deornwulf
6 hours ago
When historians examine the events of Wednesday, January 6, 2021, they will not come to the same politically motivated conclusions that have been bandied about by political hacks, pundits, or other popular propagandists. They will not call the event an insurrection, sedition, or even much of a riot because there are some inconvenient facts that do not support that conclusion. Those facts are based on simple numbers.

The first thing a historian will do is to look at the numbers related to the event, such as the cost of repairing any damage that was done. Those numbers will show the actions of prior recent incidents to be far more costly to fix than what happened on that Wednesday. Court documents will then be examined to see exactly with what crimes were people charged. So far, there have not been any charges of insurrection or sedition. Without supporting court action, a historian will conclude that the accusations were nothing more than political theatre.

Another source of information for historians will be the insurance claims. Records of payments or of declarations of exclusions will be examined to see if any claim by any individual was excluded. Contrary to popular belief, declarations by politicians or media personalities do not determine if an event is legally considered an insurrection. Such determinations require a great deal more and include judicial action.

Death records, specifically “Cause of Death” certificates, will also be scrutinized by future historians. According to the latest information on the event, one unarmed woman was shot and killed from behind by a police officer, three as of yet unnamed individuals died from “medical emergencies” (one of which may have been from being trampled during the panic caused by the tear gas deployed by the Capitol Police) one police officer committed suicide, and a police office suffered a stroke after returning to his desk. The cause of the last death is still under investigation but there have been plenty of unfounded rumors circulated by the media to further their narrative.

Last, historians will examine all video footage of the event along with any written records. Serious research will not stop at a single image to make conclusions. Instead, every image and every video will be closely examined to put the contents into perspective. The clever cropping and framing being used to push narratives will be cast aside. Time stamps on videos will be used to create a timeline of the event. Images and video of other events of the time will be compared to this one to aid in determining what actually happened versus what the propaganda narratives are claiming happened.

Over time, the facts of Wednesday’s events will tell a far different story to future historians from the propaganda and soundbites being pushed around by those pushing a political agenda. One must decide if one is going to be on the side of history or join in the chorus of hyperbole and kabuki political theatre.