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https://www.rawstory.com/insurrection-2650413424/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6523snip of article:
Long history of women's involvement
Several women have been identified as alleged participants in the events of Jan. 6. Among those women are a former school occupational therapist, an employee of a county sheriff's office, a real estate broker and a former mayoral candidate.
At least one woman is being investigated for her role in organizing the attack with fellow members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia movement. And Ashli Babbit, a female veteran, was shot dead by police while attempting to breach the Senate floor.
The women who took part in the siege of the Capitol are part of a long history of women's participation in extremist violence, both in the United States and abroad.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,383 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,468 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,383 posts)spooky3
(34,463 posts)were angry entitled white men.
BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)And plenty more. Nutjob Central doesnt discriminate by gender.
jcgoldie
(11,635 posts)...
magicarpet
(14,160 posts).... just look at Boebert and MarjiQ Taylor Gangrene these are not representative of any Holy Madonnas.
brer cat
(24,589 posts)for the MarjiQ Taylor Gangrene!
Zoonart
(11,875 posts)is nothing new. This "Baby eating" fever dream frenzy is straight out of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion".
The Nazi's used it to great effect.
The GOP has been radicalizing women against their own self interest for at least five decades.
Everything from the clarion cry..."Think of the children", to anti abortion mania, anti Vax mania, convincing women to sacrifice their career potential in order to home school their children, because public school curriculums were too liberal.
Between the GOP and the Evangelical movement, they have done a pretty good job of getting women into a frenzy over baby eating Democrats. I have watched the "confessionals" of several of these Q types and they are very clear that they were radicalized by the idea that they were rescuing the children from the clutches of monstrous Democrats. Substitute the word Jew for Democrat and you will get the entire picture.
We face a long road back from this abyss.
arlyellowdog
(866 posts)In the 60s, we were liberal, as were most of the IHM nuns. They bussed us to Black neighborhoods where we could tutor students and were very liberal in their teachings. But I remember a conversation where one girl from Cicero was showing another the rocks she had collected to throw at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr during an upcoming march. The violence they were planning was shocking. PS. Dr. King cancelled that planned march, which I believe is the only march he ever cancelled due to threats.
Johnny2X2X
(19,095 posts)You had people at the Capitol who opposed Trump in 2016, normal people. People are looking at this through the lens of some normal internet conspiracy nonsense. But I think there's a more organized propaganda aspect to this, psy-ops level stuff. This has Russia's fingerprints all over it.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)Trump has really done something to the psyche of a lot of women.
North Shore Chicago
(3,321 posts)But, if there were only women there, and no men, there would not have been anything that even resembled a riot.
rgbecker
(4,834 posts)Going on for years.
[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Surratt|