The threat of armed protests fizzles... for now / in 2 days, Biden/Harris will be inaugurated

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  1. DEFinning

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    Well that had NOT been the main idea I was trying to get across, but I do think yours seems to be a very reasonable assumption, which I have, myself, made.

    My point, restated, is that YOU say you were getting your news, in consideration of your friend, from the MSM, during this event; & yet you were not brainwashed into thinking it was an armed insurrection. Nor did I come away with that impression, despite hearing some exaggerated descriptions. In fact, since our exchange, I have been more attuned to the terms you'd said you had heard, and HAVE heard the event referred to as an actual insurrection, or equivalent (though, not yet, as an armed one), a couple of times, including by Nancy Pelosi.

    But my mind, recognizing it as hyperbole, just discards it. The primary focus of my argument had been that, no matter where one gets their news, one must use discretion in order to discern fact from editorial opinion, and should not, automatically, accept that opinion.

    While I would concur with you, should you observe that ideal is far less than fully realized, throughout our society, in general; nevertheless, the fact remains that many of the posters in this thread, on both the left & the right, have a similar idea of the storming of the Capitol as having been undertaken by a riotous mob, which I don't think that you will maintain posed no threat to anyone. So it is, perhaps, a bit hyperbolic to assume that all consumers of the MSM are zombies, lapping up everything with uncritical eyes.

    There are some who are unduly influenced by the spin; but this is certainly not limited to people on the left. An analogy I had alluded to was the way, each severe winter storm warning that is issued, there will be some who stock up on several weeks worth of food, & prepare as if they expect outside society to vanish under the snow. Most people, though, only make sure they have enough water, dry goods, batteries, & candles to last a short while. Likewise, when there is a wildfire, or high-intensity hurricane, headed in the direction of most, they heed evacuation orders. Yet, there will always be some who think they can, "ride it out."
     
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    And the Dems/Left/MSM are left with egg on their faces once again when it comes to their hair on fire Trump predictions.
     

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