A too familiar Confederacy of hate
The lesson of January 6th is this: If you are committed to liberty and justice for ALL, there will never be rest. As long as there are forces that push back against equity and equality those principles are in peril. Period. Persuasion, education, forgiveness is all fine and dandy if that’s what makes you feel good about yourself. But the truth is that the enemies of freedom have persisted since the beginning of the republic. The republic itself was founded by men who were profoundly schizoid about liberty. Some of the time I don’t think they even considered that the “for all” they proclaimed was a pile of horseshit. That speaks to the nature of American exceptionalism; you know, we always mean so fucking well. And if we fall short of our better angels, well, we can hardly be blamed because we’re a beacon or a shining city on a hill or whatever self-flattering nonsense white men with money have convinced themselves of. There was a Civil War. I’ve heard it argue that it...
