What was the Noose for? A Goose / Gander Principle

   

    Are we a nation of laws?     

    Rules and guidelines have been set down and as a society, we have agreed to abide by them for community safety and stability. When rabble-rousers succeed in inciting a riot, justice in stable societies is usually fairly swift. They round up the trouble-makers, find out who the ringleaders were, and arrest them. But in the case of January 6, those that encouraged the crowd to take the law into their own hands, so far, have avoided justice. 

    There is an old proverb that dates from at least 1670 - its true origin stretches back much further - that declares "what is good for the goose is good for the gander." It was an early example of equal application of justice. If something is just for this group for doing this thing, then it certainly applies to that group doing it as well.

    It's time these treason enthusiasts get a taste of the justice they demanded of others, because who was on the correct side of the law on January 6, 2021? 

    What did the insurrectionists assemble a gallows with a noose on it for? Was that just decoration, a mild threat, or a working model that they intended to use? 

    These insurrectionists are the 'ants'. They are the foot soldiers, not the ringleaders. That is who justice needs to seek out immediately. Those who worked up, incited, and directed the foot soldiers into attack mode, all the way up to and including Donald Trump who encouraged them to march on the Capitol and fight like hell. There should be no avoiding justice on this issue. Insurrection attempts must be dealt with in a manner that will cause great discomfort... just as it did for the rest of America that watched in horror as the rioters carried out their assault on democracy.

    Those that committed these acts should have seriously considered whether it was worth their lives. Less than a century ago - they would have faced nothing short of a firing squad or a hangman’s noose. Five hundred years before that it would have been an ax slicing through their neck. They are escaping the justice they truly and historically deserve. All they're facing today is the boredom of sitting behind metal bars for a few years, and we'll even pay for their incarceration at taxpayers' expense. Lucky us.

    The rioters demanded to HANG Mike Pence. In my view, "what was good for the goose..." 

Every person in the above picture should be subjected to the same if they believed Pence deserved it.

The Vice President was doing his Constitutional duty. 

Were the insurrectionists? 

Was Donald Trump?

    It's hard not to agree with the sentiment of Game of Thrones' Tyrion Lannister about his reaction if he were to get so much as a whiff of treason... 

Well said!

The insurrectionists and every leader should face that fate.