The planners of the insurrection intend to cast themselves as persecuted victims of a foreign plot coordinated with FBI and Antifa.
Instead of worrying about legal defenses (which they won’t have) they’ll focus on creating an alternate reality.
Instead of worrying about legal defenses (which they won’t have) they’ll focus on creating an alternate reality.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1463925496572522500
The danger would be if a significant enough portion of the population comes to believe this.
My opinion is that the gravest danger to democracy is the spread of this kind of disinformation.
(By the way, one thing Flynn says is "we don't trust the institutions.")
My opinion is that the gravest danger to democracy is the spread of this kind of disinformation.
(By the way, one thing Flynn says is "we don't trust the institutions.")
This isn't a backup plan because they have nothing else.
This is the plan.
Democracy (the form of authority based on rule of law) depends on facts and shared factuality.
Fascism (the form of authority based on a powerful leader) is based on myth.
This is the plan.
Democracy (the form of authority based on rule of law) depends on facts and shared factuality.
Fascism (the form of authority based on a powerful leader) is based on myth.
For fascism to take hold, shared truth (factuality or what social scientists call the public sphere) has to be destroyed.
See how this torpedoes the theory that they keep breaking laws because there haven't been "consequences"?
It blows the "consequences" theory to smithereens.
See how this torpedoes the theory that they keep breaking laws because there haven't been "consequences"?
It blows the "consequences" theory to smithereens.
Trump won 46.9 % of the vote one year ago. I think we're looking at much more than that.
Given what we know, the support for the Republican Party should have shrunk below 40%, but it isn't looking like that.
Given what we know, the support for the Republican Party should have shrunk below 40%, but it isn't looking like that.
https://twitter.com/dryfly_whodat/status/1463966391208394757
Should have been "form of government" instead of "form of authority."
Adding @dryfly_whodat's comments as a screenshot so I can fit them all.
I'm not sure this [interesting] perspective changes my conclusion.
Does it matter if people accept the lie because they believe the lie, or if they accept the lie because they like the liar's policies?
I'm not sure this [interesting] perspective changes my conclusion.
Does it matter if people accept the lie because they believe the lie, or if they accept the lie because they like the liar's policies?
My point is that the danger comes from a significant portion of the population (let's say 40%+ is willing to accepting, believing, or stomaching an alternate version of reality.
I believe there will be criminal consequences for the insurrectionists.
However . . .
I believe there will be criminal consequences for the insurrectionists.
However . . .
. . . I don't believe the consequences will have the effect that people assume it will.
Again, there should be (and I expect there will be) criminal consequences. But don't expect much to change.
The far-right may get angrier . . .
Again, there should be (and I expect there will be) criminal consequences. But don't expect much to change.
The far-right may get angrier . . .
. . . the single-issue GOP voters will evidently overlook any amount of lawbreaking.
My worry: thanks to the Left Twitter Democrat bashing, we may lose many Democratic voters, too, too because no matter what happens, they'll say, "Too little too late. All the fault of the Dems."
My worry: thanks to the Left Twitter Democrat bashing, we may lose many Democratic voters, too, too because no matter what happens, they'll say, "Too little too late. All the fault of the Dems."
My point is the same points I've been making: Stop bashing Democrats, stop expecting criminal consequences to be the magic bullet that changes our politics, and start doing whatever you can to help Democrats win in 2022 and 2024.
Our current right-wing media got its start after Watergate on the theory that if the right had its own media, Nixon would not have been forced to resign.
People like Roger Stone saw Nixon as a victim of Left-leaning media.
They dig in a fight harder.
People like Roger Stone saw Nixon as a victim of Left-leaning media.
https://twitter.com/reasew/status/1463985719580377109
They dig in a fight harder.
I believe if it came to that, the 14th Amendment would kick in preventing him from running for office.
That will make them furious.
I suppose next would be a stand-in (maybe Ivanka or Jr.) where the idea is vote for Jr. and essentially get Sr.
That will make them furious.
I suppose next would be a stand-in (maybe Ivanka or Jr.) where the idea is vote for Jr. and essentially get Sr.
https://twitter.com/RyanLooney8/status/1463986541550837764
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