Right, so just because *I* call that webbed footed creature with an orange bill that quacks, swims, flies, and lays eggs a duck, doesn't mean it IS one, right?
From Oxofrd: N
. a violent uprising against an authority or government;
a situation in which a large group of people try to take political control of their own country with violence
But yes, I'm sure you are correct and Oxford is once again incorrect. Just like they were (and Eastwood Spring mfg) with "monoleaf spring". As are all the attorneys, judges, and all the news media who are using the term. Even Trumps own defense corrected a claim that it was not an insurrection:
"Trump’s defense team, Michael van der Veen, stated: “The question before us is not whether there was a violent insurrection of the Capitol. On that point, everyone agrees.” He said this in DIRECT response to the following claim:
"‘Insurrection’ is a term of art defined in the law, and it involves taking over a country, a shadow government, taking the TV stations over, and having some plan on what you are going to do when you finally take power. Clearly, this is not that",
Lemme guess: They're all fallible humans and they ALL got it wrong, but YOU are right, simply because you believe you are?
Sorry, not believing it no matter how many times you repeat it. You honestly sound like a clown when you post this crap.
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usually by violence - The actions of the people were violent. People were hurt and people died. At least 140 law enforcement officers alone were treated for injuries.
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an organized attempt - They were organized. Multiple people have admitted they were involved in "dozens' of planning meetings. Some people brought weapons of various types.
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to defeat their government and take control of their country -They were there to prevent a vote from being completed. To defeat the democratic process. A vote that would remove Trump from presidency and put Biden in his place. That is trying to take control of our country by stopping the democratic process and keeping someone as POTUS that has been rightfully voted out. It just so happens that these were American citizens doing this in America, to the American government.
The events of Jan 6th meet all of the points in both your AND my quoted definitions from OED. If it meets even more points to fit additional definitions so be it. But it fits every point of the definition, so it can't NOT be an insurrection. That'd be like saying a duck is not a bird because it is aquatic. First and foremost it is a bird. The additional stuff makes it a duck.
I want to say it'd be fun to prosecute against you in front of a judge, but it wouldn't be. No challenge at all. Maybe if you did some research instead of listening to what you FEEL are the right answers given by others who are also unknowing...
BTW - good sidestep on having to prove your claim of people being paid by the gov't to not go back to work. Yet ANOTHER claim you had no backing for. Well done.