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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Nice, Robert! I am glad to know all of that. N<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nick Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert J. Cordingley<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 19, 2021 1:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ <gepropella@gmail.com>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] incitement<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>So textually analyze "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F">will no one rid me of this turbulent priest</a>"! <o:p></o:p></p><p>Your last sentiment if widely held is scary indeed. Acquitting is being absolved of the crime. As others have pointed out what would a president have to do to be found guilty if not to want to and attempt to encourage the overthrowing of the results of a legally held, fair and square democratic election result? With Trump gone(?) the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/trump-celebrity-successors.html">sore</a> still exists and we need to deter other wannabe autocrats from a repeat performance. It's not a laughing matter.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Robert<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/19/21 9:02 AM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-language-shifted-in-the-weeks-leading-up-to-the-capitol-riot-2-linguists-explain-152483">https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-language-shifted-in-the-weeks-leading-up-to-the-capitol-riot-2-linguists-explain-152483</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>There's plenty to doubt, there. But it follows along our previous conversations about ambiguity (both [in]formal) and binding. Personally, I don't believe Trump purposefully incited the riot. He'd have to be a literal genius to *purposefully* use language like this with the intent/objectives attributed to him. What does it mean, though, to *accidentally* incite a riot? Where does _mens rea_ fall for incitement? It seems most plausible that Trump is simply pre-adapted to riot-incitement by his years of practiced marketing bullsh¡t and the trendly positive feedback he gets from that marketing bullsh¡t. He did incite a *rally*. He loves when his groupies get together to fawn over him. But did he incite them to riot? I don't think so. Laughable as the idea is, were I a Senator, I'd probably vote to acquit.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>