Putting The Proud Boys Away

AT LONG LAST, the four big leaders of the infamous white supremacist terrorist organization the "Proud Boys", have been convicted, of "seditious conspiracy", among other crimes. Evidently they could all get upwards of twenty behind bars, thank heavens. Interesting that the convictions were for "conspiring" to have an insurrection in an attempt to overthrow the government, rather than the seemingly far more serious crime of actually having it, of carrying out the insurrection plans, and nearly overthrowing the government, with lives lost in the failed attempt. But more importantly, this trial established that yes indeed the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was a pre planned, deliberate conspiracy to overthrown Biden's election and keep Trump in power, a true treasonous insurrection. Of course we all already knew that the very moment Trump told his assembled mob "go to the Capitol and fight like hell or you're not gonna have a country anymore". This trial of the Proud Boys also clearly established something we also have long known; that the insurreciton was based on Trump's big election lie, that most conservatives and Republicans (basically the same people) thoroughly embraced the election lie, and the insurrection attempt, and Trump, and even more shockingly, still do. theProud Boys are far right wing conservative, all the way. They support Trump, white America, and all the rest. Deeply embedded within America's conservative community and Republican party are all the right wing racist hate groups, the white supremacists, folks who are generally Christian, so they claim. Trump is a demonstrable racist, and so are many of his supporters. This conviction of the Proud Boys is the mere tip of the iceberg. the entire Trump-supporting conservative-Christian demographic is to blame for our current American resurgance of racism, hatred, and gun violence. so ar, more than six hundred participants in the Cspitol insurrection have been prosecuted and convicted, which is wondereful and truly just, but there is much more work to be done to achieve true justice in America. Most conspicuous is Trump, who should be in prison, and may, if the lord is willing and the creek don't rise, end up there.