One of the things that people keep pointing out, rightly so, is how the Trump base are dehumanizing the left/libs which leads to violence. With that in mind, I prefer to remember that the Trump supporters are people with their own issues and needs. Why are they willing to turn off their brains and blindly follow an authoritarian wanna be, what is driving their anger and resentment towards everyone else? Their needs are not being met by our government and the people that supposedly represent them. Until we address those issues, they will continue to lash out against anyone that naysays them. Employment and Education need to be brought up to snuff in the rural parts of our county. We need to move religion out of the sphere of control and get rational thought back into play.

The insurrectionists, and those that incite and enable them, need to be brought to justice. They should feel the full weight of their actions. I am NOT proposing leniency. We need to take appropriate action against fascism, totalitarianism, and prejudice. I don't believe that vilifying anyone that disagrees with me is going to be productive in the long term. It might make me feel better in the short term, it may even make it easier to act against them. In the long term, understanding why they are supporting Trump gives us an opportunity to address their needs and remove the catalyst for their support of him and others like him. Voters should vote based on political actions and their results, not political rhetoric, especially when the rhetoric devolves into populism like the conservatives have. The politicians and media that used racist and dehumanizing rhetoric to stir up the populace to take illegal and inappropriate actions should be culled from the political stage and put in jail. Those that latched on to the narrative and took those actions should be brought to justice.

I do however worry about the military taking a stance on any political event. They may be on my side this time, but next time they may not be. And using military force to push a political agenda will not end well for our democracy. I appreciate necroptosis clarification; I jumped too far down the rabbit hole with my internal thoughts and they spilled out into my post.

Any who, I don't often share my thoughts because I have difficulty articulating them. I appreciate you helping me to put them into words.