It is to weep

And now we see that mere political ideological differences may result in more than just words.

Yesterday, Maxine Waters said, in part, "Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up.  If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere."  And then, "We want history to record that we stood up, that we pushed back, that we fought and that we did not consider ourselves victims of this president."

In any other universe, Maxine Waters would be guilty of incitement to riot.

But in the current political environment, where falsehoods and overexaggeration are reported as fact, where pictures are taken out of context or cropped to inflame passions, and where the tactics of bullying and intimidation have been normalized and are now expected, it is hard to find truth.

Where facts are absent, truth is hidden.  When those charged with reporting fact report falsehood instead, truth is impossible to find.

And when those trusted with leading this nation peacefully begin speaking in terms of violence, the worst is about to happen.

I once posited that this nation would not survive in its current form past 2050.  I still believe that - only now I worry whether my prediction was too far in the future.

When law is ignored because it is "inconvenient", lawlessness reigns.  And what we are seeing is the beginning of lawlessness on a grand scale - and the call to lawlessness is coming from elected representatives to Congress.

This is madness.  The same people who were elected to debate the merit of new bills, pass bills into law, and examine whether existing law should be repealed, are now proposing that "inconvenient" laws should be ignored rather than changed.  They have abdicated their offices, given up, surrendered, and are leading this nation to ruin.

Congress has the power to change law.  It should do so, rather than using a crisis merely to inflame.

But we all know why Congress will not act.  It will not act because it would be "inconvenient" to act.  It will not act because the same representatives who passed the original laws might have to admit that they may have been wrong.  It will not act because action would require courage, and our elected representatives to Congress have revealed themselves to be cowards.

And now, political shaming has led to calls to insurrection.

This cannot end well.  The genie has been let out of the bottle.  Those who oppose current policy have been given license to act in violent ways ("...we fought...").

No, that's not merely political hyperbole.  As Ms. Waters continued to speak, her speech became more and more reflective of a demand for civil disobedience of a physical nature.

Someone will be hurt.  The response will include firearms.  And the worst will begin.