Since the day Sarah Palin called white conservatives “Real Americans,” I have been vociferously warning people about the danger of allowing that mindset to flourish & ossify.

What happened yesterday was the tantrum of people who believe they are the “real” Americans because they

are white, and that their will should always prevail for that very same reason.

The correlative to that is that all other Americans are “fake”
or “fraudulent,” and that our will is of no consequence.

This mindset in the right is what lead to everything, including Wednesday’s
sedition-fest.

It is this mindset that justifies voter suppression, gerrymandering, unequal policing and justice standards, ignoring Congressional acts from a Dem majority, and insisting that votes from black communities be thrown out.

At base, it’s white supremacist having a
meltdown hissy fit because they cannot accept that they aren’t the majority, and likely never will be again.

Their only gambit at power is to destroy the very concept of majority rule, and to enshrine control by the racist minority.

They worship Trump because he was the first
politician who made clear he would do whatever it takes to make that shift occur, mostly out of selfishness and personal greed, not zealous philosophical accord, but the result was the same.

They love Trump because he is their flavor of both ruthless and immoral.

We MUST
contain him for that very same reason.

And once we do,we have NO CHOICE but to hold every single Trump enabler accountable & strip them of power. Because the failure of the coup of Incels does not signify the death of that world view.

If we allow it to fester & incubate, it
WILL come back stronger.

I assert right now that we SHOULD NOT be listening to the passive political leaders who allowed us to get here with their preference for placating an angry creature.

We should listen to the folks (including me) who warned us at every step on this path
to chaos.

We were RIGHT.

We were always RIGHT.

And America should listen to the people who were right, not those we were very very wrong.

Never again should we underestimate the threat posed by white supremacist, and never again should we countenance appeasement as a way
to engage them. They live on ruthlessness and respect nothing but brute force.

We can give no quarter to traitors and seditionists who would rather see the Constitution destroyed than brought into its fullest potential to the benefit of all, equally.

There is no middle
ground in this battle. People picked a side. Les jeux sont fait.

Put another way: It is what it is.

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Imagine if Christians actually had to live according to their Bibles.


Imagine if Christians actually sacrificed themselves for the good of those they considered their enemies, with no thought of any recompense or reward, but only to honor the essential humanity of all people.

Imagine if Christians sold all their possessions and gave it to the poor.

Imagine if they relentlessly stood up for the widow, the orphan, and the foreigner.

Imagine if they worshipped a God whose response to political power was to reject it.

Or cancelled all debt owed them?

Imagine if the primary orientation of Christians was what others needed, not what they deserved.

Imagine Christians with no interest in protecting what they had.

Imagine Christians who made room for other beliefs, and honored the truths they found there.

Imagine Christians who saved their forgiveness and mercy for others, rather than saving it for themselves.

Whose empathy went first to the abused, not the abuser.

Who didn't see tax as theft; who didn't need to control distribution of public good to the deserving.

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