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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The U.S. will mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Saturday, a milestone that will confer upon the reality-dwelling citizenry a grim reminder of the potency of propaganda and how quickly it can warp perception when introduced into the public square.

Just three years ago, most of the country watched with dismay and horror as a violent MAGA mob beat back authorities and stormed the country’s citadel of democracy. The Donald Trump-incited crush of disillusioned rioters, fueled by a stream of fantastical lies, believed that the 2020 election had been stolen by sinister forces working to undermine the democratic election.

Of course, not only was their belief flatly incorrect, but evidence later emerged indicating that it was Trump who, in fact, had tried to subvert democracy.

Facts, however, have little bearing on the sentiment inside the Republican Party, which has been fed a steady diet of lies and half-truths by Fox News and the rest of the sprawling right-wing media machine. To wit, the false notion that Joe Biden nefariously stole the 2020 election is now widely shared inside the GOP. A CNN poll conducted over the summer found that nearly 70% of Republicans believe Biden’s win was not legitimate, a number that has continued to tick up.

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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 124 points 10 months ago

Three years later, the ring leader and main benefactor is still free and openly lying.

This country is a joke. Literally incapable of defending itself from the inside. The US is beyond pathetic and will go down in history as such. We are so capable yet choose corruption.

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My guy, a country founded on the backs of a native American genocide and then 300 years of slavery, that decrees freedom above all else? You've never not been a joke.

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[-] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago

Their continued refusal to acknowledge that it was a crime, and the normalization of criminal conspiracy and use of political violence to chill efforts to hold people accountable... all amounts to organized crime masquerading as legitimate politics

[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 57 points 10 months ago

I'm still shocked to this day that police weren't mowing people down as they tried to force their way in. By not doing so, they basically said, "this is fine" IMO.

[-] splicerslicer@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Some of them on camera got caught removing the barriers and ushering them in.

"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses"

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[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 46 points 10 months ago

If it had been a liberal mob, we'd be marking the anniversary of the January 6 massacre, and it'd be a holiday for Republicans.

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago

This. When I first heard I imagined they'd set up a few MG nests and show they weren't fucking around. I was quite surprised by how little a reaction, especially from the most gun happy country

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

They were the right colour.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 10 months ago

They also had the right political views.

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[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

Even the Republicans who admit Trump was at fault for the events of 1/6 still say they'll vote for him.

It isn't about right and wrong to them, its about getting a fascist in the White House to reorder society into their prescribed hierarchy. Different factions have their grudges: trans people & other sexual minorities, POCs, foreigners, religious minorities, and leftists.

The hatred is what unites them, but they're too goddamn stupid to see that fascism always eats itself in the end because it constantly needs a new target upon which they can focus their blinding rage.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's extremely blatant at this point and they aren't trying to hide it. Support for Republicans is support for American fascism and Christian nationalism at this point. We really need to start acting like it. You wouldn't hire a Nazi. You wouldn't go on a date with one, or allow one in your bar or invite them to thanksgiving. America could defeat Nazis again without lifting a finger, but everyone is too fucking afraid that uncle Marty might get upset to take direct action in their own lives. So we'll end up back to fighting them in the streets one day.

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[-] Smacks@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago

My MAGA dad keeps telling me it was an inside job by the Democrats. He's saying everything was filmed way in advance by actors and everything was peaceful because of this mystical "new evidence" coming out; all the cops were a-part of the FBI, CIA, ect.

[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago

QanonCasualties. I’m sorry for your loss.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

my parents are like this. i have never taken them seriously regarding anything

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

Look for Republicans to make a holiday of January 6th. It's only a matter of time.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

Just like they won't let go of the Confederate Memorial Holiday.

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[-] scripthook@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

No it's just poisoning the people that have no logical thinking and believe anything Trump says.

[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

You’d be surprised. I know personally people who traditionally support the GOP but despise Trump who believe a bunch of the bullshit around January 6 because they hear it from their circles. Like how Antifa was involved.

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[-] mhague@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I think people are too literal when trying to understand each other. If someone says they believe in god, it means they identify as someone who believes in god. If someone says they think the election was stolen, it means they identify as someone who thinks the election was stolen. You don't defeat this with direct education / facts, you give these people an out. They need identities that are constructive and based in reality. Friends, family, culture... it all needs to be rewritten. Then they'll "believe" in reality.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 32 points 10 months ago

So why don't they adopt an identity based in reality like the rest of us?

Is it because they want to hate demographics and the one media that supports that pushes irrational thought because their core components are irrational and it's easier to control them like that? I'm actually asking, because that's my best guess.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately, yes. Main Street never came back with Wall Street and Hillary never set foot in the rust belt. They're hurt and afraid. I'm compassion fatigued to give a pass on Nazism but this is their explanation.

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

The narrative around this event has been downplayed so much that it feels like a non factor for Trump. If it was anyone else in trouble for this there wouldn't be so much debate.

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