Thread by @AlexandraErin

Here's a thing about if you're worried that some of Trump's supporters will start a civil war if he loses?

Personally, I think they're more likely to do it if he wins.

Because what they want isn't a peaceful victory. They want the war. They want to shoot their "enemies".

If the deplorables who put Trump in office get everything they want without further bloodshed, without firing another shot... they didn't get everything they want because they wanted was more bloodshed and more shots. Those are like the main thing.

Look at that story out of Forks or that neighborhood where the people lined up alongside their actual white fence with guns to "make the rioters behave" and all the people's social media posts where they salivate, masturbate, at the idea of shooting looters at their house.

This is *without* getting into the "boogaloo boys" whose fondness for Trump or allegiance white supremacy have both been overstated and understated in my opinion but that's neither here nor there because it's without getting into them.

I am not omniscient, the world is huge and information is a million firehouses, but... I have not seen any stories about houses being burned down or any home invasions definitely connected to "the unrest". No one I've asked has seen any, either, including people afraid of it.

I say "afraid of it", but, actually, I haven't seen anybody in fear of it, either. What I've seen is people who Refuse To Be Afraid Because They've Got Guns And When Those Rioters Come They'll Learn To Stay In Their Own Neighborhoods.

There are people out there who, unlike "the boogs", would not tell you that they want a civil war. They probably don't think they do. But they've been fantasizing about it, planning for it, getting excited thinking about how they can combine murder with being a patriotic good guy

Like Trump, though, most of them are ultimately dangerous cowards. That's why they hid in their homes, thank goodness, fantasizing about someone forcing their hand, backing them into a corner where they'd have to shoot.

Like Trump, the more invincible they feel, the more dangerous they'll become. Remember after Trump's election how there was a spate of violent confrontations by people saying, "Trump's president, I don't have to [whatever] anymore." and "Trump said I could." and such?

If he wins again, both he and his worst followers are going to take it as a sign that they're in the clear. God and the country on their side, and nothing to lose because he can't lose an election any more... he either serves his term or he stays forever.

Do I worry about what Trump and his followers will do if he loses? Sure. But that's a problem for when/if it happens.

I am far, far more worried about what they will do if he wins. Far more worried.