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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Josh Marshall

      Again: this is an elite freak-out over people exercising their free speech rights in perfectly reasonably, peaceful ways.https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1523877267264487426 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Josh MarshallVerified account @joshtpm
      Susan Collins calls the cops to investigate “defacement of public property” after someone wrote a message in chalk on the sidewalk near her home asking her to codify Roe. https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/09/news/bangor/pro-abortion-chalk-message-appears-on-susan-collins-bangor-sidewalk/ …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

      Big picture: American women are going to lose a major right. That's a travesty & everyone (even those who support this) understand on some level that it's going to spark righteous anger. To delegitimize this anger, elite is concocting fantasies of violence

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

      It shouldn't really matter where you stand on abortion. You have to accept that people have a right to peacefully (even if loudly) protest public officials. The move to delegitimize this protest using lies (i.e. Alito's family had to flee) is outrageous

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

      However flawed & limited USA democracy has been, it's long had one great silver lining: robust free speech culture & right to organize & protest. The pushback against protesting at this moment would deny even that, which makes all the other democratic regressions even worse.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9

      In retrospect, the mass movements of the Trump era, peaking with the George Floyd protests, freaked out elites (not just the GOP). What we've seen since has been attempt to put the genie back in the bottle.

      9:56 PM - 9 May 2022
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        2. Matthew‏ @Roland00Address May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I just do not get it, must be generational. That lady was what 28 when 1968 happened?

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        3. inside joke‏ @goodtimesdotgov May 10
          Replying to @Roland00Address @HeerJeet

          that was a few million dollars ago

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        1.  ☝️SoSayU‏ @sosayu3 May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Attempt to put the genie back in their place

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        1. costrike‏ @costrike May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          The important thing here is ensuring that the powerful never have to worry that their acts or decisions could have repercussions. Perish the thought.

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        2. EaracheMyEye‏ @EaracheEye May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          But did they accomplish anything?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 9
          Replying to @EaracheEye

          They scared a lot of people in power.

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        1. Luis Villa‏ @tieguy May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Luis Villa Retweeted Noah Rosenblum

          As @WilliamHogeland keeps telling us, “freak out at mass movements and try to put the genie back in the bottle” has been the story of American elites pretty much since the Whiskey Rebellion. Related, I’m really curious to read this paper:https://twitter.com/narosenblum/status/1523427593219096576 …

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          Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum
          The debate about protest at Supreme Court justices' homes and the recent death of the great legal historian John Phillip Reid (along with the scurrilous attacks on @joshchafetz) have me thinking again about Reid's great essay on the legality of the mob in US legal history. (1/6) pic.twitter.com/NPxV3sppcw
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        1. ÉRH/UASC‏ @GwylAnarchaidd May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Even at the time, it was pretty clear. Biden famously campaigned on how Trump wasn't being tough enough on the protesters and how he would lock up all the anarchists if given a chance.

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        1. Albaplena‏ @Albaplena1 May 9
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yup.

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        1. amanda‏ @AmandaK982 May 10
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          We have to keep pushing back. To hell with their comfort.

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