Thread by @ggreenwald

As the Insurrection Narrative Crumbles, Democrats Cling to it More Desperately Than Ever

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If the threat of "armed insurrectionists" and "domestic terrorists" is as great as some claim, why do they have to keep lying and peddling crude media fictions about it?

From fire extinguishes to massive Inauguration Day violence to a new March 4 uprising: fake hysteria reigns.

"Threats and dangers are not binary: they either exist or are fully illusory. They reside on a spectrum. To insist that they be discussed rationally, soberly and truthfully is not to deny the existence of the threat itself."

In all cases, dangers are inflated for nefarious ends.

It is no surprise that the rhetorical leaders now are the same lowlife neocon and Rovian slanderers — Bill Kristol, David Frum, Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace, Rick Wilson — who demonized all who questioned the first War on Terror as traitors, terrorist-lovers and subversives.

Ultimately, if this “armed insurrection” and threat of domestic terrorism are so grave, why do media figures and politicians in both parties — from Adam Schiff to Liz Cheney — keep lying about it and peddling fictions?

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