Breaking News Feds bust alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

[Shipmaster Sane]

@LordsFire we do have such laws but alas they are very rarely enforced on government officials

Then we effectively do not have such laws.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

But they don't for the same reason state police are going after citizens who protect themselves from rioters. Unless the current policy completely reverses itself, a civil war is better than not having one, a million dead included.

unless of course you know lose said war. Then not only do you have a million dead on your hands, but you've doomed them and the living in the process.

 

[JagerIV]

So, leftist anarchists tried to kidnap a leftist tyrant by the sound of it? In that case I dont really feel any sympathy for any party.

I assume shes one of those that supports extra judicial punishment by mob justice? If so, had this plan worked she would have gotten exactly ehat she deserved.

 

[Shipmaster Sane]

unless of course you know lose said war. Then not only do you have a million dead on your hands, but you've doomed them and the living in the process.

That is an argument against all large scale fighting.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

That is an argument against all large scale fighting.

my point is if you fight a war, have a sucide pack on stand by. a no capture poilcy used to be standard

 

[LordsFire]

my point is if you fight a war, have a sucide pack on stand by. a no capture poilcy used to be standard

Here in America, that's called 'the gun I'm already fighting the war with.' If you get that desperate, and the people you're fighting against are actually pushing you to the wall, 'save the last bullet for yourself' is how it used to be put.

 

[Doomsought]

unless of course you know lose said war. Then not only do you have a million dead on your hands, but you've doomed them and the living in the process.

If we can't win by law or by war, then we won't loose anything that we would not have lost anyways. It will just be a bit quicker or slower.

 

[The Original Sixth]

And I still don't see how her swift, authoritative response to a no-shit pandemic situation,

Pandemic? But Democrats assured me it was "just the flu bro".

in the absence of effective leadership from our esteemed Commander-in-Chief, can be called dictatorial let alone any kind of justification for attempted political violence and terrorism.

Yes, by far left terrorists.

Whitmer isn't marching jackbooted thugs down the streets of Lansing, gassing and shooting peaceful protestors, or arbitrarily having her political opponents jailed, tortured, or shot. If you think her actions are "dictatorial", then you need a reality check and multiple history lessons.

They are absolutely dictatorial. She's crippled the State of Michigan's economy. Nearby states with far less restrictions did much better than she did. And clearly her method isn't working, because even though Michigan's caseload is lower than say Wisconsin and Illinois, the COVID-19 death rates are almost seven times higher than Wisconsin's, about twice as high as Indiana, and only trailing Illinois by 2,000 deaths. And Illinois has roughly double the discovered cases.

So how is the brilliant Governor so great in her "swift, authoritative" response when all the states around hers had less restrictions and far less deaths? I mean, she couldn't even beat out fucking Ohio. Ohio for Christ's sake.

Surprise, surprise. I guess banning the sale of fucking seeds and paint doesn't save lives. Most business had already adopted masks, social distancing, and limited service long before the Governors actually acted.

 

[PsihoKekec]

The situation in a nutshell

 

[Husky_Khan]

Those FBI guys sure are good at informing.

 

[PsihoKekec]

So they'll keep the few participants, who weren't informers, in jail for couple of more years, until they they can force them to confess to some procedural BS charges, so the agents in charge can write it up as a win?

 

[Captain X]

Something I suspected since I saw the headline about it, in all honesty.

 

[The Original Sixth]

Those FBI guys sure are good at informing.

And that boys and girls, is why you don't get involved with domestic terrorist groups.

The leader is always an idiot.
His bestie is always an FBI informant out for a new BMW.
And that guy you learn to trust and confide in is always an FBI agent looking for a confession.

 

[Robovski]

Yeah, color me shocked. Shocked I say! To find out the FBI was integral to that whole farce.

 

[Terthna]

Yeah, color me shocked. Shocked I say! To find out the FBI was integral to that whole farce.

 

[BlackDragon98]

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Everyone get their right dues, sooner or later.

 

[Arch Dornan]

Fuck. Glowies again trying to manufacture a crisis to keep their budgets?

 

[PsihoKekec]

It's not just that. Trump even as ineffectual as he was at draining the swamp, scared them shitless, so they made into crusade to discover/manufacture as many anti-establishment cases for public consumption, so they can drive home the lesson that being against establishment is bad.

 

[49ersfootball]

Any new developments on the investigation ?

 

[PsihoKekec]

Well it turns out that most of the people that were part of the plot, including instigators, were FBI informants, so basically a false flag operation that entrapped couple of rubes.