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Mad_Machine76

(24,414 posts)
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 02:49 PM Oct 2021

From some of the folks whom brought us "Legitimate Rape"

We now have the concept of "Legitimate Gallows"

"Some of you point to the 'gallows' at the Capitol riot as evidence the riot was an armed insurrection. Call it a threat, call it an ugly symbol, call it a prop, call it what you like. But it wasn't a real gallows."

-Byron York

Sickening. I reported this tweet (having trouble linking to it).

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From some of the folks whom brought us "Legitimate Rape" (Original Post) Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 OP
Right. The real gallows may have had Mike Pence Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #1
I'm surprised anyone hired York. Archae Oct 2021 #2
Looks to me like it would work just fine. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #3
Besides... wryter2000 Oct 2021 #4

Archae

(46,335 posts)
2. I'm surprised anyone hired York.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 03:08 PM
Oct 2021

He's a vicious partisan, has the "Democrats can do nothing right" and "republicans can do no wrong" viewpoint.

He jumped all over Bill Clinton for pardoning Susan McDougal, but tried to get a pardon for Scooter Libby.

wryter2000

(46,051 posts)
4. Besides...
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 04:22 PM
Oct 2021

The gallows isn't what we're calling a weapon. The bear spray, fire extinguishers, and poles used were weapons. Inusrrenctionists also had stun guns, and hasn't it surface there were also regular guns there, too? Plenty of weapons were used, so the MAGATs were ar,ed/

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