The fuss here is political theater targeted at a specific audience. When I go to see a play and someone gets shot in Act IV, my decision about whether to call 911 is going to depend very heavily about whether it takes place on stage or out in the audience.
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I'll spell it out if you can tell me how all this is just political theater, just like every other election.https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/1337505338124333057 …
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It's performative considering you and I and the Republican politicians and everyone else understands that it is not going to affect Monday's Electoral College vote, or the acceptance of that vote by the new Congress, or the subsequent peaceful transfer of power in January
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Maciej I sincerely hope you aren't maimed or killed in a q/maga terrorist attack, because in addition to being tragic for all of us (and most of all you) your tweets will enter the all-time "aged poorly" hall of fame
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People are conflating political violence instigated and inflamed by this conduct with actual subversion of the electoral result. Let's be clear that I am polemicizing about the nothingburgerness of the latter and in boring agreement with everyone in the thread about the former
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