[rad-green] Glenn Greenwald: Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath

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From: Glenn Greenwald <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 6:33 PM
Subject: Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath

"The same framework used to assault civil liberties in the name of foreign =
terrorism is now being seamlessly applied =E2=80=94 often by those who spen=
t the last two decades objecting to it =E2=80=94 to the threat posed by =E2=
=80=9Cdomestic white supremacist terrorists,=E2=80=9D the term preferred by=
 liberal elites, especially after yesterday, for Trump supporters generally.
"Those who spent the summer demanding the police be defunded are furious th=
at the police response at the Capitol was insufficiently robust, violent an=
d aggressive. Those who urged the abolition of prisons are demanding Trump =
supporters be imprisoned for years. Those who, under the banner of =E2=80=
=9Canti-fascism,=E2=80=9D demanded the firing of a top New York Times edito=
r for publishing an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) advocating the deployme=
nt of the U.S. military to quell riots =E2=80=94 a view deemed not just wro=
ng but unspeakable in decent society =E2=80=94 are today furious that the N=
ational Guard was not deployed at the Capitol to quash pro-Trump supporters=
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in the summer that property damage is meaningless or even noble are treatin=
g smashed windows and looted podiums at the Capitol as treason, as a coup. =
One need not dismiss the lamentable actions of yesterday to simultaneously =
reject efforts to apply terms that are plainly inapplicable: attempted coup=
, insurrection, sedition. There was zero chance that the few hundred people=
 who breached the Capitol could overthrow the U.S. Government =E2=80=94 the=
 most powerful, armed and militarized entity in the world =E2=80=94 nor did=
 they try.

"There is a huge difference between, on the one hand, thousands of people s=
hooting their way into the Capitol after a long-planned, coordinated plot w=
ith the goal of seizing permanent power, and, on the other, an impulsive an=
d grievance-driven crowd more or less waltzing into the Capitol as the resu=
lt of strength in numbers and then leaving a few hours later.
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Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath

From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian "solut=
ions" are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed to co=
mbat.

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Members of the National Guard and the Washington D.C. police stand guard to=
 keep demonstrators away from the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washi=
ngton, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
In the days and weeks=C2=A0after the 9/11 attack, Americans were largely un=
ited in emotional horror at what had been done to their country as well as =
in their willingness to endorse repression and violence in response. As a r=
esult, there was little room to raise concerns about the possible excesses =
or dangers of the American reaction, let alone to dissent from what politic=
al leaders were proposing in the name of vengeance and security. The psycho=
logical trauma from the carnage and the wreckage at the country=E2=80=99s m=
ost cherished symbols swamped rational faculties and thus rendered futile a=
ny attempts to urge restraint or caution.=C2=A0

Nonetheless, a few tried. Scorn and sometimes worse were universally heaped=
 upon them.=C2=A0

On September 14 =E2=80=94 while bodies were still buried under burning rubb=
le in downtown Manhattan =E2=80=94 Congresswoman Barbara Lee=C2=A0cast a lo=
ne vote=C2=A0against the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF). =E2=80=
=9CSome of us must urge the use of restraint,=E2=80=9D she said seventy-two=
 hours after the attack, adding: =E2=80=9Cour country is in a state of mour=
ning=E2=80=9D and thus =E2=80=9Csome of us must say: let=E2=80=99s step bac=
k for a moment, let=E2=80=99s pause just for a minute, and think through th=
e implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of con=
trol.=E2=80=9D=C2=A0

For simply urging caution and casting a single =E2=80=9Cno=E2=80=9D vote ag=
ainst war, Lee=E2=80=99s Congressional office was deluged with threats of v=
iolence. Armed security was deployed to protect her, largely as a result of=
=C2=A0media attackssuggesting=C2=A0that she was anti-American and sympathet=
ic to terrorists. Yet twenty years later =E2=80=94 with U.S. troops still f=
ighting in Afghanistan under that same AUMF, with Iraq destroyed, ISIS spaw=
ned, and U.S. civil liberties and privacy rights permanently crippled =E2=
=80=94 her solitary admonitions look far more like courage, prescience and =
wisdom than sedition or a desire to downplay the threat of Al Qaeda.=C2=A0

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Others also raised similar questions and issued similar warnings. On the le=
ft, people like Susan Sontag and Noam Chomsky, and on the right people such=
 as Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan =E2=80=94 in different ways and at different =
times =E2=80=94 urged U.S. politicians and Americans generally to resist un=
leashing an orgy of domestic assaults on civil liberties, foreign invasions=
, and an endless war posture. They warned that such a cycle, once initiated=
, would be very difficult to control, even more difficult to reverse, and v=
irtually guaranteed to provoke even greater violence.=C2=A0

These few who dissented from the instant consensus were, like Congresswoman=
 Lee, widely vilified. Both Sontag and Chomsky were=C2=A0branded=C2=A0anti-=
American Fifth Columnists, while David Frum,=C2=A0writing in=C2=A0National =
Review, denounced Buchanan and others questioning the excesses of the War o=
n Terror from the right as =E2=80=9CUnpatriotic Conservatives=E2=80=9D: no =
different, proclaimed the neocon, than =E2=80=9CNoam Chomsky, Ted Rall, Gor=
e Vidal, Alexander Cockburn, and other anti-Americans of the far Left.=E2=
=80=9D

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David Frum,=C2=A0National Review, Mar. 25, 2003
In retrospect, it is hard to deny that those who defied, or at least questi=
oned, the potent 2001 emotional consensus by urging deliberation in lieu of=
 reactionary rage were vindicated by subsequent events: the two-decade expa=
nsion of the war in Afghanistan to multiple countries, the enactment of the=
 Patriot Act, the secret implementation of mass surveillance systems, the t=
rillions of dollars of taxpayer wealth transferred to weapons manufacturers=
, and the paramilitarization of the domestic security state. At the very le=
ast, basic rationality requires an acknowledgement that when political pass=
ions and rage-driven emotions find their most intense expression, calls for=
 reflection and caution can only be valuable even if ultimately rejected.

Yesterday=E2=80=99s invasion=C2=A0of the Capitol by a Trump-supporting mob =
has certainly generated intense political passion and pervasive rage. It is=
 not hard to understand why: the introduction of physical force into politi=
cal protest is always lamentable, usually dangerous, and, except in the rar=
est of circumstances that are plainly inapplicable here, unjustifiable. It =
was foreseeable that an action of this type would result in deaths. The mos=
t surprising outcome is that =E2=80=9Conly=E2=80=9D four people died: an un=
armed woman, a Trump supporter and Air Force veteran, who was shot in the n=
eck by a law enforcement officer, and three other protesters who died from =
unspecified =E2=80=9Cmedical emergencies=E2=80=9D (one reportedly died due =
to accidentally tasering himself, inducing a heart attack).

The U.S. Capitol remains a potent and cherished symbol even for Americans w=
ho are deeply cynical about the ruling class and political system. Its nobi=
lity is something continually engrained deep into our collective psyche sin=
ce childhood, and that meaning endures even when our rational faculties rej=
ect it. It is therefore not hard to understand why watching a marauding ban=
d of hooligans invade and deface both the House and the Senate, without any=
 identifiable objective other than venting grievances, reflexively engender=
s a patriotic disgust across the political spectrum.=C2=A0

It is unhinged to the point of being obscene to compare yesterday=E2=80=99s=
 incursion to the 9/11 attack or (as Sen. Chuck Schumer=C2=A0did last night=
) to Pearl Harbor. By every metric, the magnitude and destructiveness of th=
ose two events are in an entirely different universe. But that does not mea=
n there are no applicable lessons to be drawn from those prior attacks.=C2=
=A0

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One is that striking at cherished national symbols =E2=80=94 the World Trad=
e Center, the Pentagon, the Capitol =E2=80=94 ensures rage and terror far b=
eyond body counts or other concrete harms. That is one major reason that ye=
sterday=E2=80=99s event received far more attention and commentary, and wil=
l likely produce far greater consequences, than much deadlier incidents, su=
ch as the=C2=A0still-motive-unknown=C2=A02017 Las Vegas mass shooting that =
killed 59 or the 2016 Orlando shooting that left 49 dead at the Pulse night=
club. Unlike even horrific indiscriminate shooting sprees, an attack on a s=
ymbol of national power will be perceived as an attack on the state or even=
 the society itself.

There are other, more important historical lessons to draw not only from th=
e 9/11 attack but subsequent terrorism on U.S. soil. One is the importance =
of resisting the coercive framework that demands everyone choose one of two=
 extremes: that the incident is either (a) insignificant or even justifiabl=
e, or (b) is an earth-shattering, radically transformative event that deman=
ds radical, transformative state responses.=C2=A0

This reductive, binary framework is anti-intellectual and dangerous. One ca=
n condemn a particular act while resisting the attempt to inflate the dange=
rs it poses. One can acknowledge the very real existence of a threat while =
also warning of the harms, often far greater, from proposed solutions. One =
can reject maximalist, inflammatory rhetoric about an attack (a War of Civi=
lizations, an attempted coup, an insurrection, sedition) without being fair=
ly accused of indifference toward or sympathy for the attackers.

Indeed, the primary focus of the first decade of my journalism was the U.S.=
 War on Terror =E2=80=94 in particular, the relentless erosions of civil li=
berties and the endless militarization of American society in the name of w=
aging it. To make the case that those trends should be opposed, I frequentl=
y argued that the threat posed by Islamic radicalism to U.S. citizens was b=
eing deliberately exaggerated, inflated and melodramatized.=C2=A0

I argued that not because I believed the threat was nonexistent or trivial:=
 I lived in New York City on 9/11 and remember to this day the excruciating=
 horror from the smell and smoke emanating throughout Lower Manhattan and t=
he haunting =E2=80=9Cmissing=E2=80=9D posters appended by desperate familie=
s, unwilling to accept the obvious reality of their loved ones=E2=80=99 dea=
ths, to every lamp post on every street corner. I shared the same disgust a=
nd sadness as most other Americans from the Pulse massacre, the subway bomb=
ings in London and Madrid, the workplace mass shooting in San Bernardino.

My insistence that we look at the other side of the ledger =E2=80=94 the co=
sts and dangers not only from such attacks but also the =E2=80=9Csolutions=
=E2=80=9D implemented in the name of stopping them =E2=80=94 did not come f=
rom indifference towards those deaths or a naive views of those responsible=
 for them. It was instead driven by my simultaneous recognition of the dang=
ers from rights-eroding, authoritarian reactions imposed by the state, part=
icularly in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. One need not enga=
ge in denialism or minimization of a threat to rationally resist fear-drive=
n fanaticism =E2=80=94 as Barbara Lee so eloquently insisted on September 1=
4, 2001.=C2=A0

Human memories are usually short and the dominance of social media has abri=
dged them even further. Many have forgotten that the Clinton administration=
 seized on the 1995 courthouse bombing in Oklahoma City to radically expand=
 law enforcement powers and=C2=A0escalate its demands=C2=A0for full-scale b=
ackdoor access to all encrypted internet communications. The fear necessary=
 to justify such draconian measures was fueled by incessant=C2=A0media hypi=
ng=C2=A0of weekend citizen militias in places like Idaho and Montana said t=
o be plotting armed insurrection against the federal government.=C2=A0

One of the first major War on Terror attacks on core Constitutional rights =
which I=C2=A0wrote about=C2=A0was Newt Gingrich=E2=80=99s=C2=A02006 speech=
=C2=A0suggesting that the First Amendment=E2=80=99s free speech guarantee t=
o fight terrorism should be =E2=80=9Cmodified=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0

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The former House Speaker approvingly cited=C2=A0a=C2=A0Commentary=C2=A0arti=
cle=C2=A0by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy =E2=80=94 entitled =
=E2=80=9CFree Speech for Terrorists?=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 insisting that some=
 ideas are so dangerous, especially in the era of terrorism and the interne=
t, that the First Amendment must be limited to permit greater censorship po=
wers:


With an enemy committed to terrorism, the advocacy of terrorism=E2=80=94the=
 threats, the words=E2=80=94are not mere dogma, or even calls to =E2=80=9Ca=
ction.=E2=80=9D They are themselves weapons=E2=80=94weapons of incitement a=
nd intimidation, often as effective in achieving their ends as would be fir=
earms and explosives brandished openly. . . .=C2=A0

Do we so lack confidence (except in the sacrosanct status of speech itself)=
 that we are unable to say with assurance that some things are truly evil, =
and that advocating them not only fails to serve any socially desirable pur=
pose but guarantees more evil? Must our historical deference to opinion, ho=
wever noxious, defer as well to a call to arms against innocents, or a call=
 to destroy a form of representative government that=C2=A0protects=C2=A0rel=
igious and political freedom? May we not even ban and criminalize the advoc=
acy of militant Islam and its m=C3=A9tier, which is the indiscriminate slau=
ghter of civilians? . . .=C2=A0

In America's bumptious, bounteous marketplace, there are no limits on words=
 as the building blocks of ideas, or on ideas as the legitimate instruments=
 of persuasion. Terror has no place in such discourse. It is the function o=
f law to express our society's judgments. Ours should be simple and humane:=
 words that kill are not words we need abide.


As a free speech advocate and civil libertarian, I was naturally repelled b=
y this notion that some political ideas could be deemed so dangerous by the=
 state that they can be legally suppressed. In response, I=C2=A0asked rheto=
rically in 2006: =E2=80=9CAre there=C2=A0any=C2=A0American values at all in=
 which Bush followers and neocons actually believe -- any constitutional pr=
inciples that are sacrosanct and whose violations they would oppose if unde=
rtaken in the name of fighting The Terrorists?=E2=80=9D I concluded: =E2=80=
=9CIt certainly doesn't appear so.=E2=80=9D

Beyond raising alarms about civil liberties erosions, I also often insisted=
 that the underlying causes of terrorism aimed at the U.S. should be consid=
ered if for no other reason than to understand how to address it without de=
stroying core liberties for Americans.=C2=A0

While religious fanaticism may sometimes be the cause, far more often, I ar=
gued, such attacks were=C2=A0motivated by rage=C2=A0over the killing of inn=
ocent people, including children, by the U.S. Government=E2=80=99s bombs, d=
rones and tanks in Muslim-majority countries. Right-wing advocates=C2=A0oft=
en demonized=C2=A0such arguments as pro-terrorist or as =E2=80=9Cjustifying=
=E2=80=9D terrorist attacks, but the left largely supported the inquiry int=
o motivating causes, just as they have long supported the attempts to under=
stand what motivates violent crime, on the ground that misguided actions ar=
e often driven by valid or at least widely shared redressible grievances. B=
ut the view that we should attempt to identify the core motives of terroris=
t acts or violent crime, rather than just label them evil and vow to destro=
y their perpetrators, was largely deemed taboo in mainstream discourse.

It is stunning to watch=C2=A0now as every War on Terror rhetorical tactic t=
o justify civil liberties erosions is now being invoked in the name of comb=
atting Trumpism, including the aggressive exploitation of the emotions trig=
gered by yesterday=E2=80=99s events at the Capitol to accelerate their impl=
ementation and demonize dissent over the quickly formed consensus. The same=
 framework used to assault civil liberties in the name of foreign terrorism=
 is now being seamlessly applied =E2=80=94 often by those who spent the las=
t two decades objecting to it =E2=80=94 to the threat posed by =E2=80=9Cdom=
estic white supremacist terrorists,=E2=80=9D the term preferred by liberal =
elites, especially after yesterday, for Trump supporters generally. In so m=
any ways, yesterday was the liberals=E2=80=99 9/11, as even the=C2=A0most s=
ensible commentators=C2=A0among them are resorting to the most unhinged rhe=
toric available.

Within hours of the Capitol being cleared, we heard truly radical proposals=
 from numerous members of Congress. Senators and House members who objected=
 to Electoral College certification, or questioned its legitimacy, should b=
e formally accused of sedition and=C2=A0expelled from the House=C2=A0if not=
 prosecuted, argued Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), with other House members express=
ing support. Even those unarmed protesters who peacefully entered the Capit=
ol should, many argued, be hunted by the FBI as domestic terrorists.=C2=A0

Calls proliferated for the banning of the social media accounts of instigat=
ors and protest participants. Journalists and politicians cheered the decis=
ion by Facebook and Twitter to temporarily bar the President from using the=
ir service, and then cheered again when Facebook=E2=80=99s CEO Mark Zuckerb=
erg=C2=A0announced on Tuesday=C2=A0that the ban on Trump extended through B=
iden=E2=80=99s inauguration. Some journalists, such as=C2=A0CNN=E2=80=99s O=
liver Darcy,=C2=A0complained=C2=A0that Facebook had not gone far enough, th=
at more mass censorship was needed of right-wing voices. The once-radical 2=
006 Gingrich argument =E2=80=94 that some opinions are too dangerous to all=
ow to be expressed because they are pro-terrorist and insurrectionary =E2=
=80=94 is now thriving, close to a consensus.=C2=A0

These calls for censorship, online and official, are grounded in the long-d=
iscredited, oft-rejected and dangerous view that a person should be held le=
gally accountable not only for their own illegal actions but also for=C2=A0=
the consequences of their protected speech: meaning the actions others take=
 when they hear inflammatory rhetoric. That was the distorted mentality use=
d by the State of Mississippi in the 1970s to try to hold NAACP leaders lia=
ble for the violent acts of their followers against boycott violators after=
 hearing rousing pro-boycott speeches from NAACP leaders, only for the Supr=
eme Court in 1982 to=C2=A0unanimously reject=C2=A0such efforts on the groun=
d that "while the State legitimately may impose damages for the consequence=
s of violent conduct,=C2=A0it may not award compensation for the consequenc=
es of nonviolent, protected activity," adding that even "advocacy of the us=
e of force or violence does not remove speech from the protection of the fi=
rst amendment."

The complete reversal in mentality from just a few months ago is dizzying. =
Those who spent the summer demanding the police be defunded are furious tha=
t the police response at the Capitol was insufficiently robust, violent and=
 aggressive. Those who urged the abolition of prisons are demanding Trump s=
upporters be imprisoned for years. Those who, under the banner of =E2=80=9C=
anti-fascism,=E2=80=9D demanded the firing of a top=C2=A0New York Times=C2=
=A0editor for publishing an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) advocating the =
deployment of the U.S. military to quell riots =E2=80=94 a view deemed not =
just wrong but unspeakable in decent society =E2=80=94 are today furious th=
at the National Guard was not deployed at the Capitol to quash pro-Trump su=
pporters. Antifa advocates are working to expose the names of Capitol prote=
sters to empower the FBI to arrest them on terrorism charges. And while Rep=
. Cori Bush=E2=80=99s proposal to unseat members of Congress for their subv=
ersive views went mega-viral, many forget that in 1966, the Georgia State L=
egislature refused to seat Julian Bond=C2=A0after he refused=C2=A0to repudi=
ate his anti-war work with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, =
then considered a domestic terrorist group.

Those who argued in the summer that property damage is meaningless or=C2=A0=
even noble=C2=A0are treating smashed windows and looted podiums at the Capi=
tol as treason, as a coup. One need not dismiss the lamentable actions of y=
esterday to simultaneously reject efforts to apply terms that are plainly i=
napplicable:=C2=A0attempted coup, insurrection, sedition. There was zero ch=
ance that the few hundred people who breached the Capitol could overthrow t=
he U.S. Government =E2=80=94 the most powerful, armed and militarized entit=
y in the world =E2=80=94 nor did they try.=C2=A0

Perhaps many view it as more upsetting to see august members of Congress hi=
ding in fear of a riot than to watch ordinary small-business owners weep as=
 their multi-generational store burns to the ground. Undoubtedly, national =
reporters who spend much time in the Capitol and who have long-time friends=
hips with Senators and House members are more horrified, far more so, by vi=
olent gangs in the Capitol rotunda than on the streets of Portland or Kenos=
ha. But that does not mean that rational restraint is unnecessary when sear=
ching for sober language to accurately describe these events.=C2=A0

There is a huge difference between, on the one hand, thousands of people sh=
ooting their way into the Capitol after a long-planned, coordinated plot wi=
th the goal of seizing permanent power, and, on the other, an impulsive and=
 grievance-driven crowd more or less waltzing into the Capitol as the resul=
t of strength in numbers and then leaving a few hours later. That the only =
person shot was a protester killed by an armed agent of the state by itself=
 makes clear how irresponsible these terms are. There are more adjectives b=
esides =E2=80=9Cfascist treason=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Charmless protest,=E2=
=80=9D enormous space between those two poles. One should not be forced to =
choose between the two.



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It has long been clear that, in the post-Trump era, media outlets looking t=
o keep viewers hooked, and government officials looking to increase their p=
ower, will do everything possible to center and inflate the threat posed by=
 right-wing factions. I=E2=80=99ve said this more times than I can count ov=
er the last year at least.

Like all inflated threats, this one has a kernel of truth. As is true of ev=
ery faction, there are right-wing activists filled with rage and who are wi=
lling to engage in violence. Some of them are dangerous (just as some Musli=
ms in the post-9/11 era, and some Antifa nihilists, were and are genuinely =
violent and dangerous). But as was true of the Cold War and the War on Terr=
or and so many other crisis-spurred reactions, the other side of the ledger=
 =E2=80=94 the draconian state powers clearly being planned and urged and p=
repared in the name of stopping them =E2=80=94 carries its own extremely fo=
rmidable dangers.=C2=A0

Refusing to consider those dangers for fear of standing accused of downplay=
ing the threat is the most common tactic authoritarian advocates of state p=
ower use. Less than twenty-four hours after the Capitol breach, one sees th=
is tactic being wielded with great flamboyance and potency, and it is sure =
to continue long after January 20.

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oreign terrorism is now being seamlessly applied =E2=80=94 often by those w=
ho spent the last two decades objecting to it =E2=80=94 to the threat posed=
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rred by liberal elites, especially after yesterday, for Trump supporters ge=
nerally.</div><br><div class=3D"ydp427bd425yiv8048745956gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-family:new serif;font-size:large;">"Those who spent the summer de=
manding the police be defunded are furious that the police response at the =
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ears. Those who, under the banner of =E2=80=9Canti-fascism,=E2=80=9D demand=
ed the firing of a top New York Times editor for publishing an op-ed by Sen=
. Tom Cotton (R-AR) advocating the deployment of the U.S. military to quell=
 riots =E2=80=94 a view deemed not just wrong but unspeakable in decent soc=
iety =E2=80=94 are today furious that the National Guard was not deployed a=
t the Capitol to quash pro-Trump supporters.</div><div class=3D"ydp427bd425=
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nbsp;=E2=80=8C"Those who argued in the summer that property damage is meani=
ngless or even noble are treating smashed windows and looted podiums at the=
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 of yesterday to simultaneously reject efforts to apply terms that are plai=
nly inapplicable: attempted coup, insurrection, sedition. There was zero ch=
ance that the few hundred people who breached the Capitol could overthrow t=
he U.S. Government =E2=80=94 the most powerful, armed and militarized entit=
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power, and, on the other, an impulsive and grievance-driven crowd more or l=
ess waltzing into the Capitol as the result of strength in numbers and then=
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16em;margin:4px 0 0;">From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms fro=
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er;"></td></tr></tbody></table>Members of the National Guard and the Washin=
gton D.C. police stand guard to keep demonstrators away from the U.S. Capit=
ol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Imag=
es)</div><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0=
 0 1em 0;"><strong>In the days and weeks</strong>&nbsp;after the 9/11 attac=
k, Americans were largely united in emotional horror at what had been done =
to their country as well as in their willingness to endorse repression and =
violence in response. As a result, there was little room to raise concerns =
about the possible excesses or dangers of the American reaction, let alone =
to dissent from what political leaders were proposing in the name of vengea=
nce and security. The psychological trauma from the carnage and the wreckag=
e at the country=E2=80=99s most cherished symbols swamped rational facultie=
s and thus rendered futile any attempts to urge restraint or caution.&nbsp;=
</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1e=
m 0;">Nonetheless, a few tried. Scorn and sometimes worse were universally =
heaped upon them.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-he=
ight:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">On September 14 =E2=80=94 while bodies were st=
ill buried under burning rubble in downtown Manhattan =E2=80=94 Congresswom=
an Barbara Lee&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlUcuOgzA=
M_JrmlioOFMohh73sb6A8DESFhE1Mq_79mlaybMfyYzLjLeGcy9vsuZI43UjvHU3CV12RCIs4Kp=
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8pkJZU6y8pSEVmqlQL5slWx7wer5Kp2PSJ-yK_aJ0qYgFyw5el4qotGKPw9qUKoBDVe49uEVJ_y=
D6aEvrdpmuNbDVbL-cUITxXCe6hRxDXWLtIBS3DefTH0amKyR43akSO8Rk3UrBkPlQEFfKT6sjj=
MmLCxRGC0Z6BjETes7NLr50sZENwDdTXeNYAQh81QyM4uSXnYN_5d4oWQ" style=3D"color:#=
1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noop=
ener">cast a lone vote</a>&nbsp;against the Authorization to Use Military F=
orce (AUMF). =E2=80=9CSome of us must urge the use of restraint,=E2=80=9D s=
he said seventy-two hours after the attack, adding: =E2=80=9Cour country is=
 in a state of mourning=E2=80=9D and thus =E2=80=9Csome of us must say: let=
=E2=80=99s step back for a moment, let=E2=80=99s pause just for a minute, a=
nd think through the implications of our actions today so that this does no=
t spiral out of control.=E2=80=9D&nbsp;</p><a href=3D"https://email.mg1.sub=
stack.com/c/eJwlkE2OhCAQhU8jS0NBi_aCxSSTPsIsZkMQSiWD6PDTjrcf7E4qFCGPqvc-ozP=
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OIDomOKkO7FZ_BTlXiOHQ3v4DjK2GJg" style=3D"display:block;margin:1.6em 0;" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><img src=3D"https://cdn.substac=
k.com/image/youtube/w_550,c_limit/l_youtube_play_qyqt8q,w_120/Zh_sxilhyV0" =
style=3D"display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 550px; vertical-align=
: middle; width: 100%; border: none !important;" data-inlineimagemanipulati=
ng=3D"true"></a><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;m=
argin:0 0 1em 0;">For simply urging caution and casting a single =E2=80=9Cn=
o=E2=80=9D vote against war, Lee=E2=80=99s Congressional office was deluged=
 with threats of violence. Armed security was deployed to protect her, larg=
ely as a result of&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkEF=
yhCAQRU8zLC26UdQFi2SRC-QAFkLrkEE0gLG8fXCsouBT9Wn-f0Znmtd4qm1NmV3bkM-NVKAjec=
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hnMseXD4HCnr0ZFWOO7F843uTGGYKFAtWO-isQJYQDWIHAsVdtcARALJBKVhJYNfyKqi5gAyH9v=
YfBA6FHw" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">media attacks</a><a href=3D"https://email.m=
g1.substack.com/c/eJwtUEGOgzAMfE1zK3JMCfSQw172GygQA1EhsIlZxO_XtCtFM5E9lsfTO=
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1YbMVEhNrrE8hOERFdqbSo0pRIHfpWpaEeJOR5u9n8hho5K" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;tex=
t-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">sugg=
esting</a>&nbsp;that she was anti-American and sympathetic to terrorists. Y=
et twenty years later =E2=80=94 with U.S. troops still fighting in Afghanis=
tan under that same AUMF, with Iraq destroyed, ISIS spawned, and U.S. civil=
 liberties and privacy rights permanently crippled =E2=80=94 her solitary a=
dmonitions look far more like courage, prescience and wisdom than sedition =
or a desire to downplay the threat of Al Qaeda.&nbsp;</p><div class=3D"ydp4=
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style=3D"text-decoration:none;">Subscribe now</span></a></p></div><p style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">Others=
 also raised similar questions and issued similar warnings. On the left, pe=
ople like Susan Sontag and Noam Chomsky, and on the right people such as Ro=
n Paul and Pat Buchanan =E2=80=94 in different ways and at different times =
=E2=80=94 urged U.S. politicians and Americans generally to resist unleashi=
ng an orgy of domestic assaults on civil liberties, foreign invasions, and =
an endless war posture. They warned that such a cycle, once initiated, woul=
d be very difficult to control, even more difficult to reverse, and virtual=
ly guaranteed to provoke even greater violence.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:=
#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">These few who di=
ssented from the instant consensus were, like Congresswoman Lee, widely vil=
ified. Both Sontag and Chomsky were&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.subst=
ack.com/c/eJwlUUmOxCAMfE1zS8SSZfrAYS7zjYiASdAQyIDTUX4_TreEvKCyXK6yBmHJ5dJ7r=
sjuMOG1g05w1giIUNhRoUzBaSl4_xzlwJzmo7TjzEKdfAHYTIia7cccgzUYcrrRQn4Ng2Srhlma=
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j3VfjQl2pMcWu4QVUSS44pXcwTYG651ShwdxQl01Fyj54XBub47Glxuw55uW6Z76E6gcqWNCS09=
GCPzlXQopWtKM7g4c_4X_lo-PbItp6zBWN_b35sKKpTtUHiK5uAVfBOeGWW6E3gESaKG9HCnhNk=
MwcwWksBzD8WPBWc1ogQSFr3GRQi4FI9FISMak-cpHASoihl4NixMBlmkp6ITPSaaL7B8LLndY"=
 style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"noreferrer noopener">branded</a>&nbsp;anti-American Fifth Columnists, w=
hile David Frum,&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkN2Og=
yAQhZ-m3NXAUKW94GJv9jUMwmhJFVx-NL79jjYhMyTMYc75rCk4xXToNebCztKXY0UdcM8zloKJ=
1Yyp906D4O1LQcec5gqsGpjP_ZgQF-NnzdY6zN6a4mM4pwU8uw7YW4MUxinurHtY172MghEGfI5=
KgWhRDt-lpjqPwaLGDdMRA7JZv0tZ803-3OCXzr7vTbi-N3PCzePe2LjQA3AuqV2lhtWU5GPx9m=
5jIOcbSTbMd2c27-5jqqeEeQ2c8gj-IrEA0YhGud2P-CfGD9wefJlEk-uQi7Gfcw9Lmu4hjx5nl=
xdf3oJzmpvO8NcA5e-pLzX4cvQYzDCj0yVVZOVL9wLVTxgwEXXXm6JFRyZagKeQIL8kiJ0Uomuh=
k4wcuEiqoCfiHHYzu38faJNC" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;=
" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">writing in&nbsp;</a><em><a =
href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkN2OgyAQhZ-m3NXAUKW94GJv9jUMwm=
hJFVx-NL79jjYhMyTMYc75rCk4xXToNebCztKXY0UdcM8zloKJ1Yyp906D4O1LQcec5gqsGpjP_=
ZgQF-NnzdY6zN6a4mM4pwU8uw7YW4MUxinurHtY172MghEGfI5KgWhRDt-lpjqPwaLGDdMRA7JZ=
v0tZ803-3OCXzr7vTbi-N3PCzePe2LjQA3AuqV2lhtWU5GPx9m5jIOcbSTbMd2c27-5jqqeEeQ2=
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 style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"noreferrer noopener">National Review</a></em>, denounced Buchanan and o=
thers questioning the excesses of the War on Terror from the right as =E2=
=80=9CUnpatriotic Conservatives=E2=80=9D: no different, proclaimed the neoc=
on, than =E2=80=9CNoam Chomsky, Ted Rall, Gore Vidal, Alexander Cockburn, a=
nd other anti-Americans of the far Left.=E2=80=9D</p><div style=3D"font-siz=
e:16px;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:16px;text-align:center;"><table width=
=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" style=3D"margin:=
8px auto;"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"text-align:center;"></td><td align=3D"le=
ft" width=3D"550" style=3D"text-align:center;"><a href=3D"https://email.mg1=
.substack.com/c/eJxVUsmO5CAM_ZriloglZDlwaLU0vxGxmBRTCaSBdE3117dTOY2EbGNsv6d=
nrK6wpPxSeyqVnGaurx1UhGdZoVbI5CiQ5-AUZ1ROA--JU3TgdjAklNlngE2HVZH9MGuwuoYUz2=
rGx77n5K6oGHtrrJgGb7ybvOg5134APk5WSscuUH24ANGCgm_IrxSBrOpe615u4uPG_-CxLrblM=
KVq-2ht2jAVNr0Aeg_V3k-PY2q68c-vKxAfS0oO736d95yWDKWEb8B8qQA7dlwQXJ4g8oRBYw77=
AHzPDVBpjB27xmgtmk4M0EySjY12RnADwzCNXVtEqzf9k6J-losXzrjEeIdvkuUdemfAyUHjPC6=
bjg5To0dpG-21oY730Akzs26S_xCm_bvDQoLiFIVndKJUMM5a1g7uGTx8Mf_gt45uC_tPFpIVxr=
H4AKsrW6h3RinWLeeW3gXIbUa_HTHU1wxRmxWcqvkAUq9v8N7ovECEjN_Dzboq1iMJyfnIBBfXy=
nDJgrFe8l4QZOASdkWFIkN86tX9Ai2OxW4" style=3D"border:none;display:block;heig=
ht:auto;margin:0;padding:0;text-decoration:none;width:auto;" target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><img alt=3D"" src=3D"https://cdn.substack.c=
om/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https=
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dle; width: 550px; border: none !important;" data-inlineimagemanipulating=
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le>David Frum,&nbsp;<em>National Review</em>, Mar. 25, 2003</div><p style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">In ret=
rospect, it is hard to deny that those who defied, or at least questioned, =
the potent 2001 emotional consensus by urging deliberation in lieu of react=
ionary rage were vindicated by subsequent events: the two-decade expansion =
of the war in Afghanistan to multiple countries, the enactment of the Patri=
ot Act, the secret implementation of mass surveillance systems, the trillio=
ns of dollars of taxpayer wealth transferred to weapons manufacturers, and =
the paramilitarization of the domestic security state. At the very least, b=
asic rationality requires an acknowledgement that when political passions a=
nd rage-driven emotions find their most intense expression, calls for refle=
ction and caution can only be valuable even if ultimately rejected.</p><div=
 style=3D"font-size:16px;line-height:26px;"><hr style=3D"background:#f5e5e1=
;border:none;min-height:1px;margin:24px 0;padding:0;"></div><p style=3D"col=
or:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Yeste=
rday=E2=80=99s invasion</strong>&nbsp;of the Capitol by a Trump-supporting =
mob has certainly generated intense political passion and pervasive rage. I=
t is not hard to understand why: the introduction of physical force into po=
litical protest is always lamentable, usually dangerous, and, except in the=
 rarest of circumstances that are plainly inapplicable here, unjustifiable.=
 It was foreseeable that an action of this type would result in deaths. The=
 most surprising outcome is that =E2=80=9Conly=E2=80=9D four people died: a=
n unarmed woman, a Trump supporter and Air Force veteran, who was shot in t=
he neck by a law enforcement officer, and three other protesters who died f=
rom unspecified =E2=80=9Cmedical emergencies=E2=80=9D (one reportedly died =
due to accidentally tasering himself, inducing a heart attack).</p><p style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">The U.=
S. Capitol remains a potent and cherished symbol even for Americans who are=
 deeply cynical about the ruling class and political system. Its nobility i=
s something continually engrained deep into our collective psyche since chi=
ldhood, and that meaning endures even when our rational faculties reject it=
. It is therefore not hard to understand why watching a marauding band of h=
ooligans invade and deface both the House and the Senate, without any ident=
ifiable objective other than venting grievances, reflexively engenders a pa=
triotic disgust across the political spectrum.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#=
1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">It is unhinged to=
 the point of being obscene to compare yesterday=E2=80=99s incursion to the=
 9/11 attack or (as Sen. Chuck Schumer&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.su=
bstack.com/c/eJwlkcFuwyAMhp-m3KiwWUlz4LDLXiMiYBJWQjIgrfL2I61k2Zb9W7Y-W1NpWv=
Oht7VUdrqhHhvpRK8SqVbKbC-Uh-A0grj1HSrmtOjQdiMLZfCZaDEharbtYwzW1LCmUw14VwrZr=
IXsfH9HkM72nnq0RE6QcsL3agSLn6Vmd4GSJU1PyseaiEU917qVi_y-4E8zH9ccnNnWGGqw5WrX=
pVVNtnN4Ummp7LFXwO282wcvLSyUeTFH4b8mccVRIPBXiJHHNsFDaubNcrCgz5YA0QshAeEK186=
9gqc_8A-8fIllgmvZx1KNfZx7WdYtT8UHiq4soc4gRNNNJ4m3oMEYWlz2FOoxUDJjJKdr3onVD-=
o3tWGiRLm9wA2malDtiBviHSTKD5YGUgKoGyrJ2gVubVNJTw16epno_gFxfpdD" style=3D"co=
lor:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer=
 noopener">did last night</a>) to Pearl Harbor. By every metric, the magnit=
ude and destructiveness of those two events are in an entirely different un=
iverse. But that does not mean there are no applicable lessons to be drawn =
from those prior attacks.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px=
;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;text-align:center;"><a href=3D"https://e=
mail.mg1.substack.com/c/eJxVUstu4jAU_RqyA8UOGLLwgudMRg0ViDKlm8ixbxJDYqexAw1=
fX6e0I41kW9bxuT73cTizkOumo7U21uuPxHY1UAU3U4K10HitgSaRgmLkT8IpJp6g_hTzaepJk2=
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mgecyENpFKfrPAZ_BZuza" style=3D"background-color:#ea410b;border:none;border=
-radius:4px;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;font-family:-apple-system, B=
linkMacSystemFont,;font-size:16px;height:auto;line-height:1.5em;margin:0;ou=
tline:none;padding:6px 20px;text-decoration:none!important;" target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><span style=3D"text-decoration:none;">Share=
</span></a></p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;ma=
rgin:0 0 1em 0;">One is that striking at cherished national symbols =E2=80=
=94 the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the Capitol =E2=80=94 ensures rag=
e and terror far beyond body counts or other concrete harms. That is one ma=
jor reason that yesterday=E2=80=99s event received far more attention and c=
ommentary, and will likely produce far greater consequences, than much dead=
lier incidents, such as the&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/=
c/eJwlkcGupCAQRb-m2WkoHBEXLN5mfsMglDR5CA5gm_77KbsTUnWBS7g5ZU1Dn8tbH7k2dpelv=
Q_UCa8asTUs7KxYluC0AD7Ok5DMaT4JO60s1GUriLsJUbPjXGOwpoWcbjcIJaVgT71KZRXZ5Yir=
5LDBZtSqlBJcTKMV-P3UnC5gsqjxheWdE7Kon60d9TH8PMRfWtd19ekofS6edoLDTI3DrW8l1aw=
EjPOttzV0W0iudil3e27hhV1IXTS1e6GnWp-ZTpPvbMwVK12-sLbgP-lZ0JQNOPCZ8wEE9NBP7g=
ob_oPtVzz-8N1DX8-1NmN_e5t3VjTpVLeA0dU9tCdwTj5_k_kYCM5CfT9TaO8Fk1kjOt3Kiax90=
X8oLh4TFhqJW0zTICnEKISCQQxfTAR2AJCjkAOjBC7Tq6Q9DSFdJrr_KBCajg" style=3D"col=
or:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer =
noopener">still-motive-unknown</a>&nbsp;2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that k=
illed 59 or the 2016 Orlando shooting that left 49 dead at the Pulse nightc=
lub. Unlike even horrific indiscriminate shooting sprees, an attack on a sy=
mbol of national power will be perceived as an attack on the state or even =
the society itself.</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height=
:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">There are other, more important historical lessons=
 to draw not only from the 9/11 attack but subsequent terrorism on U.S. soi=
l. One is the importance of resisting the coercive framework that demands e=
veryone choose one of two extremes: that the incident is either (a) insigni=
ficant or even justifiable, or (b) is an earth-shattering, radically transf=
ormative event that demands radical, transformative state responses.&nbsp;<=
/p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em=
 0;">This reductive, binary framework is anti-intellectual and dangerous. O=
ne can condemn a particular act while resisting the attempt to inflate the =
dangers it poses. One can acknowledge the very real existence of a threat w=
hile also warning of the harms, often far greater, from proposed solutions.=
 One can reject maximalist, inflammatory rhetoric about an attack (a War of=
 Civilizations, an attempted coup, an insurrection, sedition) without being=
 fairly accused of indifference toward or sympathy for the attackers.</p><p=
 style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">=
Indeed, the primary focus of the first decade of my journalism was the U.S.=
 War on Terror =E2=80=94 in particular, the relentless erosions of civil li=
berties and the endless militarization of American society in the name of w=
aging it. To make the case that those trends should be opposed, I frequentl=
y argued that the threat posed by Islamic radicalism to U.S. citizens was b=
eing deliberately exaggerated, inflated and melodramatized.&nbsp;</p><p sty=
le=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">I ar=
gued that not because I believed the threat was nonexistent or trivial: I l=
ived in New York City on 9/11 and remember to this day the excruciating hor=
ror from the smell and smoke emanating throughout Lower Manhattan and the h=
aunting =E2=80=9Cmissing=E2=80=9D posters appended by desperate families, u=
nwilling to accept the obvious reality of their loved ones=E2=80=99 deaths,=
 to every lamp post on every street corner. I shared the same disgust and s=
adness as most other Americans from the Pulse massacre, the subway bombings=
 in London and Madrid, the workplace mass shooting in San Bernardino.</p><p=
 style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">=
My insistence that we look at the other side of the ledger =E2=80=94 the co=
sts and dangers not only from such attacks but also the =E2=80=9Csolutions=
=E2=80=9D implemented in the name of stopping them =E2=80=94 did not come f=
rom indifference towards those deaths or a naive views of those responsible=
 for them. It was instead driven by my simultaneous recognition of the dang=
ers from rights-eroding, authoritarian reactions imposed by the state, part=
icularly in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. One need not enga=
ge in denialism or minimization of a threat to rationally resist fear-drive=
n fanaticism =E2=80=94 as Barbara Lee so eloquently insisted on September 1=
4, 2001.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px=
;margin:0 0 1em 0;">Human memories are usually short and the dominance of s=
ocial media has abridged them even further. Many have forgotten that the Cl=
inton administration seized on the 1995 courthouse bombing in Oklahoma City=
 to radically expand law enforcement powers and&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://ema=
il.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwtkM2OgyAQgJ9GjoaBivXAYZNNX8MgjJYUsQtDXd9-sd0EZpj_4=
bOGcNnSoZ9bJnaKkY4n6oh7DkiEiZWMafROC-Dd0AvFnOa9sP3EfB7nhLgaHzR7lil4a8hv8cwG=
cVVKsLvuwcIkDXdcODlcjBwU9N1kOzX3g7wMn6GmOI_RosYXpmOLyIK-Ez1zI78acavH3mv3ZSt=
xqte15d9u0ZUzuvgqXx53u0XCSO3pkTeTyNuAjfwGwXkj1Dv8S9VRbJiZ14LXjwEfOJcgoIW2d7=
uf8Qfmh2gufF2gzWXKZOyjtdvKkq7vmGePweXV0x1q3wtfTgrvhApirHot0dMxYjRTQKcpFWT0w=
fwmNi4YMVX8bjSkQdUlOiGuIIX8IKkQJYDqhJKsbuC2WhX1UoHH3QT3BzGalS4" style=3D"co=
lor:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer=
 noopener">escalate its demands</a>&nbsp;for full-scale backdoor access to =
all encrypted internet communications. The fear necessary to justify such d=
raconian measures was fueled by incessant&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1=
.substack.com/c/eJwlUcuOhCAQ_JrhpuEhKAcOe9nfMDxaJaPoAo6Zv992JiHVlXR1uqnytsK=
857c59lLJDWN9H2ASXGWFWiGTs0AeYzCcUal7rkgwtOe-dySWccoAm42rIcfp1uhtjXu61YwPSn=
GyGK24AMkF09oNwgvFvJdc9pPQnAoK36X2DBGSBwMvyO89AVnNUutRHuLnwX_xXdfVXrYsMc11T=
_dQ6_cNGzb7Jb4A2bGvsUZfkOI2iYV-oEOoCzRbvPu2NPOZSmNTaFy8v4jtDqyfNO0bB1I03TBA=
Y12YGmW101YryViPMhINp2gEo5pSwThrWduHK07wx6Ynf3R0m1lbTleq9c_7QJIN8lSmCGsoW6w=
LoxR18-3aR4DGjVi3M8X6HiFZt0IwNZ9A6jeWj8PjDAkyxhVGWw1TeITkfGCCi6-FaLpgTEmuBM=
ELwo5TycwYULrsGv4BKNuheA" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;=
" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">media hyping</a>&nbsp;of we=
ekend citizen militias in places like Idaho and Montana said to be plotting=
 armed insurrection against the federal government.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"co=
lor:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">One of the f=
irst major War on Terror attacks on core Constitutional rights which I&nbsp=
;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJw9kEuOxCAMRE_T7BIB-XUWLGYz14=
j4mAQ1gQyYiXL7Id3SSJaNRFnleloirDFd4ogZyd0WvA4QAc7sARESKRnS4ozgjA7zxEdiBJ24n=
hRxebEJYJfOC3IU5Z2W6GK41Yw_x5GTTfTGPNVsZmtl19upnxTXoAeYTG_tPPcfU1mMg6BBwC-k=
KwYgXmyIx6P7evDvWquHENbqFk7pTat8XPMRsdVxr7-c0rEOxmvDaOSVG4wlNTLFEkxzxuRNE22=
jSt7aDXdPnOC0JmJ0prRjnLWsnczpLPww--KPnu4ra3NRGaV-3S4kifoO2TrwJu8ON0Zp1a13_L=
egEljq3EtweC0QpPJgBKYCBD9836iWFQKkyt0sEgUb6xED50_W8e7DotLrGBsHPnakXmBi3QriP=
_sf6XWUdg" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">wrote about</a>&nbsp;was Newt Gingrich=E2=
=80=99s&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkcGOhSAMRb_msd=
MAKuqCxWzmNwxCUTKKDpQx_v3U9xJCL0mbe3uwBmE50q3PIyN7rgnvE3SEK2-ACImVDGkKTkvBu=
7GXijnNe2n7mYU8-QSwm7BpdpZ5C9ZgOOLTLeSglGSr5q0yoxeD4Lb1xlqrxsEb05rGtKKz48fU=
FBcgWtDwB-k-IrBNr4hnfjVfL_lN57quOt65xNoeO73j28psJJcQlxTsWj1pqnwCkM7rUTZXzVD=
ZkpAigqvwqHxYVqSZtm24pMqClpxWE3zkvBFS1KLu3RU8_Ar_I18t3xdR5zJnNPbn8WZJk47ZB9=
hc3gOugnPqWx4O7wZCMVHdSwx4TxDNTOYaUwGGH9BvZtMCERJ9gJsMaqEoRCflIBrZfKAQxkYI1=
UnVMErgDpqKeqEl42U29w-thJbe" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underli=
ne;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">2006 speech</a>&nbsp;sug=
gesting that the First Amendment=E2=80=99s free speech guarantee to fight t=
errorism should be =E2=80=9Cmodified=E2=80=9D.&nbsp;</p><div style=3D"font-=
size:16px;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:16px;text-align:center;"><table wi=
dth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" style=3D"marg=
in:8px auto;"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"text-align:center;"></td><td align=3D=
"left" width=3D"550" style=3D"text-align:center;"><a href=3D"https://email.=
mg1.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu4yAM_ZqyS8QrpFmwuBppfiPiYVLUBHKB3E7n68dpViMh2_h5=
dGxnGiy5vPWeayOnmNt7B53gVVdoDQo5KpQ5es0ZHaaRK-I1HbkbLYl1DgVgM3HVZD_sGp1pMac=
zm_G7Upw8NBVj8MwoI9Uo1BSYVFYYG4CPljsZrqHm8BGSAw0_UN45AVn1o7W93sTXjf_G53zq62=
FrM-7Zu7yhK25mAdQBmnucGtu0fOO_vi9DfC05e_yHdd5LXgrUGn8A_bUB7FhxjeDDOWQ4x6Cwh=
3sCxksHdLDW3WVnjRGdFCN008DunfFWcAvjON1lX0VvNvM3J_OqFy7scZHxMT8g68eUUwgWPO9G=
bmwnfcBWykKHMUmFG2yQdlYD_SOnod_TQqLmFGlndKJUMM561o_-FQN8s_DkN0m3hf1HCika7VR=
DhNXXLbYHoxTzlnNHnwRENqPejhTbe4Zk7Apet3IAadcRfPY5L5Cg4HH42TTNFIIYOL8zwcW1MF=
yxYEwNXAmCCHzGqqSRYkgvs_p_Yz_Emw" style=3D"border:none;display:block;height=
:auto;margin:0;padding:0;text-decoration:none;width:auto;" target=3D"_blank=
" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><img alt=3D"" src=3D"https://cdn.substack.com=
/image/fetch/w_1300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3=
A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpu=
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display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 650px; vertical-align: middle;=
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ue"></a></td><td style=3D"text-align:center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></d=
iv><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em=
 0;">The former House Speaker approvingly cited&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://ema=
il.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkcFuhSAQRb_msdMAVvQtWHTT3zAjjEqKYGGssV9feC8hZHLnk=
rlzMEC4xnTrI2Zi9ZroPlAHvLJHIkzszJgmZ7UUvH8OUjGr-SDNMDOXpyUh7uC8Zsc5e2eAXAzV=
LeSolGSbNsOzn7mFQcEw92aEGYwUFhVfOtnj-B4Kp3UYDGr8xXTHgMzrjejIj-7zIb_Kua6rNXH=
fMRCke4cV_lzAKpUmJHLGY65lsAmvZjemiNtdlJqxyQei2ZolpqYslWJymaqdOS15WU3wJ-edkK=
IV7WAvt-CPWL7l44Pvq2jzOWcC813HsaRLHfLi0Nu8O9oE58W3Vg4vQ0Ex1ahncHRPGGD2aDWlE=
xm9Qb-YTSsGTOUD7ASkhSoheilH0cnuDaVg7IRQvVQdKwlsLK-CXss64QJv_wGRhJkN" style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer noopener">a&nbsp;</a><em><a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c=
/eJwlkcFuhSAQRb_msdMAVvQtWHTT3zAjjEqKYGGssV9feC8hZHLnkrlzMEC4xnTrI2Zi9ZroPl=
AHvLJHIkzszJgmZ7UUvH8OUjGr-SDNMDOXpyUh7uC8Zsc5e2eAXAzVLeSolGSbNsOzn7mFQcEw9=
2aEGYwUFhVfOtnj-B4Kp3UYDGr8xXTHgMzrjejIj-7zIb_Kua6rNXHfMRCke4cV_lzAKpUmJHLG=
Y65lsAmvZjemiNtdlJqxyQei2ZolpqYslWJymaqdOS15WU3wJ-edkKIV7WAvt-CPWL7l44Pvq2j=
zOWcC813HsaRLHfLi0Nu8O9oE58W3Vg4vQ0Ex1ahncHRPGGD2aDWlExm9Qb-YTSsGTOUD7ASkhS=
oheilH0cnuDaVg7IRQvVQdKwlsLK-CXss64QJv_wGRhJkN" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text=
-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">Comme=
ntary&nbsp;</a></em><a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkcFuhSA=
QRb_msdMAVvQtWHTT3zAjjEqKYGGssV9feC8hZHLnkrlzMEC4xnTrI2Zi9ZroPlAHvLJHIkzszJ=
gmZ7UUvH8OUjGr-SDNMDOXpyUh7uC8Zsc5e2eAXAzVLeSolGSbNsOzn7mFQcEw92aEGYwUFhVfO=
tnj-B4Kp3UYDGr8xXTHgMzrjejIj-7zIb_Kua6rNXHfMRCke4cV_lzAKpUmJHLGY65lsAmvZjem=
iNtdlJqxyQei2ZolpqYslWJymaqdOS15WU3wJ-edkKIV7WAvt-CPWL7l44Pvq2jzOWcC813HsaR=
LHfLi0Nu8O9oE58W3Vg4vQ0Ex1ahncHRPGGD2aDWlExm9Qb-YTSsGTOUD7ASkhSoheilH0cnuDa=
Vg7IRQvVQdKwlsLK-CXss64QJv_wGRhJkN" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:=
underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">article</a>&nbsp;=
by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy =E2=80=94 entitled =E2=80=9CFr=
ee Speech for Terrorists?=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 insisting that some ideas are =
so dangerous, especially in the era of terrorism and the internet, that the=
 First Amendment must be limited to permit greater censorship powers:</p><b=
lockquote style=3D"border-left:4px solid #ea410b;margin:1em 0;"><p style=3D=
"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;margin-left=
:1em;">With an enemy committed to terrorism, the advocacy of terrorism=E2=
=80=94the threats, the words=E2=80=94are not mere dogma, or even calls to =
=E2=80=9Caction.=E2=80=9D They are themselves weapons=E2=80=94weapons of in=
citement and intimidation, often as effective in achieving their ends as wo=
uld be firearms and explosives brandished openly. . . .&nbsp;</p><p style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;margin-l=
eft:1em;">Do we so lack confidence (except in the sacrosanct status of spee=
ch itself) that we are unable to say with assurance that some things are tr=
uly evil, and that advocating them not only fails to serve any socially des=
irable purpose but guarantees more evil? Must our historical deference to o=
pinion, however noxious, defer as well to a call to arms against innocents,=
 or a call to destroy a form of representative government that&nbsp;<em>pro=
tects</em>&nbsp;religious and political freedom? May we not even ban and cr=
iminalize the advocacy of militant Islam and its m=C3=A9tier, which is the =
indiscriminate slaughter of civilians? . . .&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a=
1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;margin-left:1em;">In =
America's bumptious, bounteous marketplace, there are no limits on words as=
 the building blocks of ideas, or on ideas as the legitimate instruments of=
 persuasion. Terror has no place in such discourse. It is the function of l=
aw to express our society's judgments. Ours should be simple and humane: wo=
rds that kill are not words we need abide.</p></blockquote><p style=3D"colo=
r:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">As a free spee=
ch advocate and civil libertarian, I was naturally repelled by this notion =
that some political ideas could be deemed so dangerous by the state that th=
ey can be legally suppressed. In response, I&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.=
mg1.substack.com/c/eJw9kEuOxCAMRE_T7BIB-XUWLGYz14j4mAQ1gQyYiXL7Id3SSJaNRFnl=
eloirDFd4ogZyd0WvA4QAc7sARESKRnS4ozgjA7zxEdiBJ24nhRxebEJYJfOC3IU5Z2W6GK41Yw=
_x5GTTfTGPNVsZmtl19upnxTXoAeYTG_tPPcfU1mMg6BBwC-kKwYgXmyIx6P7evDvWquHENbqFk=
7pTat8XPMRsdVxr7-c0rEOxmvDaOSVG4wlNTLFEkxzxuRNE22jSt7aDXdPnOC0JmJ0prRjnLWsn=
czpLPww--KPnu4ra3NRGaV-3S4kifoO2TrwJu8ON0Zp1a13_LegEljq3EtweC0QpPJgBKYCBD98=
36iWFQKkyt0sEgUb6xED50_W8e7DotLrGBsHPnakXmBi3QriP_sf6XWUdg" style=3D"color:=
#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noo=
pener">asked rhetorically in 2006</a>: =E2=80=9CAre there&nbsp;<em>any&nbsp=
;</em>American values at all in which Bush followers and neocons actually b=
elieve -- any constitutional principles that are sacrosanct and whose viola=
tions they would oppose if undertaken in the name of fighting The Terrorist=
s?=E2=80=9D I concluded: =E2=80=9CIt certainly doesn't appear so.=E2=80=9D<=
/p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em=
 0;">Beyond raising alarms about civil liberties erosions, I also often ins=
isted that the underlying causes of terrorism aimed at the U.S. should be c=
onsidered if for no other reason than to understand how to address it witho=
ut destroying core liberties for Americans.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1=
a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">While religious fana=
ticism may sometimes be the cause, far more often, I argued, such attacks w=
ere&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkd2OhCAMhZ9muNMAjj=
hecLE3-xqGn6pkFFyoY3z7rWNC2oacltMPZxCmlE-9pYLsCgOeG-gIR1kAETLbC-QheC0Fb_tOK=
uY176TrLAtlGDPAasKi2bbbJTiDIcVLLeRLKclm7Tl09iUa0Vjj3dPLfuxH2zbdU6mXs_x-1Ow-=
QHSg4QP5TBHYomfErTyan4f8pYMzhEh-HGxYu7TSleRCUeLiCurWVB4uRfhclaXtqkQTq2M2WDl=
Du5SKhuSUQ1krM5kQC1ZX3wEFaQQLWnJaVfCe80ZIUYu680cY4U-Mb_l48nUSddltQePelxGWNd=
WxjAEWX9aAs-CcdNPF5SsgNAPldY8BzwGisQt4jXkHhjf4L8NhggiZLPvBoBaKTLRSEjrZ3JAIa=
yOEaqVqGDnwibqinugL4mEW_w9dkJvi" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">motivated by rage</a=
>&nbsp;over the killing of innocent people, including children, by the U.S.=
 Government=E2=80=99s bombs, drones and tanks in Muslim-majority countries.=
 Right-wing advocates&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwt=
UcGOhCAM_ZrhpqHVUefAYS_7GwahKhkEF3An_v3WmU1I2zSvfY9XowstMZ1qj7mIK4zl3EkFemV=
PpVASR6Y0OqsQ5P3RYyeskj2afhIuj3Mi2rTzSuzH5J3RxcVwoQGHrkOxKpxpmFAC2KGHe9_Iac=
B-Gh5NS-2s2_lDqg_rKBhS9EvpjIGEV2spe741Xzf85ldWcoH1GNpLbeLGLd7acgJ51cjB6KCtr=
vYUjdduc2GpXjpVgNVJOuUqr9E8yVY5bsQclS5F_zc886fMO4RTKPmvIB9SNoBQQ93bl5vpB-Yn=
3lq5LVDnY8rX7KVEJMV1yLMjb_PmygpSMm65jHkD2JuR83YEV86Rgp48WVXSQaJ8nH-bOC4UKPF=
F7KiLgo5F3BEHaLD5uMS-NgDdHbtGsAIbeSqohW8QXtrbP8tZmzo" style=3D"color:#1a1a1=
a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"=
>often demonized</a>&nbsp;such arguments as pro-terrorist or as =E2=80=9Cju=
stifying=E2=80=9D terrorist attacks, but the left largely supported the inq=
uiry into motivating causes, just as they have long supported the attempts =
to understand what motivates violent crime, on the ground that misguided ac=
tions are often driven by valid or at least widely shared redressible griev=
ances. But the view that we should attempt to identify the core motives of =
terrorist acts or violent crime, rather than just label them evil and vow t=
o destroy their perpetrators, was largely deemed taboo in mainstream discou=
rse.</p><div style=3D"font-size:16px;line-height:26px;"><hr style=3D"backgr=
ound:#f5e5e1;border:none;min-height:1px;margin:24px 0;padding:0;"></div><p =
style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;"><=
strong>It is stunning to watch</strong>&nbsp;now as every War on Terror rhe=
torical tactic to justify civil liberties erosions is now being invoked in =
the name of combatting Trumpism, including the aggressive exploitation of t=
he emotions triggered by yesterday=E2=80=99s events at the Capitol to accel=
erate their implementation and demonize dissent over the quickly formed con=
sensus. The same framework used to assault civil liberties in the name of f=
oreign terrorism is now being seamlessly applied =E2=80=94 often by those w=
ho spent the last two decades objecting to it =E2=80=94 to the threat posed=
 by =E2=80=9Cdomestic white supremacist terrorists,=E2=80=9D the term prefe=
rred by liberal elites, especially after yesterday, for Trump supporters ge=
nerally. In so many ways, yesterday was the liberals=E2=80=99 9/11, as even=
 the&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkMGOhCAQRL9mOE6gU=
dADh73sbxiE1iGr6EK7xr_fdiYhUCRFU_WCJ5y3crl9qyTubaBrR5fxrAsSYRFHxTKk6EDJtrdg=
RHTSQrCjSHWYCuLq0-LEfoxLCp7Slm-3gs4YEC_Xdmh938vQjrHtg-lM0F0bGo3ofaO7z6f-iAl=
zQId_WK4to1jci2ivD_31gG9edKY7zjNsK99i9BdmFpU8HZWF0o2FRoKVVprOggYpkgPJsZXspd=
QK1FM9bTzThL9q-oFHI9dZPesx8pDwc08WxbHOdUq4xLomeikp2TffHd8GrjnwuR450TVg9uOC0=
VE5UNAH4pvHMGPGwnDj4MkpwyFagE5p0J_CjEgrZVowWnCCuPGr7GbGmU-_xH9Dx4cx" style=
=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer noopener">most sensible commentators</a>&nbsp;among them are resorti=
ng to the most unhinged rhetoric available.</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;fo=
nt-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">Within hours of the Capito=
l being cleared, we heard truly radical proposals from numerous members of =
Congress. Senators and House members who objected to Electoral College cert=
ification, or questioned its legitimacy, should be formally accused of sedi=
tion and&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlUEFuhDAMfM3mi=
GIHAhxyqCr1Af0AColho0KgSSji9zW7UuSMrLE9M84Wmrd0mX3LRdxlKNdOJtKZFyqFkjgypSF4=
gyCbvkUtvJEtunYUIQ9TIlptWIzYj3EJzpawxZsN2GmN4mlsTTVgLaexl66WusWOejd1HhS4scb=
3UXv4QNGRoT9K1xZJLOZZyp4f6uOBX_zWbQwLVeUMt6rKbSs3v2n_3FJglIstR2YAqtY9atkp1c=
i2r_m0CAYlywfZS6kAoYKq9WeY6BemH3zUcp2hysfIS9zPvVokwzjmKdDi8xrKE6Rk3nx7fRHY7=
sD_esRQroGiHRfypqSDRHmH-cplmClS4pD9YIsBzSIaxA4UqrdxjkoB6Aa1EqzAbzwVzcyxxtMu=
_h947onR" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">expelled from the House</a>&nbsp;if not pro=
secuted, argued Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), with other House members expressing =
support. Even those unarmed protesters who peacefully entered the Capitol s=
hould, many argued, be hunted by the FBI as domestic terrorists.&nbsp;</p><=
p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;"=
>Calls proliferated for the banning of the social media accounts of instiga=
tors and protest participants. Journalists and politicians cheered the deci=
sion by Facebook and Twitter to temporarily bar the President from using th=
eir service, and then cheered again when Facebook=E2=80=99s CEO Mark Zucker=
berg&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlUctuxCAM_JrlRgQkS=
3YPHHrpb0QOOAktgZRHo_37Ol0JjS1rbMZjCxXXlF_mSKWyC6b6OtBEPEvAWjGzVjBP3hklxf05=
Ks2cEaOy48x8mZaMuIMPhh1tDt5C9SlebKkeWiu2mccMWoyjHR5K9np4DrPTs-hheGrnQIj3p9C=
cx2jR4C_mV4rIgtlqPcqt_7ipT3rneXZ1w7VBdh5iZ9NO1Vb4JZUyJZSk8AWRUIwELkUIjtfc9o=
PX01_b8Bkip1YsvCaO0XHYveMWQih8SZmqbd2IB_bahHlzzRVSPIXopZKd7EZ3-gV_5PKtboPYV=
9mVNpcK9vvSxLKhPJbFY3Bl93WTQhBvvVz6J5BRE8W9RV9fE0aYAzpDKpHV9xn-HZ1WjJjpPG6C=
aqQmEXelHrJX_dsyMrmXUt-V7hkpcIm6olnpIPGkvf8A4lmgwQ" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;=
text-decoration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">a=
nnounced on Tuesday</a>&nbsp;that the ban on Trump extended through Biden=
=E2=80=99s inauguration. Some journalists, such as&nbsp;<em>CNN</em>=E2=80=
=99s Oliver Darcy,&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlkEG=
OhCAQRU_TLA2gIixYzGauYRBKmwyCA-V0vP2U3QmBgvwq_n_eIWylXvYoDdm9zXgdYDO8WgJEqO=
xsUOcYrBR8NJNULFg-ST8tLLZ5rQC7i8my41xS9A5jybdaSK2UZE9r1tXD6AehjQPjzDJOYdGTc=
M4oPzj9-dSdIUL2YOEP6lUysGSfiEd79F8P-U1rL0tM0OEr3q46X3Z6LCmSPrjqL7o1dHg2KkQ_=
TJIbrcdRaj2ofuAsWskpguCG815I0YluCq-4wq9Yf-Rj4PsmunYuNMT_3ONZtVTntkZIoe0Rn4J=
z0m133reAIs907meOeM2Q3ZIgWKwnMPwAfbOZN8hQCXSYHVqhyMQopRa97D_hCVcvhBql6hk5CI=
W6st0IbX65FP4BTwuMrg" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline;" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">complained</a>&nbsp;that Facebo=
ok had not gone far enough, that more mass censorship was needed of right-w=
ing voices. The once-radical 2006 Gingrich argument =E2=80=94 that some opi=
nions are too dangerous to allow to be expressed because they are pro-terro=
rist and insurrectionary =E2=80=94 is now thriving, close to a consensus.&n=
bsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 =
0 1em 0;">These calls for censorship, online and official, are grounded in =
the long-discredited, oft-rejected and dangerous view that a person should =
be held legally accountable not only for their own illegal actions but also=
 for&nbsp;<em>the consequences of their protected speech</em>: meaning the =
actions others take when they hear inflammatory rhetoric. That was the dist=
orted mentality used by the State of Mississippi in the 1970s to try to hol=
d NAACP leaders liable for the violent acts of their followers against boyc=
ott violators after hearing rousing pro-boycott speeches from NAACP leaders=
, only for the Supreme Court in 1982 to&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.s=
ubstack.com/c/eJwlUMuOwyAM_JpyjHgkJD1w2Mv-RkTApGwJyYLZKn-_TiuhsY0GPDPOIqx7O=
c2xV2QXzHgeYDK8agJEKKxVKHP0Rgo-3EepmTd8lG5cWKxzKACbjcmwoy0pOotxzxdbyElryR5G=
OWsX0D0HFdxghdNysMFr3dswgA6fpbb5CNmBgT8o556BJfNAPOpNfd3kN53ajgIbdD-tYrSd2ze=
6dLZCpRrAQ7GJunaN_TARTpMmZNFITtoFv3OuhBSd6Eb_igF-RXjKW8-3VXS1LRWte17_smKozz=
VESL5uER-Cc-Ktl9E3gbzOVLeWI54zZLsk8AZLA4afJN-hzCtkkoXgZ4tGaBIxSDkJJdXHNeWkh=
NCD1IqRAr_Tq2xWyjS_bPL_wEGKrQ" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:under=
line;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">unanimously reject</a>=
&nbsp;such efforts on the ground that "while the State legitimately may imp=
ose damages for the consequences of violent conduct,&nbsp;it may not award =
compensation for the consequences of nonviolent, protected activity," addin=
g that even "advocacy of the use of force or violence does not remove speec=
h from the protection of the first amendment."</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a=
;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">The complete reversal i=
n mentality from just a few months ago is dizzying. Those who spent the sum=
mer demanding the police be defunded are furious that the police response a=
t the Capitol was insufficiently robust, violent and aggressive. Those who =
urged the abolition of prisons are demanding Trump supporters be imprisoned=
 for years. Those who, under the banner of =E2=80=9Canti-fascism,=E2=80=9D =
demanded the firing of a top&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;</em>editor for p=
ublishing an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) advocating the deployment of t=
he U.S. military to quell riots =E2=80=94 a view deemed not just wrong but =
unspeakable in decent society =E2=80=94 are today furious that the National=
 Guard was not deployed at the Capitol to quash pro-Trump supporters. Antif=
a advocates are working to expose the names of Capitol protesters to empowe=
r the FBI to arrest them on terrorism charges. And while Rep. Cori Bush=E2=
=80=99s proposal to unseat members of Congress for their subversive views w=
ent mega-viral, many forget that in 1966, the Georgia State Legislature ref=
used to seat Julian Bond&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/e=
Jw9UsuO3CAQ_Bpzs8Vjbc8cOKwmu8dcEilHC0Mbk8UwCziT-fu0zSoSoktN0VXQrVUBG9NT3mMu=
5Nim8ryDDPDIHkqBRPYMaXJGckb768gHYiQduR5n4vK0JIBNOS_JfZ-906q4GA4245dh4GSVwpg=
BaK-vQovLzHp46ZUZzcjHq1gE9FVU7cZB0CDhD6RnDEC8XEu550a8NvwdVw5aG2ddUb6LyWIGqa=
FkBBYw4VTrwbrsVdkTtAkWNJ7bEtsMqrS_d-9UaOcYzFlPHIXHN9wL_C2N-PZrhdDwntMf32-3E=
7icdzAVHjoYc8H_2lC24bdZpTO3uu2MS4oVzOCCrXRUBtM1fPgS-bmCq7eUPn6qVn1AgioTckn7=
UV_5rwQKrfUwqepPWeXC_1MM7zCnXaVnR5zkFNvE6JVSwTjrWDeah1vgky0fvHmhm2Vd3md8hv7=
odNxIkohDXhx4kzdXVkYp8uzR05OAbZ0wbntw5TlBULMHI9ElkFKH5uz_ZCFAOl47qSLZgCZ6zi=
9McFEbjCMhGBt6PgiCDkzEW0FaHJ_wUN78Azol1Hg" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-deco=
ration:underline;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">after he r=
efused</a>&nbsp;to repudiate his anti-war work with the Student Non-Violent=
 Coordinating Committee, then considered a domestic terrorist group.</p><p =
style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">T=
hose who argued in the summer that property damage is meaningless or&nbsp;<=
a href=3D"https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJwlUcuOhCAQ_JrhpoHWQefAYS_7Gwah=
VbIKLrRr_PttZxJSXU2qH6l2lnBO-TJ7KiRuGOja0UQ8y4pEmMVRMA_BG1Dy-epAC29kB64bRSj=
DlBE3G1Yj9mNcg7MUUrzVCnqtQSymbUfEZlQw2kbj2Le21Qxeg-3cq8PPUHv4gNGhwT_MV4ooVr=
MQ7eXRfD3gm995nnXcc53yzFlBd08qTF3yWM5AbuEEJEgOsr95x_CSWreguvuD21b2oCXlUtk8H=
xtGqkKsPE4YC1ZpqtaUKMRZBMOdlFTyJWWjQNWq7vwZJvxV0w88WrnNqi7HWMi6n9qlTWTDPJYp=
4OrLFmhRUrJuvt15C9iggeN2xEDXgNGOK3pD-UBBH_vfTg4zRsx8Fj9YMkrzEk-AXjXQfKxicxu=
l9BN0I3gDn7gqmpkPEU-7-n9-_pwc" style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:under=
line;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">even noble</a>&nbsp;ar=
e treating smashed windows and looted podiums at the Capitol as treason, as=
 a coup. One need not dismiss the lamentable actions of yesterday to simult=
aneously reject efforts to apply terms that are plainly inapplicable:&nbsp;=
<em>attempted coup, insurrection, sedition</em>. There was zero chance that=
 the few hundred people who breached the Capitol could overthrow the U.S. G=
overnment =E2=80=94 the most powerful, armed and militarized entity in the =
world =E2=80=94 nor did they try.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-s=
ize:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">Perhaps many view it as more u=
psetting to see august members of Congress hiding in fear of a riot than to=
 watch ordinary small-business owners weep as their multi-generational stor=
e burns to the ground. Undoubtedly, national reporters who spend much time =
in the Capitol and who have long-time friendships with Senators and House m=
embers are more horrified, far more so, by violent gangs in the Capitol rot=
unda than on the streets of Portland or Kenosha. But that does not mean tha=
t rational restraint is unnecessary when searching for sober language to ac=
curately describe these events.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-siz=
e:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">There is a huge difference betwe=
en, on the one hand, thousands of people shooting their way into the Capito=
l after a long-planned, coordinated plot with the goal of seizing permanent=
 power, and, on the other, an impulsive and grievance-driven crowd more or =
less waltzing into the Capitol as the result of strength in numbers and the=
n leaving a few hours later. That the only person shot was a protester kill=
ed by an armed agent of the state by itself makes clear how irresponsible t=
hese terms are. There are more adjectives besides =E2=80=9Cfascist treason=
=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Charmless protest,=E2=80=9D enormous space between th=
ose two poles. One should not be forced to choose between the two.</p><p st=
yle=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;"></p=
><div style=3D"font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:16px;text-alig=
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l8zQnxE37VVX7YVZvdfExnNEchq6D6q6ElqDlKIEjSGtb6QAZypn1A7cOh6upPpzHYFHhN6ZXDF=
it6l7Knm_i4wZ_6FgXmnyYXLR9NDZu5PKbXpD0jMXeT01lSrzB59dliI8lRkf3eZ32FJeEOftvJ=
H8uiDtlXC1Ank3k2YaEOewD6T3VyKQxdmhro7WoW9FjPUo-1NoZAQb7fhzaJotGb_onBv3MFy6q=
cZHxNt8g89vsGNDnB1EPnLm6bd1Ym5ab2lnGGRPWdK2bOLTyn-jH5u-OS-UVMCKes5ECOPCGN71=
7-hm_-PyAW8u2hf9HS5UU2SHPHleXN1_uVJrilnNK7wDCNpHejuDLa8KgzYpOlXRgVa41eE90Wj=
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d></tr></tbody></table></div><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-=
height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">It has long been clear that, in the post-Tru=
mp era, media outlets looking to keep viewers hooked, and government offici=
als looking to increase their power, will do everything possible to center =
and inflate the threat posed by right-wing factions. I=E2=80=99ve said this=
 more times than I can count over the last year at least.</p><p style=3D"co=
lor:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:0 0 1em 0;">Like all inf=
lated threats, this one has a kernel of truth. As is true of every faction,=
 there are right-wing activists filled with rage and who are willing to eng=
age in violence. Some of them are dangerous (just as some Muslims in the po=
st-9/11 era, and some Antifa nihilists, were and are genuinely violent and =
dangerous). But as was true of the Cold War and the War on Terror and so ma=
ny other crisis-spurred reactions, the other side of the ledger =E2=80=94 t=
he draconian state powers clearly being planned and urged and prepared in t=
he name of stopping them =E2=80=94 carries its own extremely formidable dan=
gers.&nbsp;</p><p style=3D"color:#1a1a1a;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;ma=
rgin:0 0 1em 0;">Refusing to consider those dangers for fear of standing ac=
cused of downplaying the threat is the most common tactic authoritarian adv=
ocates of state power use. Less than twenty-four hours after the Capitol br=
each, one sees this tactic being wielded with great flamboyance and potency=
, and it is sure to continue long after January 20.</p><div class=3D"ydp427=
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