319: Was Jan 6 "the darkest day in history"?

<p>P&amp;C drink and review Double Nickel Session IPA, then discuss January 6 and all the hyperventilating about it. </p> <p>The over-hyping of the events of January 6 turned Pigweed and Crowhill away from the story. When everyone over-reacts, we under-react. </p> <p>Now that there&#39;s some distance and the rhetoric has died down a bit, maybe there&#39;s some ability to evaluate it calmly. </p> <p>First, Trump was absolutely wrong in his belief that Pence had the authority to not certify the election results. Unfortunately, some people believed it. </p> <p>Second, there have been some persistent lies about that day, such as the claim that six police officers died. That&#39;s not true. </p> <p>The lies and exaggerations were quite over the top. Calling the event an &quot;armed insurrection&quot; is absurd. If Jan. 6 was an insurrection, it was the lamest, stupidest insurrection that&#39;s ever been attempted. Calling it an attempt to overturn democracy, or destroy the Constitution, is such breathless, mindless stupidity that it beggars the imagination. </p> <p>The actual threat to democracy from Jan. 6 is the abuse we&#39;ve seen of the justice system: the overly harsh treatment of Jan. 6 protesters, and the fact that exculpatory evidence was withheld from defense attorneys. </p> <p>The ongoing lies about January 6 are completely outrageous. Pigweed and Crowhill try to parse through it all and present a balanced perspective. </p> <p>They also discuss recent &quot;insurrections,&quot; where Democrats have stormed state legislatures. </p>