New Jan 6th video of them constructing the hangman's gallows.

[Colt]

Get real. Ever heard of effigy? What an alarmist pile of crap.

Look at the guy sitting on the tiny 'gallows', one could barely hang a turkey on it.



ROFLMAO!

They so want it to be true! Remember when they hung Sarah Palin in effigy? Even Trump!

 

[Callisto]

Obviously so.

Apparently not.

 

[Twilight Hue]

They so want it to be true!

They do, don't they? *grin*

 

[fantome profane]

I already can tell between a real one and a prop that would look good on my front lawn for Halloween.

That thing was not a cardboard cutout, and it was not made of plywood. That was real, solid, heavy lumber.

It was not a prop.

 

[Callisto]

That thing was not a cardboard cutout, and it was not made of plywood. That was real, solid, heavy lumber.

It was not a prop.

They so want it to be fake!

 

[Twilight Hue]

That thing was not a cardboard cutout, and it was not made of plywood. That was real, solid, heavy lumber.

It was not a prop.

What? There's a rule now that props must be made out of cardboard cutouts and plywood?

 

[fantome profane]

What? There's a rule now

There certainly should be.

This was a prop like a prop gun on an Alec Baldwin movie set.

 

[Secret Chief]

Hey, do you remember that massive metaphor that took place in Europe some time in the 30s and 40s? I think it started with a massive metaphor in Germany, which then expanded into a metaphor taking over most of Europe?

Was it... World Metaphor 2?

I believe so and it even spread to a simile in North Africa and an analogy in the Far East.

 

[Unfettered]

At this point, I'm having a hard time not concluding that everyone here is simply being trolled.

 

[metis]

Doesn't sound like they were kidding to me:

 

[Alien826]

OK, forgive me for being pedantic but ....

I had doubts when I first saw the thing about whether it could actually be used to hang anyone. Let's see.

It has what looks like a genuine "hangman's knot" in the rope. So probably that would work.
The wooden frame seems to be strong enough to bear the weight of the victim and those doing the hanging.
There is no trap door, so the victim couldn't be dropped (which breaks the neck and kills him quickly).
Nevertheless, it's possible to hang someone with a noose, so he slowly chokes to death.
For that though, you need enough space so the person's feet are off the ground.
There doesn't seem to be enough gap between where the person's feet would be (with his head in the noose) and the platform, particularly taking into account the lengthening of the rope as the noose contracted.
OK, so maybe they could hoist the person up by pulling on the rope. That would need an extension of the rope, over the bar and down to where it could be pulled. I don't see one.

On balance, I feel it would be difficult to hang someone on that device.

Another question. Does anyone know if, at the time the people were carrying the timber, it was known that Pence would refuse to do Trump's bidding?

 

[Unfettered]

Doesn't sound like they were kidding to me:

Have they been asked if they were serious? If so, what did they say?

 

[Laniakea]

That thing was not a cardboard cutout, and it was not made of plywood. That was real, solid, heavy lumber.

It was not a prop.

Now you're focused on the material rather than the meaning or intent?
Your argument is just getting weaker.

 

[metis]

Have they been asked if they were serious? If so, what did they say?

I listened to it while it was happening, and I have no doubt that at least some were serious about what they were saying.

 

[SkepticThinker]

So who was going to be hung on this pathetically fake 'gallows'?

"Hang Mike Pence!"

Of course, you already know this.

 

[Laniakea]

"Hang Mike Pence!"

Of course, you already know this.

A chant is your proof?

 

[Unfettered]

"Hang Mike Pence!"

Of course, you already know this.

No, I don't know it. It is overwhelmingly more common for people to get whipped up, chant threats, and then shrink or shut up when their bluff is called, than for them to carry out their chants. Especially when we're talking about politics and politicians. Hyperbole and violent rhetoric are thrown about by everyone.

 

[metis]

"Hang Mike Pence!"

Of course, you already know this.

And it's obvious that the Secret Service took it seriously as they wanted to whisk Pence off to a different location.

 

[Laniakea]

And it's obvious that the Secret Service took it seriously as they wanted to whisk Pence off to a different location.

That's only because he was the Vice President.

 

[Unfettered]

So we're not being trolled. That's frightening...