# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/121 "2021-01-06T19:13:43Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > The Barabarians are at the gates! These are the “law abiding” very good people, right? ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/122 "2021-01-06T19:13:50Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > The Barabarians are at the gates! Has the media called them “rioters” yet? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/123 "2021-01-06T19:14:20Z")
The crowd has gotten to the stairs of the capital. This is getting a bit serious. They are getting basically shelter in place advice, in the capital buildings. Hoping the doors hold. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/124 "2021-01-06T19:14:40Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > Has the media called them “rioters” yet? I prefer “common gutter criminals” ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/125 "2021-01-06T19:15:24Z")
NBC just said the doors in question are big bronze things. They’re also calling them “protestors”. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/126 "2021-01-06T19:15:42Z")
They just took pence out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/127 "2021-01-06T19:16:00Z")
Senate has interrupted proceedings. Don’t know why. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/128 "2021-01-06T19:16:39Z")
The president turned a mob loose on the US Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/129 "2021-01-06T19:16:42Z")
The US State Department should issue a statement of concern. They do it for every other country, and surely charity begins at home > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Senate has interrupted proceedings. Don’t know why. Evacuating maybe? ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/130 "2021-01-06T19:17:13Z")
They’re only standing on the steps and waving? I thought they would try to storm the inner chamber itself. ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/131 "2021-01-06T19:17:13Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > They just took pence out. - Don’t phrase it like that! It gave me hope. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/132 "2021-01-06T19:17:16Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > They just took pence out. Can you clarify that statement? Right now that can have a few meanings. Edit: ninja’d by running\_coach… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/133 "2021-01-06T19:17:20Z")
Are there enough police to prevent the crazies from getting inside? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/134 "2021-01-06T19:17:26Z")
I’m utterly unshocked that there has been no tear gas or rubber bullets unleashed yet. It’s not like they’re in a public park across the street from a church or anything. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/135 "2021-01-06T19:17:33Z")
You guys have spent so long in Afghanistan, you have actually become Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/136 "2021-01-06T19:17:42Z")
They are telling the senate to get down. The house is still talking, looks like senate is being evacuated. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/137 "2021-01-06T19:18:23Z")
Sorry, out of the chamber. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/138 "2021-01-06T19:18:25Z")
They’re spoiled children throwing all the checkers in the air because they lost the game. ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/139 "2021-01-06T19:18:48Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > They are telling the senate to get down. The house is still talking, looks like senate is being evacuated. - That’s the dream of every politician: To die with his mouth moving. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/140 "2021-01-06T19:19:19Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > looks like senate is being evacuated. WHAT??? Why? Are the rioters REALLY a physical threat? Are there weapons, bombs?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=8)