We realize we’ve hit our readers with a lot of blue-check writers going off the deep end today, either fantasizing over Neil Gorsuch’s death or calling for more administration officials to be harassed in public.
David Klion describes himself in his bio as unemployed and a mediocre prose writer, but he does have a blue check and some of his short prose works are getting noticed on Twitter today, such as his call for action against the right-wing junta running the country.
A junta … isn’t that a military group that rules a country after taking power by force? When did that happen?
This country is run by a right-wing junta that has no democratic legitimacy and violated every conceivable norm to secure its unchecked power. Any tactic that reduces that power in any way is morally legitimate and urgently necessary.
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) June 26, 2018
Any media outlet that isn't relentlessly challenging this junta is collaborating. And so are you if you're not doing whatever you can to hold it accountable.
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) June 26, 2018
Hmm … “any tactic” that reduces the junta’s power is morally legitimate? Interesting. We’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Oh you’re serious? ?
— Scotty Potty (@HTX_Con) June 26, 2018
Dear @jack,
There are an awful lot of blue checks saying "by ANY message necessary".
Is this REALLY what you want? https://t.co/LFUpQoAOf5
— Chip (@cyamas) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/trumpocrat/status/1011677431592177664
Notice how "norms" are what have been violated, since they can't say laws have been…since our democratic institutions have so far upheld that "unchecked power." https://t.co/uKuyHy5CJ5
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) June 26, 2018
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"Junta"? "no democratic legitimacy"? "unchecked power"? What are you referring to, the president who, as a result of a free and fair election, was chosen by people fed up with tribalist identity politics and the lunatic fringes of the hysterical left represented by guys like you? https://t.co/ox88sZWPSP
— Alexander (@Zoobahtov) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/DarkShamashAran/status/1011750277626638336
I despise Trump, but winning the election under the agreed upon rules that we've been using for 200+ years is, in fact, "democratic legitimacy".
— Manzell B (@ManzellBeezy) June 27, 2018
The vote was 304 – 227 https://t.co/UqkBB1VwhV
— ParatrooperJJ (@ParatrooperJJ) June 26, 2018
Gee, if only there had been all this moralistic pearl-clutching when that unchecked power was being cemented into place over the course of the past 8 years… ? https://t.co/5qC9aDMKSg
— Chritopherr ? (@vmWareWolf) June 26, 2018
What if: the over the top nonsense like this statement is actually scaring away moderate voters and makes trumpism look more sane than you?
— Mike Oxhard (@h8f8kes) June 26, 2018
Please keep this up. At least through the next few election cycles. #Trump2020
— SmokeNMirrors71 (@SmokeNMirrors71) June 26, 2018
Totally off the deep end now. https://t.co/vTkrFTUBLr
— Inc.Monocle (@IncMonocle) June 26, 2018
— Rick (@bigentrails) June 26, 2018
You seem totally stable, I can't imagine why you're unemployed. https://t.co/TQU844Bnu1
— Ordy's Amish School of Coding (@OrdyPackard) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/1011735115129671682
No kidding.
Umm… ANY tactic? Let's dial that back just a tad. Shooting Steve Scalise was not morally justified.
— takethepith (@takethepith) June 26, 2018
Aaaaand that’s how you get stereotypical violent radicals folks. Nice job, keep up the work. I’m sure this won’t have any social consequences whatsoever.
— Life & Liberty (@JuvenilePatriot) June 27, 2018
This tweet lays out a justification and proclaims a moral imperative for armed, violent, revolution. As in, "march on DC with all the guns and ammo we can carry" type stuff. As in "James Hodgkinson was right" type stuff. https://t.co/PAROG176Or
— Sholom Nemanow (@SholomN) June 26, 2018
God bless freedom of speech but in the UK this tweet would get you sent to the pokey. https://t.co/s3zlqgessS
— Kerfuffle Actual? (@shoshido) June 26, 2018
Now that the mainstream media has managed to turn Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Red Hen incident into a news cycle about resisting by any means necessary, people are beginning to get a little antsy.
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1011771712390795265
Yet…there you are, still in that chair. https://t.co/0uJB1gjdhI
— Dead Agent (@Recursion_Agent) June 26, 2018
Well get off Twitter and go man the barricades, son. What are you waiting for? https://t.co/pJGKNeoPq6
— Ben Hayes (@hayesy316) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/realelectricpen/status/1011646125688934400
https://twitter.com/MrMaitra/status/1011748269028978688
https://twitter.com/Nuktubian/status/1011737720748724224
https://twitter.com/nabby60/status/1011736615402778627
FYI there’s zero difference between this guy and Milo Yiannapolis.
They’re both cowards who want other people to do their dirty work. https://t.co/NpB83XhjtD
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 26, 2018
Hey Twitter, you might want to have a look at some of your verified users if you’re serious about cleaning up hate speech on the platform.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2018
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