Or you have a very strange definition of "political theater."
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Replying to @zeynep @WilliamOckhamTx
I contend that that's the very essence of political theater. It has no chance of achieving its ostensible aim, but is a orchestrated performance in front of the 45% or whatever it is of American voters who will now believe this in perpetuity, and vote accordingly next time.
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It's not good, or healthy, or Christmas come early to see a big chunk of Congress decide to participate in the 2021 version of birtherism. But let's not treat a cynical political performance as a bona fide attempt to steal an election. That's offensive to real election stealers!
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You're making the presumption that this isn't giving the militia types who've dreamed of civil war and overturning the rule by hippies and the NWO some real juice to try and push their agenda. When enough of a nation believes something, it changes history.
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I think in that sense it is quite terrible, and the incitement to political violence (whether overt like Trump, or implicit) is real and inexcusable
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That is exactly the point of what's going on: it's playing to the audience to set them up for radicalization. Whether that's electoral, intimidation of Democrats, terrorism, or whatever-the-frick-else, that's what's happening. obvs a true coup wound't happen w/o mil support.
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Except the "drunk guy" controls the presidency, the Senate, SCOTUS is 6-3, majority of just-elected representatives are signing on to "stolen election" and whatever silent dissent there is within GOP is for mind-readers mostly.
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I'll sign on to the coup if they promise to ban people from saying "SCOTUS"
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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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