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    About Unruly Mobs, Targeting Curches and #boycottIndiana

    As I watched #boycottIndiana unfold I felt like the tectonic plates of American culture were shifting right under our feet.     When Governor Mike Pence signed Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, who knew that Miley Cyrus and Ashton Kushner could help unleash a torrent of criticism and threats that eventually brought the government of Indiana to its knees?   In one week we saw suppression of dissent against gay marriage by an unruly mob, the targeting of churches and the spread of propaganda—a three-pronged strategy used widely by those aspiring to political power throughout history.   Midweek an Indiana ABC affiliate news crew went trolling for any…