Like the Republicans say, we need unity and harmony at this moment of national upheaval and sorrow. We need unity in standing up for Morals and Truth, and we need unity in declaring that Trump is a continual and unrepentant liar, and morally unfit to hold the position of President ever again, even for a day.
We need to admit that neo-fascism is a danger and that the riot involved neo-fascists, who declared their presence and praised their own actions.
We need to admit that even if Trump did not deliberately incite the riots, and was used by other sinister forces for their own purposes, he did nothing to try and stop those riots. He approved them by inaction.
We also need to truthfully reaffirm the integrity of the electoral process and the result of the election. Although having an inquiry into gerrymandering, voter suppression, intimidation of officials and so on, might be useful.
We may also need to investigate whether the defense of Capitol Hill was deliberately weak, whether the National Guard was held back, and whether rioters received inside help.
Americans may need unity in finding out why police reacted so strongly to BLM riots with weaponry and assault, and seemed so unprepared for the Trump riots, despite weeks of warnings.
Americans certainly don’t need to gain unity by ignoring the problems they face.
This might be difficult for some Republicans, but whoever said virtue was easy?
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Endnote – uncertainties
I’ve read that the March for Science with Bill Nye had a bigger and heavier armed police presence than the Save America March. I don’t know if that is true, but it may need checking.
Normally in approved US demonstrations you are not allowed to bring weapons, poles, body armour, backpacks which could store weaponry, and such. At this protest there were no attempts to stop people from being equipped for violence.
If this is true, this also needs investigation.
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