All of this - the myriad of (expensive) lawsuits that all went nowhere, the insurrection on 1/06/21, the damage it has done to the office of the presidency itself, the questionable voting laws that have been passed in certain states - could have been avoided had Trump just been a man and conceded defeat like every other defeated incumbent in history had done before him. We know now his own people told him he lost and that it would be futile to fight it. But fought it he did, and many grifters went along while the rank-and-file eagerly embraced any and all efforts to undermine the lawfully elected president. (This has done great damage to Biden’s standing with a worn-out and worn-down general public.) Upwards of 40% of our population *wants* Fascism; that is far more than enough to elect a president given our unique electoral system and the widespread apathy of millions. A plurality is making it plainly clear they want the rest of the population silenced and only *their* constitutional rights matters. After years of being inundated with conspiracy theories and far-right propaganda, they’re lining up behind Trump because they are sincerely afraid, and honestly believe there is a global plot to genocide them out of existence. Few may say it in so many words (some do), but this survival instinct is in overdrive. How does one reason with wounded animals? #Cult45 would still be a bit uppity right now - remember, they’re still angry as hell about the COVID restrictions - but if Trump had just bowed out gracefully, all of this would be a lot more manageable. Sometimes, it feels to me as if America will be lucky to last to the end of the year before civil war begins in earnest …
Above, a Carl Sagan quote that expresses everything I’ve been stressing of late: Nobody is going to say sorry unless they are forced to (and then, they won’t mean it), few are remorseful for the nation-killing evil they helped facilitate, and few are coming to their senses. Trump gave the average American the greatest gift they ever hoped to receive: The license to openly hate and abuse their fellow Americans. No means of keeping these United States together are possible anymore, the irreconcilable differences among us are too great. Nor is there any hope of a peaceful divorce, for millions are hellbent on violence and silencing the opposition. Civil war is coming; if we’re being honest, it has already been in its ‘cold’ phase for years. Now it’s getting hot: The end result and what comes after, I haven’t a clue, except that life will never be the same as we knew in the late 20th century …
It is true that President Biden does not have as big of a fan club as his predecessor maintains. We didn’t vote for the man to make him the center of a cult of personality, or to worship him as some national father figure. Only cultists would do that. Nor does anyone have real cause to demonize the president to the absurd extent being done. #Cult45 is pathetic. They’ve been thoroughly debunked and delegitimized over and over, but - again - they must keep doubling down, for surrender or admitting error is a fate worse than death to me. As with their deity, Donald Trump. Logic and all else be damned, we’re really f**king screwed.
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Jonah Goldberg: Inconvenient truths. Why Tucker Carlson ignored the January 6 hearing - Pussies and sissies, the whole lot of them. Few exemplified the chicken-s**t more aptly than Tucker Carlson. (The Dispatch 6/10)
Liz Cheney leaves Trump and his GOP apologists reeling - Quote: ‘Constitutional democracies are rarely destroyed by a single blow. Their citizens often sleepwalk into catastrophe, discovering too late that a degree of timely vigilance could have preserved their system of self-rule.’ (Washington Post 6/10)
From NPR, March 2, 2021: Antifa didn’t storm the Capitol. Just ask the rioters - #Cult45 needs to make up their minds: Was January 6 an ‘inside job’ to smear Trump and the GOP, or was it just some ‘patriots’ blowing off steam and not that big of a deal?
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