# I'm horrified, disgusted and embarrassed \[by January 6\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 21, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768 "2021-06-21T15:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/21 "2021-06-21T22:58:03Z")

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A Congressmember should not be that stupid and even so they have smart staffers.

Some may have done it as they were scared not to.

Yes, all 147 are guilty of Sedition. That leaves some 388 who are not.

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**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:** [June 21, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/22 "2021-06-21T23:06:54Z")

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“Only” 27 percent of sitting legislators are seditionists.

That does not fill me with optimism.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/23 "2021-06-21T23:14:53Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> **SOME** Actual sitting members of Congress are active participants…

You know, in normal conversational English, stating a fact about individuals in no way implies that fact applies to the entire group. IOW, not all doctors are unaware of this basic interpretation of language.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/24 "2021-06-22T04:21:44Z")

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**SOME** scientists have discovered the origin of La Niña.

**SOME** operators are standing by.

**SOME** birds suddenly appear every time you are near.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/25 "2021-06-22T12:16:14Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> **SOME** operators are standing by.

This, I know, is a lie.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768/26 "2021-06-23T15:44:18Z")

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Yeah. I saw a photo of one of those giant order taking centers and every cube had an office chair.

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