# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/683 "2021-01-06T23:16:18Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > What name do you guys think this will be given? I vote for “The Beer Belly Putsch”. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/684 "2021-01-06T23:16:46Z")
I’ve said many times The police **are** the problem ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/685 "2021-01-06T23:17:10Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > What name do you guys think this will be given? “1/6” is too bland, but I’m not sure what short and pithy phrase we’ll be referring to this event by in a month or t Trump’s Failed Coup. Also, the end of our Democracy. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/686 "2021-01-06T23:17:22Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > whatever law you think they broke What the fuck is wrong with you? ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/687 "2021-01-06T23:17:39Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > What name do you guys think this will be given? “1/6” is too bland, but I’m not sure what short and pithy phrase we’ll be referring to this event by in a month or two. - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9v-33jcEDk4/maxresdefault.jpg "2 weeks - Total Recall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-33jcEDk4&t=12) ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/688 "2021-01-06T23:17:40Z")
A rioter admitting to his crimes and giving us his name. [https://twitter.com/Sophiavista17/status/1346913320008359938](https://twitter.com/Sophiavista17/status/1346913320008359938) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/689 "2021-01-06T23:19:01Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > We’ll see who’s wrong. > The Joint session of Congress has said that nothing that happened today will stopp them from doing their job. > These people accomplished only one thing today. Riling up the media And it would seem getting a woman killed inside the Capitol while the electoral vote was being certified. You are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/690 "2021-01-06T23:19:39Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > We’ll see who’s wrong. > The Joint session of Congress has said that nothing that happened today will stopp them from doing their job. > These people accomplished only one thing today. Riling up the media Wow; another post that is 100% wrong. You’re really knocking them out of the park today! [Are you gonna challenge for the title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639?page=29) 🤨 You shouldn’t; you’re generally a pretty good guy. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/691 "2021-01-06T23:20:04Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > It’s just a building I get you, but symbols matter. Maybe they shouldn’t (in some deep sense), but they do. I’m reminded of how Zapata and Villa led their separate troops to victory in the Mexican Revolution. Entering the deposed president’s office, Villa sat in the presidential chair, then suggested Zapata take his turn savoring power. Zapata refused, precisely because of what you alluded to — that this was the PEOPLE’s victory (to depose a corrupt and aristocracy-coddling system). The symbology of who sits in certain chairs and what they represent still resonates, and can have real consequences on behavior and thinking and trust. ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/692 "2021-01-06T23:20:23Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > Fine. Put them in jail. Punish them for whatever law you think they broke. Who cares what building they entered. It’s just a building. Our democracy is not a building. It’s the people. The people who will not be swayed by some misguided insurection. I assume that if a mob broke into your house, you’d not want any sort of police response to that. After all, it’s just a building. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/693 "2021-01-06T23:20:45Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Congresspeople and their staffers had no protocol for mobs entering the building, so every computer was accessible. One MAGAt with a thumb drive could cause billions in security issues. I’m a Federal worker, and back in the Before Times, my computer at work would lock up if I left it alone for 15 minutes. Hell, when I access work via VDI from my exurban home now, it breaks the connection after 15 minutes if I leave it alone. I don’t work with anything related to national security, just protecting survey respondents’ privacy. So why don’t Congressional computers behave like that? ETA: And from one of the pix, I see they have the same crappy email system we do. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/694 "2021-01-06T23:21:15Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@mikecurtis](#): > > > > Fine. Put them in jail. Punish them for whatever law you think they broke. Who cares what building they entered. It’s just a building. Our democracy is not a building. It’s the people. The people who will not be swayed by some misguided insurection. > > I assume that if a mob broke into your house, you’d not want any sort of police response to that. After all, it’s just a building. And they’re just throwing a tantrum; it’s not like they’ll have any permanent effect on anything or anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/695 "2021-01-06T23:22:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > Congresspeople and their staffers had no protocol for mobs entering the building, so every computer was accessible. One MAGAt with a thumb drive could cause billions in security issues. > > I’m a Federal worker, and back in the Before Times, my computer at work would lock up if I left it alone for 15 minutes. Hell, when I access work via VDI from my exurban home now, it breaks the connection after 15 minutes if I leave it alone. I don’t work with anything related to national security, just protecting survey respondents’ privacy. So why don’t Congressional computers behave like that? OK … One MAGAt with a thumb drive _and halfway advanced hacking skills_ could cause billions in security issues. ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/696 "2021-01-06T23:22:26Z")
A Politico reporter is reporting that the Senators are meeting in an undisclosed location. It sounds like the count arguments and tally are ongoing. ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/697 "2021-01-06T23:22:44Z")
Twitter needs to shut down that account. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/698 "2021-01-06T23:22:52Z")
You’re correct ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/699 "2021-01-06T23:23:17Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > OK … One MAGAt with a thumb drive _and halfway advanced hacking skills_ could cause billions in security issues. Looking at those goons, I bet none of them had those skills. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/700 "2021-01-06T23:24:15Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > OK … One MAGAt with a thumb drive _and halfway advanced hacking skills_ could cause billions in security issues. Clearly Nancy didn’t learn a fucking thing from Podesta. Win+L. It’s not fucking hard. ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/701 "2021-01-06T23:24:49Z")
Yeah, it’s really no different from when the kids at the daycare protest for a second cookie at snack time. /s ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/702 "2021-01-06T23:25:16Z")
Now NBC is interviewing Mark Wayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) who’s spewing bothsiderisms and blaming the riot today on just a few agitators. Sickening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=36)