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    Timothy B. Lee‏Verified account @binarybits Jan 7

    There was nothing funny about what happened yesterday, but I think it's consistent with @DouthatNYT's argument that a lot of today's extremist "activism" is LARPing in pursuit of social media points rather than serious efforts at social change.

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      2. Timothy B. Lee‏Verified account @binarybits Jan 7

        Trump and the rioters really were trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power to our next elected leader. But they didn't formulate anything like a coherent plan for how to do it. And I'm not sure any of them—maybe even Trump—cared that much if it succeeded.

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      3. Timothy B. Lee‏Verified account @binarybits Jan 7

        The main threat isn't that a future neo-confederate mob led by a shirtless guy in a viking helmet actually takes control of the government. It's that misinformation and sporadic chaos and violence and continue destroying public trust.

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      1. We really doing this?‏ @parkervb Jan 7
        Replying to @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        violent virtue signaling.

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      2. Adam Serwer  🍝‏Verified account @AdamSerwer Jan 7
        Replying to @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        It is absolutely larping. The problem is that historically it starts off as a joke and then some of the larpers end up talking each other into killing people

        14 replies 17 retweets 275 likes
      3. Tim Carney‏Verified account @TPCarney Jan 7
        Replying to @AdamSerwer @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        Yup.

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      2. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Jan 7
        Replying to @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        I don’t love this bright line drawn between seriousness and larping. It seems to imply that ppl either act for attention, or they want to change stuff. But people constantly engage in behavior that they hope will raise their status AND have real-world implications.

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      3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki Jan 7
        Replying to @DKThomp @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        I think it's fair to draw a reasonably bright line about yesterday, given that there was no conceivable connection between what the rioters were doing (invading the Capitol) and what they hoped to achieve (keeping Trump in power).

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      1. Damon Riley‏ @muttwalker Jan 7
        Replying to @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        There's video of a woman upset at being maced and pushed out of the capitol. This fits with the idea that she didn't see what she was doing was for real. This isn't like Senior Skip Day, lady.

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      2. Robert Griffin‏ @rp_griffin Jan 7
        Replying to @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        There were bombs found on the grounds. They brought zip ties to take hostages. This isn't rocket science.pic.twitter.com/LBtIPqueU0

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      3. Torr Leonard‏ @torrHL Jan 7
        Replying to @rp_griffin @binarybits @DouthatNYT

        Robert, any idea why this guy decided to just... not do anything? I mean, it's not as if he were arrested or anything.

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