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When I lived in rural MO it was the only talk show available. I knew so many people that believed everything that hateful man said.

22% business owners, 30% college degrees; doctors, engineers, CEOs, gov't employees. Nearly 40 percent white-collar jobs, just 8% were unemployed. THE glaring omission is the assault was funded by Trump; he funded ~20-100%, BUT THE DOG WHISTLE, COME OVERTURN THE VOTE FOR ME is unmistakable!

They watched and cheered as the American Flag was lowered and the Trump flag was raised... An education or profession doesn’t make someone “Normal”, this framing is lazy. You could interview 10% of these people and determine they’re far more vulnerable to magical thinking and indoctrination.

A quick Wikipedia search reveals that Robert A. Pape is a professor at the University of Chicago - a private university, & the very same one that supported and propagated Milton Friedman’s fascist economic theories & consulting with fascist South American dictatorships in Argentina & Chile - @wired

BINGO! Keep 'em cowering until they aren't able to stand up to it.

And I would argue that the attackers were abnormal Americans 🙄

No, maga.

The insurrectionists on J6 were not "normal" Americans, they were MAGAt's.

Perhaps not but they were all Maga and that in itself is equal to the comparison to fringe militia/extremists groups because Maga IS fringe

"Normal"

It was normal ‘low IQ’ Americans manipulated and incited to riot by Trump. Period.

Normal criminals

Simply: this is what happens when Politicians but $$ over people. If anything it’s clear that our electeds have not and continue to not listen to constituents— they just take money from corporations to chip away at and destroy our Democracy—- #EndCitizensUnited

But they were called, and organized by the extreme elite like Ginny Thomas, Trump, Charlie Kirk, and on and on… Mainstream are the grunts, concentrate on who gives the orders and who controls the logistics.

Summoned and paid for by the Pedofuhrer.

Those assholes are in no way “normal”. They are violent members of a cult!

Someone doesn't understand that "violence" is all of politics and organized society.

"normal"

Violence IS sometimes the answer. Ask those who were sent to Dachau, Auschwitz & other Nazi camps. MOST were murdered despite putting up NO resistance. Peaceful protests didn't stop Hitler - he had the leaders EXECUTED. Peaceful protests rarely stop those bent on causing misery. Force usually does.

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Wait. Normal??🤔

Now THAT is scary. 😱

Um, DUH. It is infuriating to have to live through this stupidity and also have to watch the media ‘catch up,’ a decade too fucking late. OBVIOUSLY having a violent narcissistic pig as POTUS would create space for ANY RANDOM loser to feel confident about being a violent narcissistic pig. #FFS

The reason we are in this mess is that Americans did not kick some republican asses.

Just ordinary Americans who figured Biden won by rigging the election when Trump the Crime Lord & rapist was pres rather than the real reason: that Trump was happy to allow the U.S to grind to a halt while letting any number of Americans die of Covid, while joking about drinking bleach to “cure” it.

... and who is proliferating all the right-wing, anti-government, anti-liberal, anti-minority, anti-immigrant, anti-gender equality messaging that has turned normal American's brains into mush?

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MY PROPHECY Kamala/JackSmith Our White Light Warriors Will strike THEM DEAD!!! Gone by Halloween!!! MAGA MUST KNOW THE TRUTH 1st! Their Worms 🪱 Must Turn 1st!! NOW WATCH THEM BEG on their Knees!!Pain!!$$$!! Wishing KAMALA THE WHITE KNIGHT WAS THEIR Empress, too!!! 

Jack Smith's evidence proves different.

How about a profile of each attacker, as per various metrics, plotted graphic? In this way, we can see WHO was there, and understand their commonalities. e.g.: - Wealth - Debt - Family - Employment yes/no, job title, industry - Age - Religion - Gender - Ethnicity - Criminal history y/n, what

'normal' does not equal sane, informed, aware, read.

“Normal Americans” The white is always silent

Yep. "Nothing whatsoever to be alarmed about".. "NOTHING'S WRONG"... "EVERYTHING'S FINE"... "JUST SETTLE DOWN..." 😏🙄😏

As though violence HASN'T BEEN NORMALIZED FOR ENDLESS DECADES.

Just because many were employed and simi-educated doesn’t mean that they were not also on the sidelines of homegrown terrorist groups whether it be proud boy’s or church groups. Two things can be true.

They aren’t militiamen or “regular”. They’re fucking cultists.

A bag of magas all hyped up by The ‘we’ll be marching togerher’ message by their hero who did not even show up. If he had and stopped actual violence from happening, thats one thing, but what did happen was a rubbing hands in glee from a distance. ‘Normal people’ do get sucked in but dislike it

Who paid for all these people to be in DC? How did they get there, and who instigated them into attacking our Capitol?

normal...I don't know anyone who thinks mass shootings are normal or bombing everyone in the next state because there were some that had a score to settle or thought Putin was a good neighbor or deregulating science and climate and consumer protections and food inspection was good or hated the EU???

No shit, Sherlock. Did Trump and Musk cut funding to the Department of the Bleeding Obvious?

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Without asking each and everyone of them; no one can accurately explain nor categorize the motivations of all those individuals on why THEY collectively and intentionally —-> assaulted America

While I can happily fantasize about it--the destruction of their facial bones will NOT win. This is NOT who the USA is. We aren't a violent country (well, not on every street corner...), we know that using the Constitution properly CAN win. We are dealing with Fascists. Channel your inner Antifa.

I would think that, definitionally, attacking the capitol would make them extremists. That's not even a value judgement. Attacking a government building under any circumstances would make you an extremist. (Of course, in this case they are also fascist scum, but ideology is not methodology.)

a bigger shovel is required for this POV....

“Regular”? You misspelled “fascist”.

The post French Revolution guillotines and the gallows at Nuremberg were justice, not violence.

This reads like a bothsides apologia when there is very little record of violence from liberal/progressive/'left' individuals. If I were a suspicious type, I'd wonder if Mr Pape wasn't trying to keep the anti-fascist American passive to make sure the MAGAts could continue to oppress and intimidate.

normal Americans. 😅

I think the use of the word "normal" is a bit generous... 🫤

Normal Americans who also happen to be fascists.

🤨 umm, fomented...

Yeah, no. Those people are not normal.

The state of mental health in America. It is inequivalent and morose to suggest that millions of Americans who are part of “Obama is a Kenyan Communist” and “Michelle is a Man” email chains are “normal” as opposed to “despicable” in large numbers. Trash in high volume doesn’t make it not trash.

Baloney. Every one of those "normal Americans" who attacked the Capitol were racist, rightwing extremists. I guess you could say that about one-third of Americans are either ignorant, morons, or fascist bigots, but that doesn't make them "normal" since two-thirds of Americans aren't.

I beg to differ with his use of the term, "normal". There is nothing normal about a cult.

Pape’s source for his definition of “normal”

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Who told them to do it?

"found that 90 percent of those charged with crimes arising from the attack held no affiliation with militias or militant organizations" Correct. That is what I'd expect when you only go after the pawns. And deliberately ignore that MAGA is, in fact, an extremist group.

And if you really want to know, how "normal Fritz & Gretel" where transformed into murderous Nazis and whats going on with the "average Joe & Karen" right now, you should read this: www.upress.umn.edu/978081661451...

Many participants re-offended after their pardons with on-going court cases. Those are not your average American.

Nothing normal about maga

A sphincter says what?

it’s really easy to act like a smug idiot, isn’t it? it doesn’t make you look smart.

Worse, it is being "discussed" now to dissuade us from getting too violent, where it is rightly deserved. It's to temper us and spur a "We are better than that, aren't we folks?" so they can keep their necks intact.

They were PAID by Trump to attack US.

Wow.. Just like Hitler's military

And Trump Paid The Domestic Terrorists

bsky.app/profile/blue...

you know— morons

Did you interview Jack Smith? He already told US exactly how it happened.

By now anyone thinking that violence is an answer should understand that this administration is not in the business of making the lives of people in the lower economic strata better. Yes, violent behavior is suggested, but there is no reward for doing it except getting to do the violence itself.

In other words,crazy ass white people.

but violence BY other people, ON other people. SOme are ready for violence on the violateors.

This information was gleaned (by me) by actually looking at the folks that participated in Jan. 6, liberal memers present them as toothless, uneducated rednecks with zero means, and that is characterization is simply not factual.

Why did you repeat-post this to make it look as though you had replies?

WIRED spoke to Pape about his book, his concerns about violence in the midterms, why it is so important to understand the attack on the Capitol, and what, if anything, gives him hope that democracy will win out. Read the full interview: www.wired.com/story/the-re...

None of it makes them "normal Americans". None.

Where’s his proof that small business owners, people with college degrees, etc. can’t be violent extremists? Storming our nation’s capitol is not, in any regard, normal.

And all 100% Utter scum I didn't need to inspect the data to work that one out.

"Political prisons, a domestic army, control of the military’s legal apparatus, the seizure of voter roles, and much more ...These are among the many individual actions and plans of the “rolling coup” which is currently underway."

It's a slow creepy creeping Coup, and then suddenly, it's here!! 😉😲😲

trump isn't normal.

If "regular Americans" think overturning an election and assaulting police is acceptable behaviour, we have a bigger problem than I thought.

Expert on what? Nothing normal about wanting to subvert Democracy

Gonna take a quick moment to point out that the founding fathers literally SHOT a bunch of motherfuckers so you would have the freedom to sit on your ass and preach to everyone about how "violence isn't the answer." 😂 I'm sure the Epstein class appreciates your efforts, though.

People who believe in "Magic-Sky-Wizards" do tend to be self-righteously gullible, and deeply conditioned towards those kinds of logical fallacies. Taught "while they are young" to think in black & white moralistic terms. My grandfather was a preacher, so I know how this works firsthand ^~^

YES SCARY SHIT

Ignorance begets hate. This is why Trump has said, on at least two occasions, that he likes the supporters who are--to put it charitably--less well educated.

Violence is only acceptable in defense of the fascist state. Self defense against the fascist violence is unacceptable by the propaganda machines like @wired.com

When your government sets the example, this is what happens - violence, crime, disregard for rights, others, decency, the law.

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It wasn't even that. It was orchestrated and paid for by the Trump Administration was it not? I'm pretty sure that's what the records say. In which case he's guilty of insurrection and this is an illegal presidency

Perhaps not extremists or militia groups, but normal seems to be a reach...

'normal'. waht a terrible word to use, as its root 'norm' implies 'accepted by a large proportion of people, often a majority'. This is **not* the case. Or maybe... violence **is** the norm. 2A American culture anyone?

I take issue with the word normal here. There is nothing normal about this. Cult members. Opportunists. Those are fine, but normal paints the wrong picture

It's possible that the definition of extremist isn't calibrated quite properly. A thread on Christian Nationalism… bsky.app/profile/arbi...

Banality of Evil

Maybe the better question should be: What is it about American society over which business owners, college grads, doctors, engineers, CEOs, and government employees are so pissed off about? All these white guys were about to get yet another white guy as President. So what has them pissed off?

Violence may in fact be the answer. But there are a lot more of us than them. So, bring it on.

Oath Keepers, Proud Boys were two Nazi hate groups that took part in the insurrection. They probably had a lot to do with getting people riled up enough to attack the capital. Though it seems propaganda was enough.

Oh horseshit. It was all of the above.Everyone involved with Jan 6th or the fake electors should have been executed for treason Jan 7th. Blanche is ethically unqualified. SAVE act is voter suppression. Fauci did nothing wrong. Epstein didn't kill himself. Trump is a pedophile.

And according to Smiths investigation some were paid for travel expenses, buses provided. Without that how many would have stayed home?

No prior plague infections does NOT mean the plague you have now is okay, that's fucking crazy talk. Someone check this freak's background.

Attacked the capitol = extremists Pretty simple. Just because they own and operate an Applebee's doesn't mean they're normal.

Because their idol told them that violence was the answer

They're fucking nazis, tf we doing here

“average” maybe. “normal” NOT

It’s the monkey see monkey do. donny got away with it , ice is getting away with it , why can’t I….. Violence , fear , in the long / short term never keeps the peace without more violence , fear. If that’s how you want to live, Russia isn’t that far away.

What kind of crap is this?