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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      5/Assassinations, of course, are in addition to politically flavored mass shooting incidents. Since 2015 we've had: Dylann Roof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting … Omar Mateen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting … Micah Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers … Farook and Malik: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack …

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    2. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      6/The Portland Train Attack of 2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Portland_train_attack …

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    3. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      7/Lane Maurice Davis:https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtube-trumpkin-and-former-milo-intern-kills-his-own-dad-for-calling-him-a-nazi …

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    4. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      8/William Atchison:http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/aztec-school-shooter-had-swastika-marking-on-his-leg/article_bc357e74-805f-505f-ada0-be4d808a71e0.html …

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    5. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      9/This guy:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/her-son-facing-murder-charges-is-being-called-an-alt-right-killer-this-mother-blames-herself/2018/03/26/6e4326c4-02a9-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.39e7b91f8346 …

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    6. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      10/Of course, it's hard to tell how many of these incidents are actually politically motivated, and how many are just nutjobs who use politics as an excuse to kill people. If you're going to shoot up a nightclub and kill yourself, why not say it's for ISIS? Etc.

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    7. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      11/But on the other hand, there's the possibility that nationwide political hysteria and unrest actually stirs up the passions of nutjobs, making them more likely to kill. Mass shooting deaths are up!https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-matter-how-you-measure-them-mass-shooting-deaths-are-up/ …

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    8. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      12/Does a national mood of stress and fear and bad feelings and apocalyptic rhetoric contribute to stuff like the Las Vegas shooting that injured nearly a thousand people? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting …

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    9. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      13/I feel like this is how Cold Civil Wars are fought. Extremists rile everyone up, hoping that a lone nutjob will take the hint and go wreak some havoc. Lone wolf proxy wars.

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    10. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      14/Each act of political or possibly-political violence stirs the other side to greater hysteria. That hysteria percolates into the minds of unstable individuals watching through their computer screens. Eventually enough hysteria prompts them to grab a gun or bomb and attack.

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 25

      15/Thus, the cycle of assassination/terrorism and hysteria continues until...what? How do Cold Civil Wars end? (end)

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        1. Wes Winham‏ @weswinham Oct 25
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Seems like the 70s created the 80s. Not the best time for the US. Reagan had 2 assassination attempts, right?

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        1. frogos modern life  🐸‏ @RockTheKahba Oct 25
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          Probably when you get tired of politicizing everything, twisting each others words and forcing people to pick sides. If I were to believe American social media, the U.S. is made of 50% Soros paid shills and 50% Russian bots and about to have a civil war around.. next Wednesday.

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        1. J.R.‏ @KYCol_JR Oct 25
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          I think the Republicans are all in on a Cold Civil War. I think they have been slowly building up to this for a generation, and Mitch McTurtle ultimately kicked it off with the Garland fiasco. The Republicans are not giving up power without extracting a heavy toll on Democracy.

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        1. Mr. Cain Thaler‏ @Mr_Cain_Thaler Oct 25
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          Boredom and exhaustion.

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        1. Walton‏ @WaltonBuzzGT Oct 25
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          Someone that stands up to their own party/side but also has the standing/respect to make them listen. Someone reaching deep and hard across the aisle.

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        2. Surfnm‏ @surfnm Oct 25
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Elections can end the cycle The current political tribe is too weak to maintain or create a sphere for civil discourse

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        3. Surfnm‏ @surfnm Oct 25
          Replying to @surfnm @Noahpinion

          One of America’s superpowers is the ability to create/sustain/protect a free market of ideas which allows for creative & effective solutions The downward trajectory of the current political class speaks to a monoculture of poor ideas Elections correct poor political leadershippic.twitter.com/fRf0TEYliW

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        2. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Oct 25
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Great thread. For a hopeful answer to your last q, see the rise/fall of animal rights terrorism in the UK 2001-06. Two factors ended their violent campaign: 1. A new group, "Pro-Test", created a place for sane majority to reject them. 2. They went too far and excited revulsion.

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        3. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Oct 25
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          Forgive Wikipedia link but not actually a bad summary up top https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-Test 

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        4. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Oct 25
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          And this was the case that made most people go, "Oh wow, you're not in this for the animals, you're really just assholes." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm …

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        5. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Oct 25
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          It's hard to overstate how unlikely the demise of ALF and related groups looked as late as 2006. They really looked set to destroy and harass clinics, scientists, etc, do violence with impunity, etc. Then suddenly they were nowhere to be seen and never came back.

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        1. Kumara 📎Republic‏ @kumararepublic Oct 25
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          Kumara 📎Republic Retweeted Kumara 📎Republic

          My theory about an American Troubles - possibly even a global Great Troubles - still stands.https://twitter.com/kumararepublic/status/876360359614889984 …

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          Odds are still against a 2nd American Civil War, but possibly in favour of a Troubles in America.
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        1. Bill Harshaw‏ @BillHarshaw Oct 25
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          It's a fad, people get tired of it and turn their attention and energy elsewhere.

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        1. Harold Vásquez‏ @HaroldVasquezR Oct 25
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          Remember: we can’t be civil with the other side

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        1. bev M.D.‏ @gardenbev Oct 25
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          I used to think they ended when somebody did something SO BAD that everyone sobered up and got together. But if killing 20 kids isn't bad enough then I guess nothing is bad enough. So - an attack by China or NK, maybe.

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        1. a european voice‏ @ThomasReich10 Oct 25
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          The applied tactics show that civil war is a straegic goal of some players. Putin laughs and laughs.

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        1. Mic Fuckabee‏ @micfuckabee Oct 25
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          They end either by going hot, or when one side has enough and stomps the other conclusively into the dirt. Given who currently controls the levers of power neither sounds very appealing

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        1. Douglas 'Skoryy' Hayden‏ @SpyralPegacyon Oct 25
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          A critical mass of anxious voters put in office very-pro-order executives.pic.twitter.com/GZRQ3H1Uyu

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        1. Andy Rasmussen‏ @andysrasmussen Oct 25
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          Sounds a lot like the Republic.

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        2. Michael Stanford  🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸‏ @HalfAgain Oct 25
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          I dunno, why did the bombing campaigns stop in the US and Europe after the 70s?

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        3. Lane  ⚡️ 🦃‏ @Laneosity Oct 25
          Replying to @HalfAgain @Noahpinion

          Drugs

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