On January 5, 2021, I submitted a very short diary. Well, “diary” isn’t really the right word. Maybe “blog entry.” Regardless, in hindsight, it turns out that I could not have been more wrong in my one sentence prediction of what would happen on January 6. And today, as I reflect back, I am embarrassed at my 100% lack of imagination as to what could happen the next day.
Here is the link to that ill-advised post that got: 102 rec’s and 120 comments. Interestingly, in re-reading the comments, nobody came back and laughed at me for being so wrong.
And here is a screen shot of what I wrote (or just click on the link):
Clik here to view.
The NY Times article is still available, although interestingly, it says they updated it last in September of 2021. I wonder what the update was. Hmmm.
Anyway, go ahead. Make fun of me for being a doofus. January 6th was not “a lot less dramatic.” Indeed, it was more dramatic than I could have ever conceived.
And this brings me to one point I think is worth discussing: how were we, on this site, all so blind to what was about to happen? I had NO IDEA that the storming of the Capitol was even on the docket of possibilities, let alone a fully thought out and organized plan. How did we miss it? Or was it only me? Yeah, I don’t swim in the 4Chan or Telegram sewers. Perhaps we need a dedicated DailyKos staffer to do that and have a specific, weekly, article on what these radicals are saying. If for no other reason than to be better prepared.
Just a thought. I really hope we get a dialog going on this topic. We have to be better equipped when dealing with what Hillary Clinton accurately described as “deplorables.”
