"The thread running through all these events and controversies is the belief that liberals are so wicked that violence and the threat of violence are reasonable responses to the possibility of them getting their way. Right along with that belief is a fantasy, that of a man (almost always a man) who rather than being an ordinary schlub at the mercy of a world in which he has no power is actually bursting with testosterone and potency, someone who can and perhaps should become a killing machine."-- Paul Waldman in the Washington Post, discussing the rotted out Republican Party's violence problem, from Trump rallies and Trump himself, to January 6, to Rittenhouse, to Gosar and the rest of the coup caucus, etc., etc. We've all seen it become a pervasive part of public life, from the local to the national level, and it needs to be confronted. Appeasing fascist bullies has never turned out well.
