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    11 months ago

    The crux of your argument is:

    They were legally in the right to allow a violent tyrant to lead an insurrection and attempt to murder the only people who could uphold the Constitution and get him out of office at the end of his term

    They thought hard about if they will do that again.

    None of which does anything to support the narrative of

    the military purposely must remain loyal only to the Consitution, not to a political party or individual. Anyone in the military who acts in support of Trump is subject to a Dishonorable Discharge, life in prison, or execution. If Trump issues an illegal order like to suppress free speech or free assembly any military member who follows that order would face harsh punishment and a long jail tim

    If you want me to add a bunch of “hash tag, support the troops” in my condemnation of them supporting a violent insurrection against the US Government then sure. I don’t want that smoke. But you have no point beyond that.

    Because the only difference between our arguments is you are deciding they were heroes for actively not protecting the VPOTUS, Speaker of the House, or the rest of Congress and instead relying on the courage of police officers which… jesus christ how do we still have a country?