• giantofthenorth
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    This isn’t a trump 5d chess thing or whatever but it might honestly be the smarter move for him to just keep riling up his base and make it a guarantee riot if he gets jailed.

    Seems pretty likely he’s fucked legally so he’s put in a situation that breaking law and order is probably his best move.

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      1 year ago

      give your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across

      I’m fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.

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        I’m fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.

        It didn’t take him being backed into a corner to do that on Jan 6th. Since he’s done it before and you’re positing he’ll do it again when threatened legally, there’s no difference in outcome. The legal structures and framework should be followed through with the arrest and trial as planned.

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          True, and I’m not saying by any means he shouldn’t be prosecuted. The consequences of letting these actions go unpunished are way more severe than any riot. I guess I’m just apprehensive because I just don’t see how this won’t end in violence one way or another.

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            Yeah, I get that, but I’m talking about an official government military as a whole, not the bad actors who want to overthrow the government. Wasn’t sure how to differentiate that or if it was necessary.

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        Who cares? That’s what law enforcement is for. They can and will use force against violent numbnuts.

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          Tens of millions of heavily armed uneducated morons pissed off who’ve been ordered to burn the place down by their Messiah, yeah, no way that wouldn’t fuck our shit up real good.

          I mean I’m definitely for moving forward prosecuting all of these cases and hopefully putting this asshole in jail. But we should be very aware that this could easily slide out of control and prepare accordingly.