Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through American West

[Nevilledog]

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Experts say violence like the Capitol insurrection has been incubating in the western U.S. for years.

Far-right extremists have stormed government buildings, vandalized property, and threatened public employees, often with few—if any—legal consequences.

Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through American West
Violent acts of insurrection like the U.S. Capitol mob have been incubating in the western U.S. for years, where self-described "patriots" have led armed uprisings, often with few legal consequences.
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2:18 PM · Jan 12, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/12/955665162/roots-of-u-s-capitol-insurrectionists-run-through-american-west

[maxsolomon]

1. And who's been yelling about it at the top of their lungs?

ANTIFA.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Had a chat with my Congress man about this

subject four years ago. We both knew there would be another attempt because our US Justice Department let two major Legal Suits become compromised by Local Attorney Generals screwing up their Prosecutions with the use of a bad witness who himself was compromised,and the Defense was able to get a mistrial. That was Bunkerville and the Bundy Klan. And the same occurred in Portland,Judge Brown Chastised the DOJ for allowing such poor Case Presentation. She called it amateurish at best.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Read a book a few years back called The Yankee-Cowboy War by Carl Oglesby

Traces the historical resentment between the wealthy Eastern Establishment "Yankees" and the New Rich (oil, ranches, casinos) tycoons of the West.

I found it to be very illuminating, very insightful, and you see this same dynamic at play in today's America.

[Stallion]

4. The Confederate States say WHAT?