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. 2022 Nov 25;8:e1127. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1127

Table 2. Themes & example tweets—Michigan protest.

Theme I: Tactics & circumstances
A #Patriots, please use some restraint.. Whitmer is trying to goad Patriots into violence so she can justify #gun grab. #MichiganProtest #2A #OathKeepers @TheJusticeDept
N My better judgement tells me that if you show up at a State Capital building decked out in riot gear and an AR 15, you would be immediately arrested, locked up and charged with assault? What happened to those days?? #MichiganProtest https://t.co/slDvRVNYod
Theme II: Non-local politics
A Leave it a vile #Democrat to equate protesting to racism. #LiberalismIsAMentalDisease #OPENAMERICANOW #MichiganProtest https://t.co/GSPqpIsQ7n
N Why does @realDonaldTrump have a habit of calling people with confederate flags, swastikas, and nooses ”Very fine people” or ”very good people.” Hmm. #Charlottesville #MichiganProtest.
Theme III: Local politics
A Fuck off @GovWhitmer, you’re trash and so are your politics. #MichiganProtest #BidenTheRapist #MeTooUnlessItsBiden #MeToo https://t.co/EL7weMR9Fb
N Flint hasn’t had drinking water for a decade but don’t make #Michiganers stay home for a month! #MichiganProtest #worthless #loserswithguns
Theme IV: COVID-19
A @GovWhitmer awful response to COVID will dwarf her confusion to her self-induced Michigan SHUTDOWN RECESSION plan—a massive train wreck. #COVID19 #MichiganProtest
N @VP was reportedly told by hospital officials that a mask was a requirement and he still refused to wear one, while visiting #COVID_19 patients. To feed into the redoric of violant #DomesticTerrorists that participated in last nights #MichiganProtest for
Theme V: Political ideology
A All I can say is God Bless those patriots who grabbed their AK-47, filled up their Dodge Ram with their stimulus check and headed to Lansing to ignore the CDCs social distancing guidelines! These are the REAL heroes!
N But we have dummies in Lansing marching for white supremacy…smh