By the summer of 2021 the Trump faction of the Republican Party was openly attempting to inspire acts of stochastic terrorism, first most notably in a tweet by AL Congressman Mo Brooks siding with a would-be mass murderer stating that he understood his "anger" at "Socialism"
https://twitter.com/RepMoBrooks/status/1428422048368533515
Do not end your day without reading this declaration of war on you, both its words and what it is actually saying
Brooks makes up a guy,* goes out of his way to agree with that guy, validates his rage, tells other angry ppl to "fight back," pretends he means through elections but doesn't actually mention voting, and ends with a dire call to action
*turns out most accurately
*turns out most accurately
With everything else going on in this week and in this world this message will be mostly unnoticed and forgotten by the beginning of tomorrow's news cycle, but we really should all stop and notice it now. Brooks should, but will not, be immediately removed from his party tonight
He has been doing it in front of us for a long time, camouflaged in the politics of inevitability which politely agree not to believe that an elected official could possibly be saying what he is saying in public
reuters.com/world/us/repub…
reuters.com/world/us/repub…
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