pdt409231

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   by pdt409231 11mo ago

   >Accepting a pardon is a formal admission of guilt. You literally cannot pardon an innocent person. That's the whole point. Wrong. Pleading guilty is an admission of guilt. Being convicted is not the same as admitting guilt. That is
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   by pdt409231 11mo ago

   > You could have just said you didn't read the John Eastman memo Show me where exactly in the Eastman memo, the so called "coup plot", it calls for a group of protesters to go into the Capitol? Spoiler: It doesn't. So
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   by pdt409231 11mo ago

   That is a strawman argument, or perhaps you misunderstand the comparison. Nowhere did I say it was a poor insurrection attempt. I said it was not an insurrection at all. They were set up and led into the capitol for the cameras, in a ploy t
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   by pdt409231 11mo ago

   Bear in mind these people are very much pro-gun and believe the 2A is there to protect against the govt. If they had intended to violently overthrow the govt, it would have been very apparent. Yet not a single bullet was fired from the prot
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   by pdt409231 11mo ago

   Lots of people, esp on HN, will say J6 was some kind of insurrection, but the BLM riots were peaceful protests. From the other perspective, what happened was a bunch of disgruntled republicans saw the riots that summer, among many other thi