The RATM Chronicles – Vol 2

Volume 1 is located here: The RATM Chronicles - Vol 1

First let's go back and review some background. The founders met together many times, wrote many well reasoned papers (the Federalist Papers etc.), and debated in order to create a new republic, of the people and for the people. One essence of this process was the creation of a “civil society”, one where people were well behaved toward each other. After all, that was the basis of their entire discussion. These gentlemen were well educated, and civil toward each other, even while having disagreements on various points. And overall, they were quite successful in doing so.

The definition of “civility” can be found online here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/civility

Noun	1.	civility - formal or perfunctory politeness good manners, courtesy - a courteous manner incivility - deliberate discourtesy
	2.	civility - the act of showing regard for others politeness action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" courtesy - a courteous or respectful or considerate act deference, respect - a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" devoir - formal expression of respect

So in reviewing the recent posts

The RATM Chronicles - Vol 1

In our last examination of twitter feeds, we discussed the falsity expressed by @mattcsantor and others on the topic of "My way or the Highway". This time lets change direction a bit and examine pseudo personalities on the Socialist / Communist / Leftist / Democrat side.

So this time lets look at the twitter handles @RATM4 and @MTARRATM. These seem somewhat odd, and both are all caps, also odd. The second is just RATM backwards plus RATM. So they might actually be the same person, just with two handles. Or perhaps a teammate co-conspirator.

 Since google and such search engines can be quite useful, a search for RATM shows that https://www.google.com/search?q=ratm 
RATM is an acronym for the heavy metal band "Rage Against The Machine". So now the all caps makes sense. And since @RATM is the twitter handle for the band, it was already taken. Thus @RATM4 had to be used by the individual mentioned above.

OK, so what is the band "Rage Against The Machine" all about? Reading some of the web pages from the search we find that they are radical, violent, profane in language, anti-Establishment (meaning anti-Capitalist, anti-Western culture, etc),  and appear from the descriptions to be Marxist, Communist, Socialist, etc. in their associations, lyrics, and actions.