Two interesting trends happening right now, as the post-election nuttiness goes from audit frenzy to changing the facts of what happened in the Capitol on January 6. One trend is to double down on the media being the culprits, not the rioters, for bringing you footage of events that never took place. That’s quite a feat when you consider it. Donald Trump was clearly standing there, along with Mo Brooks, Rudy Giuliani and the rest of them, inciting insurrection and then insurrection happened and we’re supposed to believe that what we’ve seen was shot on a movie set, I guess.

But the second trend is a far more alarming development. That is the right-wing turning on the cops. This is a new development and apparently it’s one you’re going to see more of.

I don’t know if this is the same Patrick Byrne who is the CEO of Overstock and who started the America Project, which has raised over $1.7 Million for the Arizona audit. I’ve made inquiry and if/when I get an answer, I’ll update this post.

But even if it’s another Patrick Byrne, just the comment itself has significance, that “secret” footage exists, which shows something entirely different taking place at the Capitol that day demonstrates a further investment in denial of plain reality — not that that is unusual. It’s just interesting to note how far in the face of truth these people are willing to fly.

We’ve already been asked on any number of occasions to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears, and now we’re asked to escalate that, and believe that the entire world is in on the conspiracy to portray a peaceful demonstration by tourists as a violent insurrection. Members of the foreign press were present and film was shot by their crews. So are we to believe that the Brits, the Canadians, French, Germans, you name it, they’re all in on the plot? Because they all showed the same footage as their American network news counterparts?

This is where it gets scary and things go into the realm of science fiction. What is real? That’s how basic it gets, because right now we have dual narratives of reality playing on different channels. You turn in Fox News or OAN and you get a completely different version of reality than you get on ABC, CBS, the lot of them. Not a different opinion or perspective, you get a completely different set of facts.

Reasonable minds can always differ as to the meaning of facts, but if we don’t have an agreement as to what the basic facts are, then any expression of opinion about them is pointless.

Welcome to the modern version of the Tower of Babel.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Correction. When you turn to Fux or OAN you DO NOT get a completely different version of ‘reality’ or a different set of ‘facts’. In both instances, you get lies, fabrications, nonsense. There is no such thing as ‘alternate facts’. There are facts and there are lies, and we need to start calling them out for what they are. Fux LIES. OAN LIES. Tucker Carlson LIES. Trump LIES, etc. There are no other versions of reality than the one we all watched with our own shocked, disappointed, and pissed off eyes. Let’s not give them cover. They don’t get to tell us what we saw. We saw for ourselves what they did, and we won’t forget. Let’s not let them forget either. Call them out!

  2. Any “secret footage” would have to be highly edited/photoshoped! The real un-edited footage shows the truth…that he who shall not be named and his cronies incited the insurrection, and that it was the republiQanon cult that invaded the Capital on Jan 6th, some of whom were looking to kill those that they perceived to be their enemies. Jan 6 2021 was an attempted coup, carried out by by those who believed the Big Lie that he who shall not be named couldn’t possibly have lost the election. The evidence does not lie, but some would try to twist it to try to convince the republiQanon cult that he who shall not be named didn’t incite insurrection (he did!), and that BLM and Antifa invaded the capital on Jan 6 2021 (they didn’t, and Antifa as an organized group does not exist!).

  3. Daniel Patrick Moynihan — ‘You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.’

    Never a truer word spoken. It’s time to reintroduce the 1949 Fairness Doctrine. last brought in to cope with the aftermath of rampant fascism.

  4. Of Course I Believe ABC CBS CNN MSN PBS They Cried Russia Russia for 5 Years it it was all a ~~LIE~~ Show Me I’m Wrong ~I’ll Wait

    • Why wait?
      You wouldn’t listen anyway, or if you did, you wouldn’t believe anything I say anyway.
      Just give up the pretense and ride off on that horse of yours

  5. Rwv
    Read the Mueller Report,,dearie. Russia was involved up to Putin’s neck. The Senate issued a ,BIPARTISAN (bipartisan means not Rs senDs agreed on it) report agreeing with Mueller. Your ignorance, lack of education and ignorance to the contrary have made you believe the lies of Trump and his enablers.

    • Um, you are aware AG Barr is in big trouble for lying to Congress. The Mueller report, and the goperQ majority senate intelligence committee also confirmed russia meddling 2019. Wouldn’t be surprised if Barr ends up in prison. Solar winds, gas pipeline attacks all russia. EVERYONE is lying except der leader. Can’t believe you people still buy in. Pooty, Xi, Un all crowing with delight at the self inflicted attacks on our democracy.

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