http://www.politico.com/news/m...t-at-our-peril-459072


>> It would, of course, amount to an overcorrection if we attempted to characterize the riot as a middle-class insurgency. But many of the protesters who filled Washington's 17 Hilton hotels to capacity and made the Grand Hyatt's lobby their after-action lounge did not come from Dogpatch. Many hail from the Republican professional and political classes, and they fueled the rampage with their organizational skills and reputations just much as the face-paint guy did with his horns, fur, a U.S. flag mounted on a spear, and tattoos. Some of the criminal interlopers will argue that they only invaded the Capitol to exercise their First Amendment rights to petition the government for a redress of grievances. But that doesn't fly. Nowhere does the First Amendment empower citizens to bull their way through a line of police - causing murderous injury to one - shatter windows and break doors, make violent threats and disrupt Congress. Nor does anybody have a right to stride into the Capitol behind the mob as long as they don't break anything. The masses who coursed through the Capitol grand rooms and hallways clearly broke the law, and their overwhelming numbers abetted the rioters who spearheaded the attack<<

Plenty of well educated, affluent and committed idiots. We have some fine examples right here on our little forum.

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