Why is this the jump I have been seeing lately? Are people so spun up in the “us vs them” rhetoric that they actually believe most Americans don’t think that way? I am all about exercising your Constitutional rights, but stepping over the line is stepping over the line. We have laws for it, and if you break them you should pay. Is there some faction, position, group who thinks that because someone condemns the insurrection they must also support riots with relation to social and racial justice? As if it’s an either/or situation.
That said, folks pulling the “well look at what they did” argument seem to forget the locality and timing of the insurrection. While both are absolutely wrong they are on different levels. One was a series of riots, the other an actual insurrection against the constitution and republic. Both are abhorrent, and both groups should be held accountable. I just have an extra special ire for those who shit on my Constitution while crying about their rights therein. It was more than just a bunch of flag carrying Karen’s and Chads, there was organized groups actively attempting to overthrow the basis of our republic. These are effectively cult members who are only now seeing the light. I hope they are made examples of, as well as the elected leaders who opted-in. Show the world that our democracy and rule of law will not hold back for feelings, and is stronger than the lies of a wannabe two-bit dictator. I can’t wait to see Trump’s dick drug through the dirt as an embarrassed, financially ruined, and destitute shell of his failed bravado. Then I hope to see him as a man without a country. Either that or just simply rotting away in jail till his all caps obituary. Once he’s provided due process that is.
I draw the commonalities between 9/11 and 1/6 based on the use of force/terrorism in attempt to inflict harm on the sovereignty of the United States. While the death tolls are significantly different, were the fundamental means and goals all that different? That is, terror, violence, and damaging this nation. I guess the difference really lies in the number of Americans who actually support the insurrection because racist, Nazi, or just believe Trumps con. The methods were different, but the desire and outcome the same.
As for Rittenhouse, he made his bed, hope his conscience catches up soon... he doesn’t seem to realize the gravity of what he did. With luck, a Jury and Judge will help him figure things out.
Yes the insurrectionists believe themselves to be patriots, but their belief is grounded in a hill of lies. It pains me to see how many Americans are willing to give up their lives and livelihoods for a single man and his cons, while becoming traitors in their own right. These are simple minds who were radicalized by an authoritarian regime, a cult, to believe Trump is the only answer to the questions they don’t actually understand. It’s sad that so many allowed this piece is shit reboot Hitler’s path, but I’m happy to see it failing.
I agree that we need to heal, and we need to reconcile. But before we can reconcile, they must first repent, be punished, and forever labeled a traitor to their nation.
We also need to kick the loser trophies off the shelf. Confederate icons and remnants should be treated as those of the Nazis in Germany. Wipe our public spaces of their memories, and teach the truth to our children about them. Times up on their culture of hate, welcome to the winning side. Don’t like it, no problem, I’m sure there’s room for you somewhere else. No, damn that sucks, guess you’ll just have to conform.
The Republican Party is on the verge of collapse, and their leadership knows it. Those who don’t exit the Trump train now, will crash. Some have already set their course, and I look forward to their spectacular falls from grace. Any moderate Republican on a primary ticket will punt these seditionists back under the rocks from whence they crawled.
TLDR: I got on a soapbox.
