No Return

They want things to return to normal

but normal is a cage too small.

Stop the Steal, Indeed

 

Why Trump was rightfully impeached:

The difference is between a reasonable person who has always been reasonable and peaceful who one day in a speech says, "We have to fight for what we believe in..." THAT person is not inciting violence or engaging in dangerous speech.

But the man...

1. who has spent years ruthlessly attacking the press as an enemy of the people and with the false claims that they are fake news...

2. who has spent years lying about everything, from mundane matters to serious matters...

3. who has spent a year preparing his followers with the likelihood that "they" will try to "steal" the election and

4. then spent months repeating the dangerously false claim that the election was stolen and we have to "take back" our nation...

...THAT man in those circumstances is inciting violence when he gathers his followers in DC and tells them to be strong, to fight, to take back and to march down to the Capitol (where our free and fair presidential election was being certified) and stop them from "stealing" the election.

And the thing is, this has been predictable and it is why many rational people from across the political spectrum have been warning people about Trump since he first began running for office in 2015. It's why historians, military experts, generals, foreign affairs experts, mental health experts and countless regular people have been raising flags for years.

He began with dishonesty, false claims, attacks on the our heroes in the media (and make no mistake: We can not have a free nation without a decent free press), attacks on Democrats and even Republicans who disagree with him and get in his way. He began with divisive and racist language that emboldened white nationalists and anti-government types (they will tell you that themselves) and the dishonesty and divisiveness just increased over the years.

It was predictable and nearly inevitable that Trump's presidency would lead to this result and people have been raising that alert for years.

Let us hope that in the coming years we will begin to heal and rebuild NOT to where we were, but to some place better than where we were.

When, At Last, the Sun Sets

When, at last

the sun sets,

it will set upon you

and upon me

equally

and the moon

will suffice in the near-darkness

and

should there be no moon

and the stars are covered by clouds

let us hold hands

and find our peace

together

in darkness