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" If You Didn't See Invasion Coming, You Weren’t Watching Michigan." ... or Portland ... or Charlottesville ... or Kenosha ... or ... or ....

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I also think part of the problem is the idea that it couldn't happen here. There is this belief that authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship, call it what you want, could not take hold in the United States. The press often hinted that left minding thinkers were being hysterical in the wake of Trump's many atrocities against our democratic values. That naivety came very close to us witnessing a much worse outcome than we all experienced on January 6th. And unfortunately I think that naivety continues to play out, as if that scripted video of Trump calling for unity somehow ended our discourse right then and there. My fear is there will be more violence, a lot more and next time we might not be so lucky.

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