Thread by @mhbx

@Politics_PR Let nothing trouble the crystalized beliefs
Anything that muddles the mind w facts or reality is to be ignored & forgot as soon as possible.
It never happened.
The only thing that is happening is Trump. The key to the party's getting of power.

The question is why does it work?

@Politics_PR 2/ It is not a very pleasant question.
It indicts an incredibly large percentage of the population that has gone into the fog bank that is Trumpism.

It will be increasingly hard, & embarrassing, to admit mistake. And so an error will codify into a 'religion'...

@Politics_PR 3/ And so an error will codify into a 'religion', which may be sufficient to create a new (and old) fundamental split as severe as the original one that birthed the Civil War.

And, in fact, energized by some of the very same axiomatic values & beliefs.

@Politics_PR 4/ But things do change. MLKing's arc of justice does indeed bend... however imperceptibly.

It appears this issue will not be punted again.
It may fester and manifest in a violent break in our society. The sort that is daily being reported is just the beginning froth of a

@Politics_PR 5/ very difficult divide to come. The people on either side will increasingly be unable to even hear what is being said... Like the new/old outbreak in the middle east... Violence becomes the only language spoken.

If it comes to that. Remember these times as the precursor.