DEFEAT FASCISM

 A sad misconception these days is that there is a "depravity bottom." There isn't. When Donald Trump ridiculed a disabled reporter on national news, and his base expressed no concern, the word went out.

"We can get away with anything."

Later days proved it was true. The filth. The lies. The deaths from Covid 19. The felony convictions. Nothing moved the needle.

Now we see folks still in hopes that, somehow, he will perform a deed of such baseness that the ground will swell and burst beneath him. A "tipping point" will occur.

Ain't gonna happen.

There is no bottom.

"But the Epstein files," you say.

Truth is, if the Epstein files, once opened, contained a verified video of him abusing a 12-year-old while she screamed for her daddy, would he lose one vote from his extreme right-wing evangelical base? Would one Fox entertainment pundit suddenly have a "John Newton Moment?" Would one ultra-rich supporter cease donating? Would one right-wing think tank alter course. Would one hate-pod influencer shut up?

Sadly, possibly not.

He is their "flawed messenger," the one who brings them power and torments the ones they hate. The ends they seek justify the means he uses. Fear, hate, and greed sell better than grace, compassion, or good government.

We are stuck with him. Nations, like people, choose poorly at times.

DEFEAT FASCISM

 If you aren’t concerned about the future of America right now you aren’t paying attention. You have to remember the Reichstag fire on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Some say a Communist set the fire. Some say the Gestapo set it.

It really doesn’t matter.

What matters how the Nazis benefitted from it. The day after the fire, at Hitler's request, President Hindenburg signed the Reichstag Fire Decree into law. This law suspended most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the right of free association and public assembly, and the secrecy of the post and telephone.

The event, some say, gave birth to the horror that was Nazi Germany.

Those in power in our country now have already started initiating the suspension of civil liberties mentioned. Will we allow the event in Los Angeles to accelerate the process?

Probably. America has entered a dark phase, and the forces of darkness are out-maneuvering the righteous.

It is time to begin finding hope and comfort in the beauty of a sunset.