Thread by @Noahpinion

In retrospect, this tweet was very right.

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/886848068951302144

We could all kind of feel 1/6 coming from a long way out. In both its syncretic, opportunistic rightist ideology and its shambolic, chaotic methods, it was presaged by Charlottesville, by the Proud Boys violence of 2017, and by Trump's 2016 campaign rallies.

Strangely, as the date approached, I became *less* worried about the kind of attack that eventually happened. I thought Trump didn't have the manpower at his command, and I thought by that point they knew they were beaten.

Oops.

Anyway, hopefully 1/6 and the social media bans have chastened the Right, and made them realize the futility of insurrectionist violence.

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