# When is an attempted coup not an attempted coup? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991 "2023-04-20T22:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/121 "2023-04-22T20:18:07Z")
You’re a fucking troll, or otherwise terminally stupid. Who’d appreciate a compliment from you? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/122 "2023-04-22T20:19:38Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “I have been unfailingly polite, and you have been nothing but RUDE!” For real, please show me where I’ve insulted or attacked anyone. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/123 "2023-04-22T20:21:16Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > For real, please show me where I’ve insulted or attacked anyone. Please stop using the argumentum ad Otariinae… ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/124 "2023-04-22T20:22:21Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > For real, please show me where I’ve insulted or attacked anyone. No, you’ve been unfailingly polite, as a sealion should. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/125 "2023-04-22T23:24:34Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > For real, please show me where I’ve insulted or attacked anyone. You realize you are acting exactly like the classic sea lion. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTE8n1oLqtIa5CI3N8kEqncvQ6kzzlj_7Tw5A&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTE8n1oLqtIa5CI3N8kEqncvQ6kzzlj_7Tw5A&usqp=CAU) You’re a troll, a specific kind of one. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/126 "2023-04-23T21:32:55Z")
It is legitimately funny that No Fucking Sense Whatsoever comes to the ONE PLACE which, less than a week after the election, predicted the Insurrection would occur and spent two months tracking the obvious. And in support of his lies, NFSW spews a bunch of bullshit about how Trump was upset, that it wasn’t really an insurrection, that it was somehow OK that it was done given the “BLM riots”, and how… my favorite… Trump called in the National Guard. Amazing shit, really. Too bad for this liar that he can’t prove a goddamned thing while, simultaneously, his lies are easily refuted. Like the Trump NG order which, you know, was an actual coup (because it was done by Mike Pence, who didn’t have the authority to call the NG), all while ignoring basic evidence such as this January 4th, 2020 memo to the DC National Guard which gave an actual _stand down order_ to the DC National Guard to **not protect the capital, refused them weapons, and ordered them not to interfere with protesters** , INCLUDING REFUSING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO CONDUCT SEARCH, SEIZURES, AND _ARRESTS_ . [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50894606957_c73268f449_b.jpg "2021-01-31\_09-03-40") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/50894606957/) So, No Fucking Sense Whatsoever, take your goddamned lies and racism and spread them among your racist MAGA friends and family because the SDMB is poor soil for your brand of worthless bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/127 "2023-04-23T23:14:59Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > the SDMB is poor soil for your brand of worthless bullshit. Unless you’re looking for [trash fruit.](https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Trash_plant) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/128 "2023-04-24T03:05:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > > > Dude, I was so numb to rioting at this point that i wasn’t as concerned at the time as i probably should have been. > > More thinly disguised ‘Whataboutism Dude c’mon. Black “Riot” bad and numbing White Riot good and unconcerning Quiet Riot unquiet and unriotous ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/129 "2023-04-24T04:11:45Z")
You forgot about laugh riots, which are just funny. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/130 "2023-04-24T04:26:51Z")
or not. [/s] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991/131 "2023-04-24T04:28:49Z")
Only posting this as a Dare… I hope … (that person) gets **Hammer-fucked up the Shitpipe** You can send me that $1 now. Wait… Nah, save it, till the next time I see’s ya! With compound interest, that’ll be worth a fortune! The bet is to see how long this phrase becomes … I dunno, omnipresent [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-an-attempted-coup-not-an-attempted-coup/982991.md?page=6)