If they didn't cross the police/security barricades, but simply went to see #LOSER45's screech, then no. But everyone who crossed the barricades? Absolutely.
No
Yes, but only if they attacked the Capitol.
Yes. All knew it was to start an insurrection
I don't know.
....even if they never went to the Capitol? That's the question on Smerconish's survey question this morning: https://www.smerconish.com/home
I put no, but as his show proved, people who posted their presence at the rally on social media are finding themselves suspended or released from their jobs.
While I believe it's up to employers to determine the fitness of their employees to continue employment, some states or types of jobs require some due process over pure whimsy.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
If they didn't cross the police/security barricades, but simply went to see #LOSER45's screech, then no. But everyone who crossed the barricades? Absolutely.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
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ThatOwlWoman (01-23-2021)
Most of the far Right JPP members are 99% bullshit. They talk big but never attend political protests or risk their lives or their jobs by attending a protest.
Smarter Than You (STY) was my #1 pick for going and, subsequently, most likely to be on the run from the FBI for sedition, trespassing, assault on police, etc, etc, etc.
He was here on the 10th, but his last post was on the 8th: Any other Far Righties who have become very quiet after the Capitol Insurrection?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
The Owl Woman up above said:
"If they didn't cross the police/security barricades, but simply went to see #LOSER45's screech, then no. But everyone who crossed the barricades? Absolutely."
I agree totally with that.
I would add that anyone who hung back but who encouraged others to cross barricades (very tough to prove) should also face consequences.
This was insurrection. Most insurrectionists throughout the world would be handled with a lot less deference than will the people who engaged, no matter how marginally, in this one.
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Depends on several circumstances.
For those that went in the Capital, yes they should all be charged, that is a no brainer.
Those outside are different, for those that actually were fighting with the cops and those that tried entering but were driven back, yes they should also be charged.
Those that were outside that did not try entering the Capital and did not actively participate in the riot, no they should not be charged.
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Hello Dutch Uncle,
You work at the pleasure of your employer. I'm not surprised that some are losing jobs over simply showing up. If you have a liberal employer and they find out that a worker has bought into the whole 'stop the steal' nonsense, and believed it so strongly that they went to DC, then I could see some people losing jobs simply over that. Especially if they might have been on shaky ground prior to that. Or depending on the nature of the business and the clientele.
It could be a really bad image for a business to be associated with 'stop the steal.'
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