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Many of the faces were already familiar.

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Many of the faces were already familiar.

We saw them in real-time, smashing Capitol building windows, scaling walls, and parading through the halls of Congress, beaming with self-satisfaction. We could see their every emotion as they desecrated monuments, urinated on carpets, and sat behind lawmaker’s offices as if winning something they had fought so very hard for; a treasure they had valiantly won after a long and brutal struggle. We saw their faces because they wanted us to. This was not an insurrection, it was a live-streamed social media white fantasy. They’d chosen their costumes with great care: some ridiculous American caveman cosplay or a patriotic Pinterest...

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