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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 30 Aug 2020

    If we're talking about a 21st century civil war, we need to clear our minds of models like US Civil War or Spanish Civil war, massed armies fighting over territory. The model is North Ireland during the Troubles: police crackdown and intermittent terrorism.

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      2. Lucy Kwiatek  🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 🌻‏ @MandHF 30 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Which, honestly, is less of a civil war and more of a thing that the US has seen before.

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. p-funk‏ @SunWuTzu 30 Aug 2020
        Replying to @MandHF @HeerJeet

        when has the US been through something analogous to the 'troubles'?

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      2. lilliputian lawyer‏ @Ersatz_Attorney 30 Aug 2020
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        And it’s abundantly clear that the police have already chosen a side in this one.

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      3. Ma'at  🇺🇦‏ @truth_morality 30 Aug 2020
        Replying to @Ersatz_Attorney @HeerJeet

        Police have not "chosen a side", any more than the courts have. They are part of the executive branch of the government that you elect, enforcing the laws passed by people that you elect to represent in that process.

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      1. shaz‏ @sharzd19 30 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Or today’s Syria. Or another historical example. Or something new.

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      2. Only Italian Fans‏ @lesuperburp 30 Aug 2020
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        Half of right wing blue check twitter will be advocating for death squads by 2021. Tim Pool is about an inch a way from it.

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      2. This Machine Thrills Classes  🍕‏ @joe_j_ava 30 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I would add the Years of Lead as a possible model as well.

        2 replies 0 retweets 22 likes
      3. This Machine Thrills Classes  🍕‏ @joe_j_ava 30 Aug 2020
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        This Machine Thrills Classes  🍕 Retweeted PeterGelderloos

        This thread makes a good case:https://twitter.com/PeterGelderloos/status/1299668764770865154?s=20 …

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        PeterGelderloos @PeterGelderloos
        A fair model for what's happening now is the "Strategy of Tension" in Italy in the '60s and '70s. Police used the far Right to attack the struggle, killing people and exhausting the movement, media and politicians portrayed it all as a clash between equally violent and... pic.twitter.com/pJANqu4mTD
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      1. Mark Easterbrook‏ @markeasterbrook 30 Aug 2020
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        Terrorists and police are on the same team.

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