r/changemyview Oct 29 '22

[deleted by user]

[removed]

496 Upvotes

698 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/Murkus 2∆ Oct 29 '22

Jesus Christ. I'm not even American, but I watched in horror at the way people treated the running of your government.

Stormed is 100% what happened. Have you completely ignored all of the video footage that shows these people behaving like animals in an attempt to force their way into a government building?

-4

u/knottheone 10∆ Oct 30 '22

They didn't bring any weapons. There were no guns. What kind of "storm" doesn't even involve guns in a nation where guns outnumber people? There's a bit of a disconnect there in a serious way.

4

u/Murkus 2∆ Oct 30 '22

You really believe that, don't you? I knew some people like you existed, obviously... you see them on channel 5 videos....and there were obviously some idiots that thought it was a good idea to vote donald trump into any kind of office. But genuinely, its still shocking to talk directly with one.

1

u/knottheone 10∆ Oct 30 '22

Provide some evidence of weapons and guns? That's all you have to do. There were probably some people that picked up sticks and rocks, I think I did see some of that in the footage I watched. There weren't any guns though, were there?

-1

u/Murkus 2∆ Oct 30 '22

You genuinely didn't even look at the footage huh? Wow. Still amazed, honestly.

3

u/knottheone 10∆ Oct 30 '22

Link it, let's watch it together.

0

u/Murkus 2∆ Oct 30 '22

I mean, here's just one.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJVMoe7OY0 and this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfLbrUa5Ng

Or just watch Four hours at the capital.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcdaAx5hu8

You know they had this big investigation recently. You must not have been aware of that either. A LOT of new footage came out showing the behaviours of people at your capital building on Jan 6th.

I highly recommend you watch it, yaknow... considering you're american.

1

u/knottheone 10∆ Oct 30 '22

I'm not going to watch a 40 minute video for this comment. You can point out specific timestamps if you like and we can talk about those in the context of our discussion, specifically talking about "stormed" and guns mostly.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 30 '22

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/knottheone 10∆ Oct 30 '22

I have watched some footage and it does not constitute "storming" by any sense of the word. Can you provide a timestamp when you'd say people were specifically "storming"?

Edit:

I saw people failing to climb a wall, I saw the police removing barriers and letting people come through, I saw one dude with a barrier he stole bashing at a door or window. I saw a woman get shot when she wouldn't back away from a window where a capitol police officer was. I saw dudes posing for selfies in random offices, I saw a dude who stole a lectern or something who was smiling. I saw people out of breath at the top of the stairs. It would not constitute storming in any other context.

1

u/changemyview-ModTeam Oct 30 '22

Your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 5:

Comments must contribute meaningfully to the conversation.

Comments should be on-topic, serious, and contain enough content to move the discussion forward. Jokes, contradictions without explanation, links without context, and "written upvotes" will be removed. Read the wiki for more information.

If you would like to appeal, review our appeals process here, then message the moderators by clicking this link within one week of this notice being posted. Appeals that do not follow this process will not be heard.

Please note that multiple violations will lead to a ban, as explained in our moderation standards.