1/ It's definitely maddening that our country is on the verge of a fascist takeover by the GOP & a majority of Americans - and the entire press corps - is acting as if this will be a normal election
But.
I think this is actually a silver lining. Not kidding.
2/ The only way Trump (ym'sh) has been able to succeed has been to fake that everything is normal. This is Barr's main trick; how he nerfed the Mueller report etc.
But when they get sloppy & act too overt, the public outrage is enormous. See: Lafayette Square, or USPS
3/ That most Americans are expecting to vote in Nov. & have their vote counted is a major benefit to stop them successfully stealing the election. No white guy thinks it's OK for Barr's DOJ/DHS troops to seize ballot boxes or stop mail vote counting
4/ The entire premise of the hyper "LawAndOrder" gambit has been to say that street-fighting and lawlessness is something DJT is against. Barr's goons showing up & stopping the vote, or Florida sending electors against the popular vote win, or anything as overt as the Bible stunt
5/ They've avoided these things because they're trying to act as if everything is normal. It's like how W Bush launched two wars without a draft or taxes by sending National Guard & mercenaries. They normalcy is their only cover
They burst that and they're exposed
6/ Mind you, they may think the exposure is worth it. But they've avoided an overt fascist power grab so far, and given the backlash after the Bible Stunt & even after Floyd's murder, show me that they are afraid of going that far
And I think they should be afraid
7/ The GOP success has been to act as if everything is normal. I'm certain (no data, sorry) that most Americans absolutely won't accept *overt* fascist theft.
We who are scared right now are a small minority. We're educated: we know what will happen b/c we know the past
8/ As I said right at the top: we scared people are driven crazy by the majority acting as if everything is normal, but I'm using this to prove my point: the moment the normal bubble is broken, the GOP will lose.
9/ That article describes how a non-violent uprising taking to the streets, if it's 3.5% of the population, has been enough to topple governments. That's 11 million Americans
We can do that number EASILY, b/c a fascist grab would spark at least the same # as the Floyd protests.
10/ Acc. to the Wiki, the Floyd protests were 15-26 million.
Florida making new electors or DHS troops seizing ballot boxes etc would be that and more b/c the goofy 'undecided' voter's view of America, the Myth of Liberty, will need to be preserved
11/ My perspective may feel Pollyannaish, but I also believe the GOP will try their fascist power grab in as subtle a way possible. My point is that if they get desperate & turn overt, they risk the backlash of the very normalization they've depended on to get as far as they have
12/ It's possible that Barr will force open conflict because that may be his only exit plan. But I believe that will lead to a major non-violent backlash. It'll be chaos & historic, but the docile people we see expect stability & will reject chaos.
13/ This is part of the 4th comfort in my pinned thread. I'm using many of the panel discussion results I've read as support, the perspective of interviews & the MSM normalizing as well.
212.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #Devarim and #TishaBeAv 5783 (LAST YEAR). @ChochmatNashim
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212.03/ This is an excellent, spot-on, thread. I've said a lot of this stuff for years.
[I'm a life-long Democrat born in Pittsburgh & raised in small towns (Binghamton), rural areas (Ithaca), and the South (Memphis). Walz is a familiar archetype to me.]
211.02/ It would behoove this law prof. to learn about the Jewish law concept of "chazakah" - the legal presumption for what a person means/intends. So, um, Trump (ym'sh) fomented an armed insurrection. He wants to end Democracy.
210.03/ I had too many sleepless nights over the last three weeks because of the drumbeat against Biden b/c there was too much smoke for there not to be fire. What kept me steady was my trust of his judgement. So if he thinks this is wise, then I logically have to support it.
209.02/ Following the assassination attempt on TFG yesterday - an act I condemn; ballots not bullets - the reaction by news agencies has been unhinged. But I'm singling out The Daily Beast and Politico who are lionizing TFG using very disturbing rhetoric. I've had to unfollow.
209.03/ I'm furious that so many in Congress are playing this dangerous game but I'm reminding myself that (1) the MSM has been fabricating stories & amplifying mythological pro-GOP nonsense for a while now & (2) I trust Biden's abilities to handle this like he did NATO.
208.02/ Demographically, I should be part of the "elite" but the past two weeks showed me that I'm a solid true-blue member of the Democratic "base" because I'm standing by Biden-Harris & have a white-hot rage against the media (& the cowards in my party) trying to take us down.
208.03/ People ask "Why haven't the media learned their lesson from 'But Her Emails?' in 2016"?! But the answer is QED - they did learn their lesson: that with relentless bad-faith attacks they can knock out the Democrat & elect a cash-cow tabloid buffoon. They know & want this.