols (Georgia, in particular). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/390 "2021-01-06T21:05:10Z")
How does Capitol Police prepare for _this_?! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/391 "2021-01-06T21:05:41Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > One of the news channels just showed video of her bleeding from the neck. She was draped in a Trump flag so, fuck her. She got what she deserved. I agree. If this is the case, she’s a soldier of an enemy army and I have no sympathy for her or any of her rebel comrades. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/392 "2021-01-06T21:06:39Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > How does Capitol Police prepare for _this_?! - They didn’t have any trouble figuring it out in Lafayette Park. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/393 "2021-01-06T21:06:45Z")
Biden is speaking. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/394 "2021-01-06T21:07:05Z")
Biden is now speaking (on ABC at least) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/395 "2021-01-06T21:07:18Z")
He’s on CNN too. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/396 "2021-01-06T21:07:26Z")
A pipe bomb was found and deactivated at the Republican National HQ, and a suspect package was found at the Democratic National HQ. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/397 "2021-01-06T21:08:11Z")
Is breaking and entering the Capitol a federal crime? If so, any bets on whether they will get pardoned? ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Pebble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lavender_pebble/32/6290_2.png) [@Lavender\_Pebble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Pebble)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/398 "2021-01-06T21:08:13Z")
Cops taking selfies with the protestors, in case you’re curious whose side they are on: [https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=20](https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=20) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/399 "2021-01-06T21:09:12Z")
Joe: “I call on President Trump to go on national television NOW, and uphold his oath to defend the constitution.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/400 "2021-01-06T21:09:15Z")
Yes, they are fighting against freedom and against any sort of law and order. I really wouldn’t try to equivocate this. Can you tell me what freedom it is that they are fighting for? Can you tell me how assaulting the Capitol is law and order? This is “bothsidesism” at its purist form. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/401 "2021-01-06T21:09:33Z")
No, Joe, don’t say the “i” word (insurrection)!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=21)