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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

    1. Two presidential inaugurations have had planned train trips significantly altered because of threats of violence: Lincoln in 1861 and Biden in 2021.pic.twitter.com/LpN3DSb9tt

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

        2. To be clear: a reprise of the American Civil War is impossible. Geographical distribution of polarization is different, there is no overriding issue comparable to slavery cutting to heart of real power, and (as Louisiana governor Earl Long used to say) the Feds have the bomb.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

        2. Still, political violence far short of a Civil War could easily become the norm: an intermittent cycle of white nationalist violence and law enforcement crackdowns, combined with a tightening internal security state.

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

        3. Some of the symptoms are worth paying attention like violence in halls of congress. In 1856 South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Senator Charles Sumner with a cane. Compare to some GOP congresspeople helping the rioters in 2021

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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

        4. Or compare this week's heavily militarized inauguration with 1861, where one sharpshooters manned the roofs. As one Washington resident complained about "entering the Capitol through hedges of Marines armed to the teeth.”

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      6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jan 2021

        5. Politically, Biden faces the same balancing act as Lincoln, of presenting himself as a leader who can unite the nation even as a significant chunk of the population is rejecting his legitimacy. More thoughts here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lincoln-biden-inauguration-violence/ …

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      1. Michael B Lehrhoff‏ @mblehrhoff 18 Jan 2021
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        Both presidents' lawful elections were opposed by a seditionist mob.

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      1. Barbara Berger‏ @bergerbeebs 18 Jan 2021
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        Safety is more important.

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      1. mediablues‏ @msmblues 18 Jan 2021
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        What did both populations have in common hmmm ... Redhats = white hoods

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      1. Jacki Challoner‏ @JackiBetta 18 Jan 2021
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        I shudder that this is what MAGA Mania and Proud Boys have brought us.

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      1. Pete Junction‏ @pete_junction 18 Jan 2021
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        But also the white supremacists will run the federal government about half the time.

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