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I'm just pointing out differing terms for the same thing.

If a media outlet supports a coup or an attempted coup, they will tend to call it an "uprising", "revolution" or similar. "Coups" are used when the coverage is negative.

Likewise, uprisings and revolutions get rid of "regimes", while coups overthrow "democratically elected governments". Exactly how democratic either the aforementioned "regime" or "elected government" actually is doesn't seem to factor into things.



> I'm just pointing out differing terms for the same thing

You don't understand that they aren't the same thing. Jan 6 was a violent uprising, an insurrection, no matter who you support.

It was not a coup (mostly because it achieved nothing).




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