Honestly I have mixed feelings on these guys. Like, sure, they absolutely did need to be jailed, because trying to overturn an election is extremely dangerous for the country and one cant set the precedent that one can get away with attempting it, but at the same time, these people were lied to, and if the things that they had been led to believe about the election being stolen had actually been true, I cant help but think that something like what was done might have been justified. It feels kinda messed up, then, that the people who had been led into this with misplaced trust and false promises are the ones getting the bulk of the punishment, and not the people who sold them on lies in the first place.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 105 points 6 months ago (14 children)

These are also the same types of people who hate people of color and queer folk simply for existing.

They made their choice, and their choice was hatred and willful ignorance. I have zero sympathy.

[–] SpunkyMcGoo@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

The "choice" of being fed propaganda 24/7? EDIT: y'all would be so easily brainwashed istg

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's not something that accidentally happens to ingest that much bullshit and take it at face value. There are other TV channels, websites, and people to talk to. By the time you're storming the US capitol building, you have made several intentional choices that put you in that position.

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Accidentally" is exactly how ingesting misinformation happens.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago

It’s their own fault for not fact-checking.

If you take everything at face-value, you’re either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

I mean, they could have turned their TVs and radios off. Or hell, they could have just changed the channel.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 11 points 6 months ago

People that can’t identify the propaganda they are consuming is morally reprehensible are morally reprehensible. It appeals to their deepest feelings. Fuck this guy and fuck all these fascists ruining our world.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago

I you believe hateful rhetoric is true, then you are a hateful person. So they deserve what they get.

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