Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
The fact that you dont get the comparison speaks loudly Jim......
Lets forget all the hard to prove stuff like rigged machines, fake ballots, etc .....and just talk about ignoring election laws and or changing them to suit your party without going through the legal process to do so. It is a undisputable fact that several states violated their own election laws. That in itself is enough to invalidate the election regardless of who the candidates were or which party it benefitted. In truth even if it was only ONE state......
I already stated I was not particularly happy that some on the fringe right broke some windows and generally ran amok in the nations capitol of course some were plants from antifa as well as has been revealed.....of course some will seize on another statement I said in jest that if I had been there I might have broke some windows too.
The bottom line is our election process failed big time in light of the above and did so with partisan participation and support.
I "don't get the comparison," because for me the Boston Tea Party is a strong and compelling symbol for the fully justified armed overthrow of a corrupt government.
For me, the Boston Tea Party symbolizes exactly the following:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."I personally do not think that any alleged election irregularities, rogue courts, or anything that happened in the 2020 election time frame rises to any sort of Boston Tea Party triggering level of event. It is not a close call. It is not, in my opinion, even a reasonable point of view.
I think that anyone who believes that election fraud or irregularities denied Trump his win has been duped by Trump, or perhaps is in some sort of self-denial. Trump was arguing fraud and stolen election long before the election even occurred, as we debated here, probably too much.
Those who breached the capital consider themselves to be patriots. The genuine Boston Tea Party was surely on their minds. I consider them to be criminals and terrorists.
Jim
