David Hines@hradzka

All right. Here we go.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:08:41

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:08:41

David Hines@hradzka

Time for the final "DAYS OF RAGE" tweetstorm: the "what does it portend?" edition.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:08:58

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820105397897924608

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:08:58

David Hines@hradzka

It's taken me a long time to work through my thoughts on things. Sorry about that. This stuff really isn't pleasant to think about.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:09:30

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820105534636433409

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:09:30

David Hines@hradzka

Political violence is like war, like violence in general: people have a fantasy about how it works.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:10:33

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820105796616851456

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:10:33

David Hines@hradzka

This is the fantasy of how violence works: you SMITE YOUR ENEMIES IN A GRAND AND GLORIOUS CLEANSING BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU'RE BETTER.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:10:52

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:10:52

David Hines@hradzka

Grand and glorious smiting isn't actually how violence works.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:11:20

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820105993954754560

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:11:20

David Hines@hradzka

I've worked a few places that have had serious political violence. And I'm not sure how to really describe it so people get it.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:11:37

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:11:37

David Hines@hradzka

This is a stupid comparison, but here: imagine that one day Godzilla walks through your town.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:12:03

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106172996943872

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:12:03

David Hines@hradzka

The next day, he does it again. And he keeps doing it. Some days he steps on more people than others.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:12:52

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106378572341248

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:12:52

David Hines@hradzka

That's it. That's all he does: trudging through your town, back and forth. Your town's not your town now; it's The Godzilla Trudging Zone.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:13:35

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:13:35

David Hines@hradzka

That's kind of what it's like.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:13:48

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106616947216385

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:13:48

David Hines@hradzka

I'm going to talk about some nasty things here. I do not want any of it. But some or all of it could happen. Some of it already is.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:14:05

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106686539112448

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:14:05

David Hines@hradzka

In 2017, I am very pessimistic about America's future, to the point that I think the country should seriously consider a National Divorce.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:14:54

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106892760547329

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:14:54

David Hines@hradzka

Everyone feeling nice and at ease now? Good, let's get started.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:15:06

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820106940726579200

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:15:06

David Hines@hradzka

Let's not mince words: the United States of America is currently engaged in a cold Civil War.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:15:36

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107066933202944

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:15:36

David Hines@hradzka

In North Carolina, the Repub governor lost re-election, so the Repub legislature convened a special session to limit powers of the post.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:01

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107172080209921

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:01

David Hines@hradzka

Democrats nationwide howled w/ justified outrage; as we all know, legislators who dislike a governor should flee state to block quorum...

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:29

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107288459546624

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:29

David Hines@hradzka

...facilitate occupation of government buildings by mobs, and have allies execute secret raids on homes on the governor's supporters.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:42

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107345695035393

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:16:42

David Hines@hradzka

All of those are things that the Democrats did to oppose a Republican governor in Wisconsin, and the Democrats were pretty cool with it.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:01

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:01

David Hines@hradzka

This isn't a cutesy "both sides" argument. Nor am I calling out the press for bias, or politicians for hypocrisy (that's later).

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:19

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:19

David Hines@hradzka

My point is: *notice the Left and the Right use fundamentally different tactics?* No accident. They're different cultures.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:42

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:42

David Hines@hradzka

The Left and Right don't just want different things. They also have different abilities, goals, resources, and senses of propriety.

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:58

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107665187762176

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:17:58

David Hines@hradzka

Meaning: *contemporary political violence from the Left and from the Right will look very different.*

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:18:14

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107732242022400

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:18:14

David Hines@hradzka

I took a detailed look at violence in the 1970s in my earlier tweetstorms about DAYS OF RAGE... (links coming next)

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:18:51

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— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:18:51

David Hines@hradzka

Parts 1+2:  https://storify.com/sphenoid/days-of-rage-pt-1 …

Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:19:09

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https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/820107959887917056

— David Hines (@hradzka)Sat, Jan 14 2017 03:19:09