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On 29 January 2017, Boston College history professor Heather Richardson published what would become a widely-shared Facebook post pertaining to President Trump's 27 January 2017 Executive Order temporarily halting entry to the U.S. of residents of seven countries, positing the controversial decision was a shock event: Professor Richardson postulated that backlash against President Trump's sudden action was planned cover for a separate subsequent act not yet apparent: Facebook users commenting on Richardson's popular post referenced a 2007 Naomi Klein book theorizing policymakers deliberately foment and leverage exhaustion and distraction stemming from upheaval and uncertainty, in the service of enacting policies to which the citizenry might otherwise object: As of 31 January 2017 Heather Cox Richardson was listed as a professor of nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level[s], with some career focus on the transformation of political ideology from the Civil War to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Although Richardson's Facebook post was widely shared and commented upon, it is a speculative one that hinges on the assignment of motives and is therefore an opinion-based text. Moreover, Richardson's theory rests on the occurrence of a future event which may or may not take place, and which would not necessarily be identifiable as the one to which she referred. Ms. Richardson confirmed to us that she was indeed the author of this piece, as published to her personal Facebook page (Heather Richardson) and shared via her author page (Heather Cox Richardson), although some social media repostings may have truncated or otherwise altered it. Richardson's complete post is reproduced as follows:
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