There is no "Moving on" from an insurrection
There is no looking forward without facing the present. Here is what some of our leaders are reluctant to say out loud. We already have a cold Civil War growing in America, and it will advance, not dissipate, if not directly confronted. I suspect some of our legitimate leaders (not the coup co-conspirators) fear stirring up a hornets nest by moving forcefully against insurrectionists now. It is too late to be deterred by that specter
Yes, they are right to be concerned. Forceful actions taken against sedition now will, in the short run, inflame conspiratorial passions, and embolden white supremacist and neo-nazi forces to believe that the hour of reckoning for their long wished for Race War in America has arrived. A determined crack down on these traitors in America will trigger some of them to further violence, some of it right out in the open, some of it done covertly, more akin to the Oklahoma City bombing. I sadly believe that further violence now is inevitable. The question now is just a matter of timing and scale. A failure to disturb the hornet's nest now only gives time for more hornet's to breed, for more hornets to burrow into and undermine the institutions, including law enforcement oa the local, state, and federal levels, that are the pillars upholding our democracy.
Right now insurrectionists feel emboldened by their ability to brazenly occupy the Halls of Congress without facing death or any other serious consequences. They already felt emboldened by their ability to waltz into the Michigan State legislature armed to the teeth, in an overt act of intimidation of legislators attempted to do the people's business. That was the prelude to yesterday, and nothing that happened yesterday sent a message strong enough to deter them from further acts of sedition.
With Biden soon to be heading the executive branch overseeing the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security, and with Democrats about to control both branches of government, there will be nothing standing in the way of the full force of the United States government being brought to bare against the forces of sedition, if the will to do so is there, if the courage to do so is there. There no longer is a well paved road toward peaceful reconciliation left before us to be taken. However it is still possible to nip sedition at a relatively early stage. Like a cancer on the body politic, it has been detected, and all of the recent stress tests on our democracy have confirmed that diagnosis. The only question that remains is how aggressively are we prepared to counter it. Metaphorically, will we employ strong chemotherapy, will we undertake surgery, or will we just prescribe some "beneficial herbs" in response to the grave illness that now threatens us?
If responsible governmental leaders, from all across the legitimate political spectrum can remain resolute in taking the strong steps needed to root out sedition in America, those who are fermenting it can still be isolated, and their toxic siren song luring legions of suggestible potential followers toward their fascistic grip can be successfully countered, before even more Americans become radicalized, before even more Americans become brainwashed.
We can fight sedition now, while victory can still be assured despite some horrific and regrettably inevitable collateral damage that will no doubt ensue, or we can fight sedition later, when victory can no longer be assured, when the damage suffered, and the deaths incurred, will be magnitudes higher regardless of the final outcome. That is the choice our leaders now face.
= new reply since forum marked as read
