# It wasn’t a coup

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**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407 "2021-01-13T05:29:25Z")\
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**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 14, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407/220 "2021-01-14T15:37:16Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> > [@Akaj](#):
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> > And what do you want to bet, these GOP cowards probably blame Democrats and Silicon Valley for stirring up the divisiveness that now has them so terrified?
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> This is EXACTLY what I am reading from some Trumpers in my orbit. “Oh, you people are so divisive! You need to stop this right now! You are harming the country!”
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> Assholes.

It completely fits the psychological abuse paradigm @Ann_Hedonia is so aptly describing in the [7 Jan 2021 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/636).

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