I think that’s a bit misleading, TBH. The attack was fairly well planned, and far from just a bunch of hillbillies. Yeah, they were a part of it, and part of the plan, but summarizing them as the brains behind the coup attempt is undercutting the risk of it being tried again.
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NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 11 months ago
Stuff like this always makes me wonder how good the surveillance state actually is. I mean, a bunch of hillbillies planned an insurrection on Facebook for fucks sake.
plz1@lemmy.world 11 months ago
DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 11 months ago
Which just furthers op’s main point, really. I mean it was fairly well planned in a fairly overt fashion, why weren’t they prepared?
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 11 months ago
Definitely wasn't saying they were the brains. But the message was communicated to them via Facebook. They actively participated in the conspiracy, which took place on Facebook. My point is, the data was there, and it wasn't acted upon for some reason.
RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well like always the “hillbillies” are probably hand in hand with the insurrectionists.
“Some of those that work forces. Are the same that burn crosses” - RATM
Bipta@kbin.social 11 months ago
Also,
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yup, no doubt.