I believe if everyone who was against the current oligarchy started placing guillotine stickers everywhere, like you might for a favorite band, people would feel less isolated in their distaste for the current system.
And in an ideal world those who the guillotines are for might realize just how much they are in the minority.
Let’s not pervert the word “treason;” it’s a very specific term.
Meanwhile, the guillotine was used in this exact context for this exact purpose.
“Treason is the crime of betraying one’s own country, typically by trying to overthrow the government or helping a hostile foreign enemy.”
Ignoring all facts and common sense to elevate and empower a single man who behaves like a tyrant, abuses his powers, violates the Constitution, vilifies millions of Americans, and has made it clear he isn’t a fan of democracy is a betrayal of the United States of America and its core values. That makes Donald Trump, every single Republican voter, and Republican member of Congress a traitor to the United States of America.
Reminder that Donald Trump instigated an attempt to violently overthrow the government and thousands of his followers took part.
If Donald Trump, the members of Congress who allow him free reign to do whatever he wants, and the citizens who voted for him AFTER he incited an insurrection and subsequently PARDONED the insurrectionists doesn’t amount to treason, then the word itself should simply be erased from our vocabulary.
As I already said and you already replied to, “insurrection” is a better word to describe 1/6.
The last three paragraphs of your comment appear to just be virtue signaling, maybe because you assume I disagree with you.
How about insurrection AND treason?
It’s not virtue signalling. It’s explaining why Donald Trump, Republican congress members, and Republican voters are traitors and why traitor is an appropriate term for them. Whether you agreed or not is kind of beside the point.
Yeah but you see how you’re making an argument for why we should call something a “bug” instead of a “spider?”
I like being specific. Yes, the broader term technically works. You don’t have to convince me of that.
Jan. 6 was treason.
Barely related, but sure, we can talk about 1/6.
I would use the term “insurrection” because treason is too broad and more typically associated with helping an enemy wage war against your country.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treason https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/treason
Both Mariam Webster and Cambridge defines it as trying to overthrow the government. That’s what was attempted in jan 6.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/insurrection
You see, the man and his ilk have sworn an oath to act in the interest of the country and its people. What they’re doing is treason because they are betraying the public and the nation. As for whether there is a conspiracy with foreign powers in play, we don’t know for sure. But there are worrying signs such as his private conversations with Putin off the record.
Treason incorporates more than helping an enemy wage war against your country.
I’m aware of that, which is why I said “too broad.”