Re: Capitol Mob - "Pretty Normal People"

On 5 Mar 2021 14:44:00 -0000, ajohnstone <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I know when i link to studies they are quickly dismissed as having a 
>leftist liberal bias. But i'm not so sure this one will receive such a 
>reception.
>
>https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/This-Is-Our-House.pdf
>
>Nearly 90% of the people charged in the Capitol riot so far have no 
>connection with militias or other organized extremist groups, according to 
>a new analysis from George Washington University’s Center on 
>Extremism. 

I've heard Tucker Carlson say the same thing.

>It found that more than half of people facing federal charges 
>over the 6 January attack appear to have planned their participation 
>alone, not even coordinating with family members or close friends. Only 33 
>of the 257 alleged participants appear to have been part of existing 
>“militant networks”, including the Proud Boys and the Oath 
>Keepers anti-government militia.
>
>The largest category according to the report, was a 
>“hodgepodge” of individuals with a variety of extremist 
>beliefs who made plans to come to the rally on their own.
>
>A separate analysis of court records by the Chicago Project on Security 
>and Threats, looking at 290 arrests connected to the Capitol attack, found 
>very similar results to the George Washington University report, including 
>that only 12% of alleged participants were part of militias or other 
>organized violent groups.
>
>https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/cpost/i/docs/americas_insurrectionists_online_2021_02_26.pdf?mtime=1614612718
>
>Which also concluded that the supposed cure - arresting members of those 
>extremist groups- is worse than the disease
>

A sensible conclusion.  Although I wonder whether it was driven by the
knowledge that a Republican Administration might start arresting
Antifa and BLM militants.

>Reported in that unreliable newspaper.
>
>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/04/us-capitol-attack-individual-extremist-far-right-groups
>

Ideologically biases newspaper.  But they can't be wrong all the time.

>This a confirmation of what i already stated and others i think concurr 
>that the riot at the Capitol was not a pre-meditated insurrection and 
>certainly no coup but a situation that simply got out of control.

It's pretty much a cliche, and true, that if you put people in crowds,
you might get a mob action.

So let's apply that idea to BLM and Antifa too.

The difference, however, being that BLM and Antifa have a coherent
ideology that condones violence.

The rioters at the Capitol didn't.

It was pretty much a pure mob action.

.John
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