This is the real dynamic. Trump’s rivals, of course, get threats — but also: allies seen as disloyal, whistleblowers, witnesses, victims, journalists.
So many now get death threats from MAGA brownshirts. And there’s a noose & an insurrection that says they’re serious.
So many now get death threats from MAGA brownshirts. And there’s a noose & an insurrection that says they’re serious.
https://twitter.com/danielsgoldman/status/1360963238427578372
Schiff has said that his GOP colleagues know Trump is dangerous but can’t cross him for fear of a mention on Hannity. That is both (a) profound cowardice and (b) a reality. It is very, very demoralizing & frightening to endure the death-threat pileon from even one mention on Fox.
Even if the brownshirt campaign is minor—we’re not talking Pelosi-level—& you have nerves of steel, there’s the relentless insults, the rape & torture imagery, the doxing, the threats to kids, the *credible* threats that require police, the attacks on your livelihood.
I faced a MAGA intimidation campaign this week. It was far from nuclear (like those directed at AOC, Pelosi) but it wasn’t a few tweets either. It’s bonechilling. These things can easily defeat your will to speak up, or to live.
It’s hard to describe — you’re being stalked, bullied, hacked, ritually humiliated, defamed & physically threatened around the clock.
Everything that hits hardest—rape, lynching and Holocaust imagery are pervasive—is used to spike your panic.
Everything that hits hardest—rape, lynching and Holocaust imagery are pervasive—is used to spike your panic.
Everyone is semi-aware that this could happen to them.
And that constant threat determines behavior.
And that constant threat determines behavior.
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