Thread by @jonst0kes

Noah pleeze. Not only is this talked about literally all the time, but the same people who talk about it in the way you do (it’s a silly fantasy b/c randos w/ rifles can’t fight a military) have spent months now sharing memes of Olga from HR who now slaughters Russians w/ her AK.

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1530697754476810240

People: Anatoly was a history teacher who baked artisanal sourdough & ran a socialist reading group. But now, he has personally slain over 200 invaders from Muscovy, & God willing he will bathe in the blood of his enemies until his land is free.

Same people: LOL @ ur “militia”

Yes yes I know, Olga & Anatoly have gotten some training from the military & are fighting with a larger, organized force. Now think about how many former military were there on Jan 6, & how our military is politically divided just like our population, etc. & so on.

Oh yeah, to be clear: mounting a successful insurgency requires the support of a hostile foreign power. The first time around, France stepped up. For the next time… well, it’s a good thing the US has no powerful foreign enemies who might do this!

https://twitter.com/antimule/status/1530928534478376962

I could easily see #BuildTheWall have a moment as the Current Thing if arms are flowing over the southern border to back a US insurgency.

https://twitter.com/jonlech/status/1530931989934755840

The thing about “lol @ ur militia” is that I’ve seen the evolution of it over the past ~10 years. It used to be that the idea of domestic tyranny was to be ridiculed, back before “OMG FASCISM!” became source of sweet sweet engagement for media outlets & bluechecks.

Now we’re down to just “ok ok, but you can’t possibly win if the government turns on you!” It falls kinda flat tho, because they’re sounding the alarm about the no-foolin’ imminent rise of Gilead while ALSO telling everyone that resistance is futile.

I honestly think the people who are constantly farming engagement with threads about how Gilead is definitely coming & you can’t even vote your way out of it because gerrymandering voting argle bargle do have a plan, & that plan is: we’re gonna just tweet through it 💪.