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    David Roberts‏ @drvolts 14 May 2020

    Armed right-wing terrorists, acting with the president's encouragement, have successfully shut down the operation of a state legislature. This is the second time -- they did it in Oregon last year. Welcome to America 2020.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/michigan-cancels-legislative-session-to-avoid-armed-protesters?sref=Zd9D2evu …

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      2. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 14 May 2020

        If you think armed right-wing terrorists won't shut down polling places in November based on conspiracy theories amplified by the president ... you need to work on your tragic imagination.

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      3. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 14 May 2020

        Lots of people asking, "why not call police or National Guard?" The answer is that the US has made it legal for white men to do this (you think black men could get away with this?) and US law enforcement is seeded w/ people more sympathetic to the terrorists than the state.

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      4. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 14 May 2020

        The US legal/political/social system, going back to its founding, is built around accommodating the demands & resentments of white men. There is a long, long history of this shit. Did you miss when armed white terrorists occupied a gov't building & were later freed w/out charges?

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      5. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 14 May 2020

        Adding: since the 1960s at least, the 2nd Amendment discourse on the right has had nothing to do with the Constitution, nothing to do with standing militias, and everything to do with allowing white people to arm themselves against the rising demographic hordes of Others.

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      6. David Roberts‏ @drvolts 15 May 2020

        One thing I meant to add to this thread: here's an account of how a small Republican minority in Oregon is thwarting the majority's will in the legislature with the help of armed right-wing thugs.https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/2/29/21157246/oregon-republicans-walk-out-climate-change-cap-trade-democracy …

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      1. Kevin‏ @Kevqtall 14 May 2020
        Replying to @drvolts @drvox

        I’d love to see the New York Times headline if this happened in another country

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      2. Jonathan Koomey‏ @jgkoomey 14 May 2020
        Replying to @drvolts @drvox

        Next time arrest them and throw the book at these terrorists.

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      3. Herodotus X‏ @HerodotusX 14 May 2020
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        Agree, but they have to make this illegal first!

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