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Some thoughts:

If the Capitol is the temple of democracy, as Adam Schiff says, then Mr. Schiff would best fit the scene as the money changer whose table needs to be thrown over.

What Mr. Hodgkins actually did was little more than simply trespass, with the added element that it interfered with a congressional hearing. It's very clear that he was sentenced based upon political, rather than judicial, considerations. Why do I say this?:

Last summer "mostly peaceful" protesters on the other side of the political divide committed arson and other property crimes causing as much as $2 billion in damages, and committed violent acts injuring scores, if not hundreds, and killing nearly 30 people. Yet in city after city charges were either never filed, or filed then dropped. Of course even in this context ideology made a big difference. 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot armed BLM protesters in Kenosha, WI. The New York Times, of all outlets, provided an analysis that he fired in self defense. Of course, he's been charged with two murders.

Back to the actual offense Hodgkins was convicted of: interfering with congressional business. In September, 2017, Patricia “Paki” Wieland was found guilty of disrupting a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. It was the confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. After the vote in favor of his confirmation, she shouted “Shame! Shame! Shame!”. She was sentenced to six months probation with a suspended 15-day jail sentence. (https://www.gazettenet.com/Northampton-activist-Paki-Wieland-found-guilty-in-Senate-disruption-12431908) Even if one views her interference to be less serious, the disparity of the sentences - no jail time versus 8 months in prison - is beyond the pale.

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This is just unbelievable. Words cannot describe this candid destruction of the last vestiges what this country is supposed to be. I read this while stopping occasionally to imagine it was a clipping regarding the court appearance of a Boston Tea Party member (or someone standing by on the dock cheering to be more precise), only they are heralded in history books (until CRT edits them out). In fact, this form of protest in general (of the government or leading societal body) was so important the founders literally protected it in the Bill of Rights! But now suddenly it is "undemocratic"...? You cannot make up this wanton abuse of logic and I highly recommend reading the previous article on hypocrisy in these associated ideologies because there is definitely something to the virulent spread of these mental pathologies.

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