# US Capitol under siege **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830 "2021-01-06T20:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 224
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/224 "2021-01-07T15:48:39Z")
Two things I’ve been pondering: 1. “The Third Wave was an experimental social movement created by California high school history teacher Ron Jones in 1967 to explain how the German population could accept the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.” > **[The Third Wave (experiment)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Third Wave was an experimental social movement created by California high school history teacher Ron Jones in 1967 to explain how the German population could have accepted the actions of the Nazi regime during the rise of the Third Reich and the Second World War. > While Jones taught his students about Nazi Germany during his senior level Contemporary World History class, Jones found it difficult to explain how the German people could have acc... When you watch the Trump loyalists, you really DO feel like you’re watching that dynamic in action … again. It’s as profoundly shocking as it is unbelievable. 1. Comparisons to the BLM protests (/riots) are interesting and inevitable. But – like so many things Trumpist vs. everybody else – these unarmed black men actually _were_ killed by police. The Mueller investigation **proved** the impropriety of Trump’s actions vis-a-vis Russia/Ukraine, and created a strong case for Obstruction (while Trumpists insist it ‘totally exonerated’ him). So … like just about everything else … what the Left accuses Trump of … he’s generally been inarguably and incontrovertibly guilty of. And if that bar is too high for you, there’s been no lack of solid evidence that points to his guilt. But these MAGAt inbreds … have based their violent and seditious acts on just the latest Birther Conspiracy promulgated by the CFSG himself and contrived from PCP, fairy dust, and vaporized excrement. As I said on another thread, “conservatives will buy bullshit made up from whole cloth if it sounds good to them.” That’s such an incredibly deep-rooted and complex problem … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830)._