Insurrectionists in Jail: A Little Slice of Tragedy

Well, a lot has changed. Now he was a family man, and he had no jail experience.  Also, I’m sure he had a job.  Perhaps he was well respected in his community.

Make no doubt, this is a tragedy, one that is unprecedented in U.S. history.  Never did we elect a clever conman to presidential office, one who cared about nothing and no one but himself, one who would sacrifice the lives, without limit, of rubes who trusted him, in order to ensure a continuation and expansion of his power.

When these poor fools’ trials come around, we can expect to hear a lot of, “I just wasn’t thinking straight. It’s as if I had been abducted by a cult. I was simply doing what I was ordered to do by our leader.”  News flash: That doesn’t work as a criminal defense.  Human beings are expected to use reason as a guide to their behavior, and obey the law, regardless of what their hero instructs them to do.