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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Oct 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Dr Sarah Taber

      This is an excellent thread, which goes beyond the initial dunk (which others have done) to make an astute analysis of class in rural America.https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1314578622246719488 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Screenshot from @/walkerbragman, w caption "This is the home of Joseph Morrison, one of the Michigan men recently arrested for his plot to kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Can we acknowledge that maybe economic circumstances play a role in radicalizing people?" Pic shows a nice & new trailer home and two large pickup trucks on a large tract of wooded land, plus the dude's got his own dumpster. Walker Bragman ... does not seem to have a lot of experience with rural poverty.
      Dr Sarah Taber @SarahTaber_bww
      fuck this guy for pulling this shit when I have a deadline honestly Hi there, I work in ag! I also do canvassing in rural areas, including knocking doors in Bladen county NC- home of the NC-09 election fraud. You have no idea what you're on about. pic.twitter.com/B4g9yERjDw
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Oct 2020

      One thing I'll add is that we do need class analysis of right-wing violence, but one that is grounded in reality. Base of violent right isn't working class but hinterland petty bourgeois (i.e. the well-to-do members of often economically depressed areas).

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Oct 2020

          The hinterland petty bourgeois, the small town bigwig (often a doctor or business owner), has been the base of the revanchist right for, I dunno, the last 200 years. They were the fans of Napoleon III, of Mussolini, of Poujade, of Trump. That's the class worth analyzing.

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        2. Matthew Johnson‏ @mjohnsonuu 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Rich white people rarely commit random acts of violence against Black folks, indigenous people, and poor folks. They have the police, the military, and the Senate for that.

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        3. Gamebird‏ @Gamebird_MLB 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @mjohnsonuu @HeerJeet

          When they do, our justice system let’s them go

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        2. O‏ @Last1OfTheBest 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          O Retweeted Dr Sarah Taber

          Both sides engage in mythmaking. The thread you RTed implies the rural poor are mostly BIPOC, which is objectively untrue:https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1314578629670711298 …

          O added,

          Dr Sarah Taber @SarahTaber_bww
          Rural poverty is heavily skewed Latinx, Black, & Indigenous. The narrative about rural = white = poor is rich white folks' invention. It exists to keep all their REAL oppressed workforce, mostly BIPOC, hidden from public view.
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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @Last1OfTheBest

          Learn to read.

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        2. Pizza with little pizzas as toppings‏ @StickToPizza 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Patrick_Fenelon

          I think there’s also a splitting hairs discussion of what “poor white rural people” is Because, while this example is of a guy who obviously isn’t technically “poor”...most liberals would still consider him “trailer trash” (and would probably say he’s “poor” culturally)

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @StickToPizza @sticktonothing @Patrick_Fenelon

          Most liberals? Evidence?

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        1. Andybichara  🇺🇦‏ @stoic5132 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Hinterland petty bourgeois who aspire to be feudal lords.

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        2. Jesse Keller‏ @JesseKeller 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I keep thinking of these guys' obsession with Sparta - the 'molon labe' stickers, etc. The only way to do Sparta is to have an elite warrior upperclass supported by the labor of a vast, savagely oppressed workforce. That's the dream here.

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        3. Jesse Keller‏ @JesseKeller 9 Oct 2020
          Replying to @JesseKeller @HeerJeet

          Also vaguely familiar from elsewhere in American history...

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