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We’re Already in a Civil War
This is a pivot point for our shared story, the greatest national fracture of our lifetimes.
The heralds of disaster are hard at work right now.
They are prowling social media with dire prophecies and wielding megaphones in ramped up rally crowds and forecasting doom in sweaty Sunday sermons.
They warn us that a civil war is coming: if he is impeached, if he is removed, if he is voted out — they say it will be a declaration of aggression and that there will be no turning back from the bloodshed.
Such threats are empty salvos made of hollow words.
They are the toothless blusters of paper tigers.
They are the last refuge of terrified bullies realizing that they are on the wrong side of morality and of history.
They’re also three years too late.
The war has already begun.
That’s the point.
That’s why we’re here.
We’ve been in the middle of the fight for years now.
They declared war on a Tuesday in November: a war on character and decency, a war on honesty and empathy, on kindness and forthrightness, on facts and humility — and we were unceremoniously drafted that day.
