LIke Don, I was frightened by the spectacle of the Republican "rioters" at
the vote-counting; like Marty, I recognized "whoopsie isn't that how we, and
many of our actions, must have seemed to many in mid-America." But the latter
recognition hasn't stopped the fear, frankly, and so I think maybe it's not
just the actions we react to but also their goal; and a goal of interfering
with ballot counting is--however corrupt and basically "fixed" the
sociopolitical system and its "elections"--indeed scary. There is something
about this year's Republican candidates--and about the more right-drifting
(large/huge) bloc of the media/entertainment/politics industry in the country
generally--that one can imagine marching into a "riots"-followed-by-military
etc. putsch to win election.
Paula
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