Hi there. As you know, I wandered undercover around the Salem rally today. Little/nothing exciting happened while I was there, but I learned stuff about the current far-right mood Tl;dr: they're waiting to see how the legal battle turns out. No big insurrection vibes currently
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As long as the legal battles rage, I predict you'll see this kind of attitude. People showing up to far right rallies, pissed off about the "stolen" election, but believing things will work out in the end once the judicial system weighs in
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Until the legal challenges to the election results end, I predict we'll see basically this level and type of activity. Maybe escalation over time but then again, maybe not
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I definitely saw a lot of hostility towards press today, and apparently Vancouver was worse. That could also escalate as the media continues to insist on reporting, like, election results Press should be extra careful right now. I certainly will behttps://twitter.com/shane_burley1/status/1325222974639628288?s=19 …
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I'm not getting a strong insurrectionary vibe right now. Salem focused on dislike of Antifa, as they have for years Reality has shifted and none of us have quite caught up yet. Everything remains in flux It'll be interesting to see how attitudes evolve over the next few weeks
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Anyway it looks like a dance party downtown and I hope everyone is having fun! I'm gonna eat some soup dumplings and go through footage Solidarity with everyone still out here
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(link to my Salem coverage tweet thread:)https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1325175352994402304?s=19 …
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At risk of skepticism, is 'democracy' the main word choice?
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As opposed to 'freedom', 'america' etc. Thank you so much for taking these journalistic risks.
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Doesn't really sound like "logic".
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They're not logical, they are just very angry. They have no evidence that the election was stolen and they don't need one. They blindly follow trump.
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