A brand new board game is being released this weekend to mark the three year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riots in Washington DC.
The right-wing podcast TrueAnon has created the game “Storm the Capitol – TrueAnon Edition” where players can “relive one of the funniest days in American history!”
Despite the day not being particularly funny for the Capitol staff and law enforcement officers who were faced with an angry mob of far-right activists and Donald Trump supporters seeking to overturn American democracy, the game celebrates the violence of the day – with players able to pretend they are “battling” their way through the Capitol building.
Players take on the role of a “Patriot” and try to “collect ballots, take hostages and fight the police” in a re-enactment of the riots.
Other players can take on the role of the Capitol police, aiming to stop the so-called “Patriots” from getting to the roof with enough ballots to “Stop the Steal”.
The game comes with cards such as Capitol police attack dogs, which leads to a “Patriot” losing points.
Players can gain points by stealing “AOC’s shoes” or “Pelosi’s laptop”.
At the end of the game, if the “Patriots” win, former president Donald Trump will be waiting to take them in his helicopter to change the results of the 2020 election, according to the game.
If the police win, President Joe Biden will be victorious.
The controversial game is being sold exclusively for $64.99 on the far-right podcast’s merchandise website and will be released on 6 January.
In a podcast episode announcing the game’s release, the host Brace Belden recalled seeing the riots covered in the news, saying it was “the best day of watching TV I’ve ever had in my life”.
He also falsely claimed about those who died that day that “most of them died from being too excited”.
Fellow podcast host, Liz Franczak, boasted about how fun the game is, calling it a “riot of a time”.
The hosts even went so far as to humbly say the board came could “heal the nation,” putting their product up with the invention of the wheel or the discovery of fire.
The podcast hosts wrote on X that they hope the game will bring back the “amazing feeling” felt on 6 January 2021.
The TrueAnon hosts claim the game is designed for everybody in America on “every single side of every single political issue” – as long, of course, that you are comfortable attacking police, taking hostages and upending democracy.
Over a thousand rioters have so far been arrested for their parts in that deadly day, with many being handed long prison sentences.
that is a pretty long time to be locked up, yes
Sure, but for treasonous insurrectionists who were trying to 'overthrow democracy' who participated in 'that deadly day'?
Seems a bit lenient, especially for the American justice system and ESPECIALLY since only a handful of people have gotten that (I know at least one other plotter got something like 22 years after the article I noted was published)
ed. goddamn some of these lmao
lmao
Deadly if you had a taser in your pocket with no safety
15 years is an eternity, are you kidding me? Imagine going to prison when you're 29 and missing out on all of your 30s. You only get one life, that's it, and spending 15%-20% of that in prison is an insane punishment. Imagine if you went to prison in 2009 and only just got out, just how much you'd have missed and how many people will have moved on from knowing you, basically.
If you've spent 15 years in prison, your life is effectively over and if you're lucky, you might get to start a new one. It's insanely long.
Again, I'm not saying it isn't a long time, I'm saying that it isn't a lengthy sentence in the context of media considering it a long sentence for 'committing treason' when the typical punishment is life imprisonment or death most everywhere
It reeks of a media apparatus trying to sell that the idiot hogs they branded Very Serious Insurrectionists are being given Very Serious Sentences when that isn't exactly the case
Isn't 15 years the same punishment that Añez (bolivian coup lady) got for litterally overthrowing the government and almost turning bolivia back into a millitary dictatorship?
How does assaulting three police officers get you less time than assaulting one? Is it some sort of bundle deal? If I kill 30 cops will I only serve 2 hours in prison?
In general yes, but in the context of the US justice system and its average sentences, it’s not that long.