Commemorating Ignominy, Condemning Trump

YESTERDAY was the fourth anniversary of one of the most ignominious events in American history; the storming of the U.S. Capitol building by an angry mob of Trump supporters. Perhaps a new federal holiday should be established, "Insurection Day", a holiday celebrated every four years on January sixth, when the electoral college is certified. A solemn holiday, to remind the American people of the fragility of democracy, the value and necessity of protecting it, and the utter necessity for the orderly, peaceful transfer of power. The point to be made, the essential point is, that on election night, twenty twenty, when Donald Trump announced that he had in fact won the election but that it was being stolen from him, the very moment he uttered that lie, it was completely, entirely, totally, blatantly obvious that it was indeed a lie. Beyond Obvious. And yet, Trump, most Republican members of Congress, and most Trump supporters still insist that the lie is true. Just ask them. These people, Trump, Trump's Congress members, and millions of voters, still trying to deceive themselves, to deceived all of us, and are now governing the country. Its frightening, that people of such low maral character, intellectual shallowness and emotional instability now have such great power. By now most people should have long since abandoned this idiocy, but Trump won't let them, because he continues to insist that his great election lie is the truth. It is difficult to imagine anybody doing anything more harmful to the United States than what Donald Trump did, by promoting is big election lie. Because of it, the entire country has been seriously harmed, millions of people have endured much trauma, and severel people have died, notably at the the Capital on the day of the insurrection.Trump people, all Trump people including Trump himself, should be constantly reminded of the horrible harm they have done by accepting and perpetuating the big election lie, the harm they are still doing, every day that they continue to embrace the lie. It is not inappropriate to casually ask your pro Trump friends whether the still believe that the election of twenty twenty was stolen by Biden and the Democrats from Trump. Nor is it inappropriate to openly smirk, scoff, and laugh at them if they say "yes". Had I spent the last for years believing and spouting this nonsense, and especially if I still believed and spouted it now - I am firmly convinced that somewhere, deep in the dim recesses of my mind - I would feel like a bit of an idiot. And those who still do embrace Trump's big election lie should feel like idiots, because that is precisely what they are. The people who embrace Trump's election lie tend to be the same people who embrace all the rest of the far right extremist nonsense, including anti-vaxxing, climate change denial, anti science, religious fanaticism, hyper nationalism, etc..No fewer than one hindred an dfiftymillion Americans witnessed Donald Trump's insurrection on live television four years ago. They heard his speech instructing the violent mob to attack the Capitol, and it is now well known that the whole thing was planned in detail by Trump weeks in advance.Trump's guilt is beyond dispute. Trump should have been tried, convicted, and sentenced for treasonous insurrection years ago. What should the sentence have been? Nothing short of life in prison without parole, undoubtedly. Death by firing squad, arguably. Trump, quite arguably, should be on death row, rather than on his way back to the White House.