Anything from hopes, fears, expectations, predictions, etc. What are your thoughts on the events that transpired today, and what do you think comes next?
I personally, was initially shocked. Not mortified, not surprised, but shocked in a human way, as a reaction to the initial footage of people getting in to the Capital building. I wasn't one of the people thinking that Trump was going to cross the rubicon any time soon.
Then I started feeling other emotions. I was pissed, for one, as this shit was being demonized super fucking quick and had immediate national guard response as opposed to the months of burning, looting, rape, murder, and carnage of the George Floyd riots. I was full of patriotism and pride, as this was Americans fighting back. It may be futile, it may be for nothing in the grand scheme of things, but I was happy to see people actually do something like this for their country and the ideas its built upon.
What happened today is something that, quite frankly, needs to happen, and needed to happen for a while now. Our government and politicians have failed to represent us for many years, it was only a matter of time before people pushed back. Politicians need a reminder of who is actually in charge of this country.
Maybe I'm being hopeful. Maybe the adrenaline of today is still kicking in my veins. But honestly, at the end of the day, I am proud that there are still people left who aren't afraid to stand up, even if there aren't enough, there are still those who care about the country I've called home my whole life.
Definitely feels like the beginning of...something. Maybe it will end in victory for any patriotic and populist forces that have the courage to forge ahead and rise to challenge the oncoming train of Kamala Harris Thought, or maybe they're headed to defeat, but today didn't feel like the end to anything, no more than the Boston Tea Party or Massacre were an end to anything.
I'd also like to take a moment to appreciate the irony of how months of the left burning/looting/murdering their way across America ultimately ended with some streets being renamed, some tasteless statues of Saint Floyd going up, and a lot of humiliating optics all around that the media hailed as 'mostly peaceful protests'.
Meanwhile an hour of the right (bloodlessly - save their own blood) pushing the DC police aside, occupying the Capitol, taking some pictures and reportedly pilfering Nancy Pelosi's hard drive has sent Congress running in terror, and is even now being branded as a riotous insurrection by the MSM. In the big picture, Congress still commands a 15% or so public approval rating and the cops have now decisively dealt a deathblow to the right's Back-the-Blue sentiment. Yeah, this definitely has potential, if the right can organize and build off of it.
"Congress has an approval rating of 9%. By contrast, Omar Gaddaffi had an approval rating of 13%, and was dragged into the street and executed by his own people."