Judicial Misconduct in Action. J6 Defendant Sentenced to Extra Time for Taking the Stand to Defend Himself
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So, it should be obvious to anyone with a brain that they are deliberately overcharging and over sentencing the January 6th people to send a message that if you mess with the government like that they will destroy you.
And, for around 90% of the people who might be tempted to participate in something like January 6th in the future, the message probably works. But for the rest, they're getting a different but equally valid message: if you do this, you go all the way. You bring weapons and you kill whoever you think you need to. Anything less than complete victory means you're going to rot in prison for the rest of your life so in for a penny, in for a pound.
Coupled with the relatively lenient treatment BLM protesters got for far more violent and destructive activities, the message they're sending is that the government is no longer legitimate, and our laws and courts are simply to be used as a bludgeon by the left to punish their political opponents on the right.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that's the smartest message the government should be sending to people that aren't happy with it right now.
They admitted that when they sentenced the shaman. "It's not about what you did, it's about what you represent" I think was the judge's quote.
There's something else. More sinister. If you know anything about Learned Helplessness in psychology, then you may know that it is something that can be reversed. But reversing it requires something very specific. The person controlled by it has to be taken through the motions of resisting not once, but twice. Only after a SECOND forced motion of resistance does the spell break, and the helpless subject begin to recover autonomy. The Left is desperate to prevent a second Jan 6th, because it might break the spell of "complain but obey" learned helplessness that they've been foisting on the conservative majority for the past half century.