New York Times managed this with eloquence.

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    10 months ago

    Fortunately it was a coup attempt conducted by the least competent group of people on the planet.

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      10 months ago

      be a chud

      use guns as a substitute penis

      Try to fuck the entire country

      Not a one brought a gun

      tragic

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        A few did. They never got to live out their cowboy-like fantasy of using it there, though.

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          10 months ago

          Skill issue, if Wahlberg had been on that capitol things would have gone down different.

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        The timidity of the prosecutors is appalling. Some did bring guns. All intended to commit felonies. removed got shot and died. If it had been a 7-Eleven instead of the Capitol, every single one of them would have been charged with felony murder.

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      10 months ago

      And so was the Beer Hall Putsch. How did that turn out in the log run?