Except the losing candidates didn't contest the outcome. Southern Democrat John Breckinridge remained vice president of the United States until Lincoln took the oath of office then resumed his seat as U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas pledged his loyalty to Lincoln. No one tried to prevent Lincoln from assuming the presidency.Your pathetic attempt at diversion fails miserably.
When you get hysterical about one riot, while ignoring hundreds of other riots, it is not "diversion" to ask about that.
You seem to be only outraged by riots, when they give you an excuse to use the power of the state to crush your enemies.
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The topic of this tread concerns "the violence and law breaking that took place inside the Capital on 1/6"
There is no reason for you getting hysterical about the topic being addressed.
If the topic were World War II, and your agenda necessitated its not being discussed, you might try a "Let's talk about other wars instead!!" ploy, but that would be equally devious.
The Trump goon attack on Congress to prevent the results of a democratic election, certified by all 50 states, from being officially registered ended the proud tradition of the nation's peaceful transfers of power since 1797. It was unprecedented.
If you'd prefer to discuss some other violent incident in the nation's history, you can initiate a thread concerning it.
IMO, the Civil War was a good example of refusing to respect the peaceful transfer of power, after the election of Lincoln.
Are you going to admit that that is addressing your point, or are you just going to talk some more shit?
But they refused to accept his Authority over them. They seceded and waged war trying to make it stick. Waging war is the exact opposite of peaceful.
Thus, schmidlap's claim of "unprecedented" is nonsense.