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Let's talk about whether it was really a coup attempt....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Well, howdy there, internet people people let's bow again so today we're going to we're

0:28.9

to talk about whether or not a certain term is appropriate. Whether or not that's really what it was or

0:35.7

perhaps it was something else, maybe there's a better term that fits.

0:38.8

Because after a year there is still discussion over this.

0:45.3

People are still saying, well, it really wasn't that,

0:48.0

it was something else, it wasn't quite that big of a deal.

0:53.3

A year ago, when everything started happening at the Capitol, my first tweet on the topic

0:59.4

was, you're witnessing an attempted coup.

1:05.0

To this day, a year later, I still get tags from people.

1:11.0

Is that really what it was? You know, it really wasn't that violent, I suggest you

1:18.4

Google Palace coup or forced resignation coup. They don't have to be violent at all. There weren't

1:27.5

tanks on the streets. Yeah, that's a military coup. That's a military coup. And that form of it is becoming more and more rare.

1:37.0

It's becoming so rare in fact that you can go to foreign policy the outlet foreign policy and they have an article that I think is titled coups ain't what they used to be and the lead in is something to the effect of if you want to seize control of a state

1:54.8

you don't have to put tanks on the streets anymore.

1:59.1

That's a military coup.

2:02.0

And that's where people get their image because that's what gets used in movies and on TV, a military

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