TIME TO PUT HIM OUT IN THE COLD

We are about to enter week 37 since the 6^th January riot in the Capitol of the United States. Despite the overwhelming video evidence from seemingly countless devices, some of it from the rioters themselves, the revisionist view of what occurred on that day continues to flourish and keeps being fertilised by the leaders and acolytes of the Republican Party.

 

The constant repetition of falsehood in the face of such explicit factual evidence is stupefying, particularly as most of those so far charged with offences relating to the riot have pleaded guilty in the face of that evidence. To call an offender who voluntarily admits their guilt persecuted and a political hostage, is somewhat bewildering; yet, it is swallowed with religious zeal by the faithful.  They can no longer see or reason. Trump and his followers have performed the miracle of turning the able-to-hear truth deaf, the thoughtful dumb and the clear- sighted blind.

 

His perfidious tirades since the 4^th November 2020 have continued unabated, and the increasingly violent behaviour he has incited has avoided prosecution, despite the powerful televised warnings given by the likes of the State of Georgia’s Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling as early as the 1^st December 2020.

It is not just perpetuating “the big lie” it is inciting certain citizens of the United States to deliberately misuse the constitution of the United States, to undermine the very existence of the democracy it is meant to protect. It is incitement to continue insurrection and the overthrow of the Government of the United States. If that is not an indictable offence I fail to see how the rule of law is to be maintained in that country. The sheer number of adherents to the Trump mantra calls into question the continued existence of the Union and the continuing civil unrest (I use the term to indicate the levels of anxiety that must pervade the population) could well explode into outright civil war. How do you stop a would be Führer from taking complete control?

 

General Milley

The revelations of General Mark Milley surely give any concerned citizen pause to reflect on the state of mind of such a man as Donald Trump. The nation was, and is, in peril; and still, an extraordinary number of people and powerful media outlets repeat the dissimulations along with the invectives, pouring out of Trump, against anyone who disagrees or does not support him. How can such clearly psychotic behaviour still be idolised by so many?

 

 

 

How can anyone who believes in democracy and purports to support the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, which pledges itself to racial equality and freedom of speech, thought and religion not be anti-fascist and anti-racist.  Thus to complain about Antifa and BLM as far left organizations is a nonsense, unless they are ignorant of the purpose of these groups. To defend white supremacists and point to violent conduct on the part of Antifa and BLM as a way of excusing and overlooking white supremacy and thuggery is staggering in its inconsistency. Antifa may be left wing, but so what, it is dedicated to stop fascism as well as racism, predominantly in a non-violent manner. Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people. What is so left wing about that?

 

Either you are a believer in the principles of equality or you are not. If the far right did not exist, then neither would Antifa or BLM. If Antifa and BLM did not exist, then dictatorship would reign and the Constitution of the United States would be just a piece of paper in a museum. Freedoms of any kind would have no place.

 

One need only look at the tragedy of Afghanistan, taken over by a dictatorial group, fanatically bonded to a code of conduct, that limits freedom of thought and action, precludes the education and freedom of women, and adheres to a purported rule of law that is primitive and antiquated in the extreme. If that is not fascism, what is? It that is not a supremacist ideology, what is?

 

Is that the sort of country wanted by the supporters of Donald Trump? They talk of greatness and freedom but seek only the freedom to shout obscenities, demeaning racist and homophobic insults and the facility to carry lethal weapons, allegedly for protection. Seeing the news footage of the Taliban parading in Kabul with their AK47s is a mirror for Q Anon, the Proud Boys and their ilk; that, coupled with the lack of any social responsibility towards anyone else, to indulge in their own crass wants. I say wants and not needs. They have no understanding of need. The selfish self is all they know. That is the extent of their idea of freedom. They see themselves as heroes, without any idea of real courage, outstanding achievement or nobility. They are, in fact, gluttons of ignorance bingeing on the appeal of psychotic narcistic vanity in the shape of Donald Trump.  He will seek to destroy everything around him that does not feed that vanity rather like “The Blob”. Is it not time to put Trump in the cold? It is clearly the only thing that will stop him.

 

 

A parable of our time. In any event, stop messing about, arrest the man and let due process takes its course. The evidence is clearly there for all to see, although I doubt one could find a jury responsible enough to do the right thing. God bless America. Ho hum.