Our Country's on Fire

A fire alarm sounds. Rational people get the hell out of the building. They don't stay, even if Frank from accounting tells them there's no fire, even while the office burns around them. 

To those that don't heed the alarm, bad things happen, especially to Frank. And to those that believed him.

Incredibly, that's where we find our country. Too many people believe Frank.

On the ignominious anniversary of Trump siccing his violent mob on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, numerous politicians and organizations are sounding the alarm about Donald Trump and what his power grab then--and ostensibly, in the future--will mean for democracy and the United States.

Rational people think, "Danger!" 

Trump supporters think, "Frank from accounting said this isn't a problem."

Video from that day shows Trump supporters attacking police, ransacking the US Capitol, and chanting to hang Trump's own vice-president--these people Trump and his followers now cheer as "Patriots." Those arrested and awaiting trial for their alleged crimes, Trump calls "hostages." Trump's political rallies play videos of his minions overrunning the Capitol, with the background music of the insurrectionists singing the national anthem and Trump reciting the pledge.

As rational people know, Trump engineered the event ("Be there, will be wild!") after cultivating doubt about a fair election among his many gullible and angry followers for months--spewing disproven conspiracies ranging from ballot-switching Dominion election machines to voting from scores of dead voters (for which Trump's claim has helped bring a Georgia arrest).

And the flames, people, are raging. 

Trump vows retribution. He threatens witnesses. He has laid out a road map for what his chaotic and vengeful presidency would be. He and his campaign have again refused to say they would accept results if he doesn't win.

But the GOP doesn't seem to care. Trump can do no wrong. 

And the gullible GOP followers think the same thing--even an astounding 34% of them believe that US law enforcement actually organized and encouraged the Trump-incited, disgraceful and horrific January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

The building is on fire.

For God's sake, don't listen to Frank.