By the way, under the First Amendment, incitement to violence is not protected speech. Not that Twitter et al. banning anyone has anything to do with the First Amendment, really, though there is an argument (that I myself have made) that these are the new public commons, and should be treated as such.

That’s a totally different discussion, however.

Trump and his Nazi cosplay nincompoops incited violence and nowhere in the US or under the First Amendment is that protected speech. That is well-established in law and custom and is not even controversial.

Well, except with dipshits. But fuck them.

I wonder how much of the “liberal” fear of and simultaneous obsession with sex leads to their weakness in other areas?

I bet a lot.

My primary takeaway from the past few months is that everyone who dunked on the Transition Integrity Project in 2020 owes @brooks_rosa one hell of an apology.

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 9, 2021

Indeed.

The thing about emergency and backup plans is you don’t need ’em…till you do. A lot of people in my field learn this the hard way, though it really applies to any field.

But I learn the easy way: by watching others fail, and not doing that.

Why can’t more people?

If all these denunciations, resignations, and Twitter bans would have happened after Charlottesville, there wouldn't have been at attack on the Capitol. Everything being done now should have been done years ago.

— nate bowling (the mask goes OVER your nose) (@nate_bowling) January 9, 2021

I mostly agree with this. The press and tech companies coddled this behavior, Trump, and the far right for four years because it made them all scads of money.

The Disphit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Coup was the result.

Don’t like the truth, get off my fucking blog and fuck you.