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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
This still doesn't answer my question. Poop conveniently decided to ignore me, so let's see if you can answer... why is occupying the Capitol such a problem? Why is this not a legitimate act of protest?
People are protesting inside the halls of congress all the time. That alone is not a problem. Having a rally where the incumbent president says: this election was stolen from us... you can't let this happen... If Pence doesn't stop this, it is on you... and then to have his mob forcefully break into the halls of congress to stop the certification of the election in which the incumbent lost... that is a coup! That is the textbook definition of a coup. They are completely unorganized and they are following the incoherent directions of a lunatic, so they predictably failed, but it was a coup attempt.
If government does not have the monopoly on violence, it is not a government. When mobs can take control of a government building, you by definition no longer have a government.
Let me restate this again: the loser of the election directed a mob to storm the halls of congress to stop the certification of his successor. That is not protest. That is a coup.
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