Thread by @PaulHRosenberg

Contra #NeverTrump narratives, Trump pushing US toward racial civil war has a *very* long history in white thought, which the right especially has nurtured, as @4GWDOTDOTDOT explores in a new report & discusses with me at @Salon: 1/9
salon.com/2020/09/26/beh…

The report, for @PRAEyesRight, is "Battle With Bullets: Advancing a Vision of Civil War." politicalresearch.org/2020/08/31/bat… which I describe broadly like this: 2/9

First, @4GWDOTDOTDOT talks about the broad sweep of history, previewed thus: 3/9

But there's also the "tyrannical government" narrative: 4/9

In short, he underscores the *necessity* of violence in response to Black *existence* that white supremacists have long nurtured: 5/9

These broad observations can be historically grounded in the Haitian Revolution and how white America & France responded. In France, immigration fears have taken center stage, via the 1973 novel "The Camp of the Saints" giving rise to the "Great Replacement" narrative: 6/9

While the "white genocide" narrative has predominated in the US. Though distinct, "white genocide" and "the Great Replacement" narratives can be used interchangeably: 7/9

But differences are quite real for some: 8/9

That's just an introduction, an orientation to the landscape @4GWDOTDOTDOT explores. Read the whole interview here:
salon.com/2020/09/26/beh…
And his full report here:
politicalresearch.org/2020/08/31/bat…
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