Has The Right Paranoia-ed Itself Out Of Ever Having Another Public Demonstration?

[Nevilledog]

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Today was supposed to be the big "Justice For J6" rally, organized by former Trump aide and aspiring right wing celebrity, Matthew Braynard. A bunch of pro-Trump conservatives were supposed to descend on Washington and, I suppose, protest in support of all of the people who got arrested just for trying to overthrow the government back on January 6. This makes a lot of logical sense if you are a conservative, in which case your news media has told you for decades that it is supposed to be totally fine for you to overthrow the government, so long as you are a Real American and you feel like someone is trying to do tyranny to you.

Alas, after Trump called the whole thing a "set-up" and various groups like the Proud Boys and far-right message boards kept telling people not to go because it was a "false flag," not too many people showed up. Maybe like 100-150, 200 might be too generous. There isn't really much to say about it other than that.

I watched some of the hour and a half long rally on the livestream, but there was not much to it.

Via Washington Post:

The rally's poor attendance comes as no surprise. Organizers said they expected about 700 attendees, but many influential figures on the far right actually discouraged their followers from showing up, asserting the event was a trap. Baseless rumors have ricocheted through social media to the effect that the federal government was attempting to lure demonstrators to Washington to arrest them, and that left-wing activists disguised themselves as Trump supporters would deliberately cause trouble.

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[CrispyQ]

1. I think the biggest reason for the low turnout is there was absolutely no incentive for this rally.

Trump wasn't there. Congress isn't in session. And even if it was, they aren't doing anything major like certifying an election. What was the point?

[tanyev]

2. Truly, they have dizzying intellects.

Man in Black: The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.

Vizzini: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool. You would have counted on it. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

Man in Black: You've made your decision then?

Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocaine comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Vizzini: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?

Man in Black: Australia.

Vizzini: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

Man in Black: You're just stalling now.

Vizzini: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

Man in Black: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.

Vizzini: It has worked! You've given everything away! I know where the poison is!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. If you want crowds in numbers to demonstrate against their own self-interest

you first have to make them stupid and then you have to put up the money, either for transportation or per item.

They didn't even offer a free pillow!