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For those Imgurians that sadly choose to believe that Jan 6 was just a congregation of peaceful tourists, Brian Sicknick was the police officer murdered by Trump supporters.
givemeyourwalletbagpursemanbag
If they do not meet her they are automatically showing that they are wrong as it implies that they have an agenda with a lot to lose.
dudehiemer
On Jan 6, 2021 there was an attempted insurrection lead by Trump supporters & others Anyone saying otherwise is planning to try it again.
mrmaxpower
I hate to tell you this. But they don’t care
MrLeville
"Blue lifes matter" "prolife" "trickledown economics", it's just BS to keep rednecks in check while we pillage the country
IG1Fields
The GOP have proven themselves over and over again to be cowards - they’ll never meet with her.
IG1Fields
Nor would they risk exposing their voter base as the insurrectionists/domestic terrorists that they are, and have proven themselves to be.
easyoneundone
the sheer existence of this argument shows how bad it has become
lwoshea
Does she honestly think the GOP gives a flying rat's ass about the grief of a dad man's mother?
kaiserkevin
Cue the shitstains saying 'He wasn't killed by the tourists, he died from completely unrelated injuries a day later' Oh they're already here
Markamanic
They wouldn't even meet with 9/11 first responders. They'll never meet with her.
MrRandom314159
You really think if emotional appeals worked on them, this would do anything? I applaud the mother for trying but it won't change anything.
ThailandExpress
TheBeardedManOnTheMountain
It's going to intervene with their child shopping hour
gorillaClutch
i have so little faith in their ability to be shamed, they will probably meet with her, say all the comforting things, then continue anyway
gorillaClutch
or even try to convince her that their obstruction is the right thing to do for her son. that they are honoring his memory by "moving on"
HypnoJack
I remember when the city talked with the mother of a black cop who other cops shot dead. They tried to tell her it was HIS fault. "Comfort".
SciFiGuy2018
Those heartless bastards won't change their minds, it would expose them as the insurrectionist that they are.
HypnoJack
Mitch McConnell said that this commission would "distract" from their 2022 message/goals of getting back the House from the Democrats.
CuntyMcWhoreBag
Wake up sheeple she needs to talk to Antifa and ask them why they stormed the Capital. /s
HardcoreMango
Now that you mention it, terrorist and tourist do sound alike with an American accent.
charliegrs
"Blue lives matter" just not the ones that protect our democracy" - GOP
ReanimatedRobot
So if I commit potential crimes can I just vote against the investigation and conviction? Absolutely no accountability in the USA.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
I really doubt any of them will see her. MTG might, but only to denounce her as being obviously fake news.
HypnoJack
MTG is a congresswoman. Not a senator.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
(for clarification, I'm saying that's what she'd act like, not that she's right to say it)
hungoveratworkguy
How those seditious fucks can look themselves in the mirror & keep doing the terrible shit they do is beyond me
HypnoJack
Selfishness.
Jopler420
why are republicans soooo scumy? like do they know they are scumy, or do they actually think they are good people?
SoupForMyFamily
yes
HypnoJack
I think most know they're scum but don't care. But I have seen interviews where some really come off think they're sincerely the good guys.
superbro2211
Mainly GOP, they’re the capitalist villains, the rest is just malicious compliance
Skizzlesnap
And of course the GOP will block her speaking or just do what they normally do and not show up for it.
Midgarmerc
The ones that show up will text the entire time or zone out
OverpricedCrayon
Sometimes an empty room can work. Look at John Stewart trying to get 9/11 aid passed to an empty hearing. Politicians got grilled for that.
JustFeedMePieDammit
I wish I could just not bother turning up to my job and still expect to get paid
HypnoJack
Remember those empty seats during Trump's impeachment? Both Dems and GOP. But way more on one side than the other.
JustFeedMePieDammit
The Russians claimed the troops invading Ukraine were lost tourists too. Just sayin.
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
And it was just collateral damage that Trump held up weapons for Ukraine as part of his corrupt ask for Biden dirt, not a request from Putin
Pentjotal
It was a Quid proquo, no wait it wasn't that the GOP voted against that, it was pure treason,
JustFeedMePieDammit
But still very convenient for him all the same
Apocalymon
didnt he have a stroke?
mildmental
was about to say, i only know of two cop suicides and one stroke and autopsy revealed it wasnt related to his injuries sustained.
AintYouGuysGonnaAskAboutMyHat
Careful with those facts ‘round here...
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Two of them
Frozenspokes
I'm sure that you think that George Floyd died of a drug overdose too.
DEEEEEEEEEEZ
cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/brian-sicknick-death-us-capitol-riot/index.html
Kappa043
Like... he did, though. Fentanyl will kill you standing up. Getting kneeled on made it worse, but he didn't die from a knee allergy.
Frozenspokes
If you paid attention to the trial, even the defense medical expert testified that there wasn't enough fentanyl in his system to cause that.
cjpoet
Of COURSE they won't. Pussies.
sozensloth
Pussies are tough, they can take a pounding.
Hamfistham
I wouldnt call them that, they lack both the depth and warmth of a pussy
cjpoet
Har de har har
ratfaceddog
That never gets old.
Polymathena
I'd like to see those cowards face her.
DanSandy
It sadly wouldn't change their minds
DarkSock
Not gonna happen. 90% of the GOP lacks the sac to push back on an old flabby orange-painted mushroom-dicked mentally-ill daughter-fondler...
Mindshard
They'll ignore her while using their phones. As usual.
FallingStar7669
They'll invite her in, silently let her read through her prepared speech, make some self-aggrandizing comments about protecting police +
TheotherBudwhite
and that will be that.
FallingStar7669
+ officers, blame the Democrats for something the Republicans did, get Fox News to sing their praises, then, business as usual.
Canofminus
It doesn’t get more accurate than that.
bfiGamer
I met a guy who said that he didn't believe that this happened. I was stunned.
RealNamesAreNotGreatUsernames
GOP senators, given a choice between letting a child drown or voting against the party, would get in the water and hold the child under.
ziralien
I think you'll find that a lot of Imgurians aren't GOP 'tourist' supporters.
Hellstorm99
It is hard for me to say I am a true moderate when one side is so optically fucked in the head and doing so much damage.
MKUltraMega
MicrosoftWizard7
TheeDarkAssassin
We may be silly, weird, smelly, and introverted - BUT we are educated c:
BloomAndGrowIris
*tourorists
masteryoplait
We used to be. When 8chan began we had a huge exodus of incels & alt right white supremacists.
MKUltraMega
ryohji
I can't believe I'm saying this, but thanks 8chan.
masteryoplait
Anecdotally it felt like so@e were still around during the election but the pandemic arrival of liberals really transformed the site.
rationalremission
There's a disturbing amount. Imgur is a haven for toxic masculinity, and those twats are prime example
isthissatire
I do see the cheeto stained, crater faced troll down rabbit holes in some comment sections. But it’s not often and there aren’t many of them
oddoregano
I dont see that very often and when I do it usually gets shut the fuck down real quick. Are you in your feed following tags? Usersub/viral?
SeeYaLaterMethamphetaGator
Whaaat. No way. It must depend on where you go cause I feel like Imgur is very liberal
Valharroth
All kinds of people on here. Almost like we're not a hivemind after all. (I agree though, seems more Liberal leaning.)
ElbowDeepInATshirt
Did someone say hivemind?
ontarioOT
Most of your comments are just you complaining about imgur.
baals
An imgur Karen ?
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OperationRustysBlanket
So I’m not the only one? TG,I thought I was stuck in a social media confirmation bias loop. But that only happens if I’m the only one
lighterletter
The GOP is a cancer on American society and the antithesis of all the founding fathers stood for.
Blastergv9
I think you'll find a lot of conservatives aren't GOP "tourist" supporters
glovesmadeoutofpandas
Except for the two that downvotes you. They might be the only ones :p
yonafin
This place is a big echo chamber. Nothing against that, just know what it is.
jrblast
More of a hivemind. It's all one opinion, unlike Twitter where, whatever your views, you hear then echoed.
phobosorbust
On some topics, sure. On others, such as, say, Elon Musk, you're likely to find vehement debate with posts and support both for and against.
gratefulheart
Yes. People of similar ideologies do enjoy being together. Crazy how that is.
brianBugCat
Everyone repeating the same thing and content
shitheadtookmyname
Echo chambers are about the repetition of opinions and lies. Repeating true facts isn't an echo chamber.
Wozzup
Not true. Echo chambers are simply epistemic structures in which some relevant voices are excluded as a result of cognitive dissonance. It..
shitheadtookmyname
So you're literally agreeing with me. Cognitive dissonance cannot happen regarding true facts. It emerges from conflicting falsehoods
Limoncellos
Just because false statements echo in echo chambers doesn’t mean true facts can’t also. False statements just echo more often because...
Wozzup
Is uncomfortable for people to come across opinions they disagree with. The result of this discomfort is usually to reject information that
Ventorath
I believe everyone who entered the building committed a crime. No one there was innocent. But I also don't believe even most of them >>
Pentjotal
But they were all really badly educated people or plain stupid
Ventorath
They were all fuckin' idiots, sure.
Ventorath
>> were in there to murder a guy and commit treason. Obviously some were. I just don't like people assuming everyone there was the same.
BiggestofBears
trea·son
/ˈtrēzən/
noun
the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government
BiggestofBears
This was from oxford dictionary. Attempting to overthrow the election was treason. Wartime is not a requirment.
SirQuackerz
Trump Flags, KKK flags, confederate flags, Proud Boy flags, Nazi Flags.... they all represent the same thing to the rest of us now. Traitors
thermodaemonics
They were there to stop the results of a valid election. Insurrection is probably a better word than treason, but that's semantics.
df8199350
Not quite. Treason is aiding an enemy state in wartime. Very narrow. They committed sedition, which is violently interfering with the gov’t.
BiggestofBears
trea·son
/ˈtrēzən/
noun
the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow a government.
SirQuackerz
There were confederate flags there. The confederacy was an enemy state the last time I checked.