The group of more than 100 hooded protesters, with shields emblazoned with the words “no hate” and waving a flag identifying themselves as anarchist, busted through police lines, avoiding security checks by officers to take away possible weapons.
It has become clear to me that we are headed for Civil War. An article by Charles Blow at the
New York Times makes so many assertions of Trump weaponizing everything I had to stop and double-check the URL to make sure I hadn't wound up at a parody site.
From a throw-away line at a press conference in Finland from Trump about 'ratings' Blow proceeds to go on a 1535-word screed that starts with Hurricane Harvey and ends with the dire warning that Trump may attempt a military take-over of the White House if he's impeached.
"How do you raise an army?" Blow asks.
You do that by dividing America into tribes and, as "president," aligning yourself with the most extreme tribe, all the while promoting militarization among people who support you.
Is it Trump who consistently engages in
identity politics to sub-divide people into groups and label them with the worst monikers the English language is capable of suitable for polite company? Racist? Misogynist? White-Supremacist? Anti-Semite?
You do it by worshiping military figures and talking in militaristic terms.
Ok, he's right about that. In fact, I expected from the beginning Trump to align himself with the military in order to stave off the attack coming from the 'spontaneous civilian outrage' over his policies.
Comment: If there was ever a time to be thinking for yourself, this is it.