In Defense of Democracy Against Its Existential Threat

In a democratic environment, an opponent with whom one might disagree is your adversary; not your enemy. In the current authoritarian climate, we are being told to regard our fellow citizen as a mortal threat. In Trump’s fever-dreamed version of fascistic fatalism, this notion is applied more broadly to designate certain sovereign states as enemy territories subject to invasion by a federalized militia acting on behalf of a single leader’s delusional conception of the national political landscape. This is done at the expense of otherwise free-thinking citizens suddenly caught in the crosshairs of a militarized and thoroughly unaccountable governmental force. These are the ingredients for nationwide civil unrest as Americans are turned against each other by the sinister manipulations of a regime dedicated to the maintenance and expansion of a perennial autocracy acting on behalf of narrow corporate interests while democratic values and institutions are summarily discarded into the dustbin of history. We cannot allow this dark vision of our future to prevail! Now is the moment to stand tall against these destructive elements and reassert our full faith, confidence, and collective will in the pursuit of freedom over oppression. Rise, resist, and reclaim our national identity as an open, inclusive, tolerant, multicultural, just, and forwardly directional people. 

A Distinction Without a Difference

 Replacing Greg Bovino with Tom Holman is analogous to removing Hermann Goring in favor of Heinrich Himmler.

Of and By the People

 Let’s take a moment to celebrate the courageous spirit of the citizens of Minneapolis as they respond to the murderous tactics of Trump’s SS with steadfast expressions of determined collective resistance.

A Call to Action

When a country no longer recognizes the legitimacy of domestic or international law, enacts lethal violence upon its citizens with impunity, kidnaps, jails and detains individuals without the benefit of due process, and otherwise devalues human life altogether it forfeits its claim as a functioning democracy. 

We are witnessing the dissolution of our civil society and rapidly replacing it with a repressive authoritarian government led by a madmen and enabled by his cadre of spineless enablers. It is our patriotic duty/mandate to vigorously resist this regime by whatever means available. Rise up and defy!! 

The Face of Authoritarian Rule

Various studies on the those abducted and imprisoned by ICE operatives have determined that between 87 and 92 percent have no criminal record whatsoever. So much for the contention of targeting only dangerous criminals. As this lie is exposed, their real intent is clear: produce fear and intimidation among the population through the use of unchecked violent force. 

The Terrorists Among Us

 I agree that we are in the midst of a full scale attack from a large contingent of domestic terrorists. And they are very identifiable: the ones wearing masks and riot gear while wielding and using firearms against the citizens of America.

Totalitarian Violence

 Whether on the high seas of the Caribbean or on the streets of Minneapolis, the Trump Administration is enacting an open policy of murder in the furtherance of its agenda. As a consequence, it is attempting to normalize lethal force as an acceptable means to achieve its objectives. Make no mistake, we are now living in a lawless authoritarian state requiring vigilant and persistent resistance.