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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 22

    Jeet Heer Retweeted b-boy bouiebaisse

    I can't make sense of what Noah Smith is arguing here. What exactly is the mechanism whereby liberal venting about the "death of democracy" gives permission for the right to actually destroy democracy. What is the process there?https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1528523587853946880 …

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    b-boy bouiebaisseVerified account @jbouie
    this is incoherent. if lib worries gave the right "permission" then you're conceding that the right already has the desire to end democracy in which case, why would it need or want permission from libs? pic.twitter.com/Dss5A8pjF6
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      1. Gearóid Dubh‏ @BradanFeasaDubh May 22
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I think, and frankly this is just a guess, he's arguing that Dems/liberals are "setting expectations" and thus shifting the Overton window. But it's a bad claim. They're responding to an already shifting Overton window where anti-democratic principles are on the rise in the GOP.

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      1. Indiscreet Function  🌹 🌈‏ @homo_topic May 22
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        "if you're going to call us racist anyway, might as well just be racist"

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      1. Craig Ranapia‏ @CMRanapia May 22
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        It's like having a bully scream "See what you made me do!" as they punch you in the face. And Noah Smith is just standing there, with furrowed brow, muttering "You know, he's got a point."

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      2. The Baller of the First Sin‏Verified account @ByYourLogic May 22
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        clumsily argued but there’s an alright point buried in there: if democracy is on its deathbed and institutions are at a crisis point, there needs to be bold action or at least some type of coherent plan or else you’re just fundraising

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 22
        Replying to @ByYourLogic

        If the argument is that liberal rhetoric isn't anywhere near matched by liberal actions, sure, that's true. But that's more about liberal fecklessness than anything.

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      1. Greg Meineke‏ @g_meineke May 22
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        It has to be the lefts fault somehow

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      1. @eatyourdinner3‏ @eatyourdinner3 May 22
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        It's the logic of an abusive relationship. "See what you made me do?"

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      1. Patrick Wyman‏Verified account @Patrick_Wyman May 22
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        You could’ve stopped after the first sentence

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      2. Andrew Young‏ @SpartanVTyranny May 22
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        He's less wrong than he sounds. Rightwingers instinctively understand certain words like "tyranny". If you say someone is a tyrant, deposing them - even violently - is lawful. So if you tell them tyranny has arrived, they're primed for revolt. The left just can't hear this stuff.

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      3. Hey there‏ @watchincrows May 22
        Replying to @SpartanVTyranny @HeerJeet

        except they've been screaming tyranny since lincoln

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