Before I begin, let me state – understanding that there is no form of communication so perfect it cannot be misunderstood or distorted – that nobody sane wants a civil war. People die in civil wars.
Condemning violence doesn’t address the other threat to our republic.
The response to the recent rioting at the U.S. Capitol was immediate, unequivocal, and bipartisan. Democrats were all too eager to condemn the participants as insurrectionists, to blame Donald Trump, and condemn him, too, as an unhinged provocateur. It must have given them some measure of satisfaction after the criticism they faced for ignoring and … Read more