It seemed pretty obvious to me by February of 2019 that Donald Trunk would not leave office peacefully.
He proved that prediction right with the failed insurrection he fomented on January 6th, 2021.
As a general rule if you attempt to overthrow a government either you are successful and called a liberator or you are unsuccessful and branded a traitor.
Since Trunk and his supporters were unsuccessful in their attempt to overturn a democratic fair election, they are correctly identified as traitors to our country.
Protecting our Democracy has required great sacrifices over time including by the brave men and women who served in the military and gave the ultimate sacrifice, those who lost loved ones and those who supported our American democratic form of government in myriad other ways - teachers, parents, election volunteers, and some political figures - to name a few.
I think on this Veteran's Day it's a good idea to remember all those heroes and also to recognize the threat Trunk and his cultish followers pose to that precious gift.
It's probably a good time to remember also that some people are more easily fooled than others and to show some compassion for the weak-minded until they become an actual threat to what we hold so dear.
There are more people that love our country for what it stands for and what our heroes fought and died for (he wrote hopefully), than those easily fooled by right-wing propaganda intended to make the obscenely rich more rich, the too powerful more powerful and the working class scared, angry, confused and subdued lest they recognize how poorly they have been treated over the last 40 plus years of neoliberal rule by both political parties.
Thanks vets, thanks teachers, thanks parents we owe you more than we could ever hope to repay.
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