New Oxford American Dictionary...
• insurrection: a violent uprising against an authority or government
• rebellion: an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler; the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention
• revolt: rise in rebellion, refuse to acknowledge someone or something as having authority
• revolution: a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system
• sedition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
In an absurd effort to maintain a state of denial, numerous Trump cult members and others hypnotized by shiny gold objects have insisted that the insurrection we witnessed on January 6, 2021 was not a
really real insurrection because
no individual had been convicted on that specific charge. This despite the fact that we saw an insurrection occur on live television.
The January 6th insurrection, inside the nation's Capitol, was the result of the combined actions of a violent mob, not the actions of a single individual. That's clear and obvious to those that don't cover their eyes, ears, and minds out of ideological necessity, while leaving their mouth running or keyboards rattling.
Criminal prosecutions are a separate matter in which there are a multitude of considerations that determine with what crimes to charge individual persons. Among those considerations are how broadly, narrowly, or well a statute was written and how that may affect prosecution and defense arguments to a jury and trial and appeal judges. Another consideration are the penalties that apply with various statutes not the least of which would be the length of prison terms.
The U.S. federal statues covering treason, sedition, rebellion, and insurrection are contained in
18 U.S. Code Chapter 115. For example:
18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection: Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy: If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
So... now we have the
second guilty plea for seditious conspircy resulting from the January 6th insurrection. This is the more serious charge with double the potential prison sentence of an insurrection conviction.
The question is... will this mean that Trump's robots will give up the insistence that what happened on January 6th was merely a demonstration that became unruly and turned into a riot, comparable to many other riots we've seen before; and admit that what occurred on January 6th was far more serious than they've previously acknowledged, now that there are serious criminal convictions for sedition. I'm just having fun with you... of course they won't admit that! The ability to deny reality is boundless with Trump and his followers.
