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am_Unition · 1200 days ago · link · · parent · post: Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol
Who could have known?!? I guess all it took was for one showboat with a Twitter to come along and normalize the hyberbole. Obviously, there's more to it than that, but Trump allowed his followers to embrace their worst selves, and then cashed in on it with remarkable effectiveness. You're not gonna get too much out of this, except for maybe appreciating the effective prose and presentation, but Timothy Snyder's essay on the situation should be required reading for people still in the dark.crazy-ass hyperbole has been common while legitimate rebellion and coups are new