75. "I think most of what you've said here kind of reinforces my point tho" In response to In response to 74 Sun Jan-10-21 03:13 PM by kfine
> >But yeah, this stuff isn't going away, and while the >republican party has always hid their racism behind slogans >and dog whistles, he's made it more acceptable to come out of >the cracks. We see the numbers of cops and ex-military and >even lawmakers who were part of this capitol storm. > >And the canned response to this insurrection even from casual >trump voters is 'yeah it was wrong but what about antifa and >blm?', I figure soon enough the ban will settle in as just >another example of cancel culture run amok ("if they can >cancel the president.."), and if the election had a do over >next week, the results would probably be the same > >So my bigger fear is the blueprint is there. the same way >Trump watched Sara Palin and saw a lane, there's definitely an >in for the person who's charismatic and willing enough to >harness all this, but also not an imbecile like Palin or >Trump >
^Right. So this is why I think banning *just him* from the mainstream venues where these insurgents don't even spend the majority of their time is kind of shrugworthy. That's all. Like you said, the blueprint is there... and their comms infrastructure and loose organization of little groups remains intact. 70M Americans voted for 45 and polling shows an estimated half (!!) of them actually support the insurrection that took place on Jan 6 (https://www.newsweek.com/45-percent-republican-voters-support-storming-capitol-1559662). Then there were 45s repeated statements that "this is only the beginning" and "they won't be disrespected" etc etc.
All I'm saying is I bet he still finds a way to put a battery in their backs, even if intermittently, and it wouldn't be that hard. These people are already organized underground and he's like their Bernie. First it was Charlottesville, then they stormed the Capitol. If you guys want to sleep sound at night believing a deleted twitter acct was all that stood in the way of them trying something bigger and deadlier next time tho, feel free. lol