OK, so I’m shit at regularly updating a blog. Nevertheless, One True Thing — though sporadic — is one of my favorite things I did in 2020. And I hope to pick it up and continue it this year.
All that being said… This post is inherently and intentionally political. More so than my previous posts, which tend to be very personal in nature. But what happened this week at the U.S. Capitol Building must be named and remembered for what it was.
On January 6, 2021, President-reject Donald Trump incited an attempted coup on the U.S. government. And he and the insurrectionists who followed his orders committed sedition.
Since Wednesday, there has been a lot of public discourse surrounding what happened — especially within the last 24 hours, with Trump and some of his most high-ranking loyalists being permanently suspended from Twitter. Our rapid news cycle means we’re no longer able to process major current political and cultural events. Already, the narrative is shifting to whether or not the Twitter bans go against Trump’s 1st Amendment rights.
Like, what the fuck? The man incited a violent insurrection in which five people died in relation, even if not directly, to the event and many more were physically injured and psychologically traumatized.
I lost my faith in the American government and judicial systems a long time ago, so I do not trust that he or any of the other domestic terrorists (including members of the GOP who helped enable him) will ever face legal consequences for their actions. I mean, videos and photos show Capitol Police literally stepping aside to allow the insurgents to break through glass and barricades, or washing their faces with bottled water after being tear gassed.
But deep in the annals of inconsequential Internet blogs, I want this post to be evidence of what really happened: Donald Trump — a virulent racist, misogynist, and sociopathic discount despot — is a domestic terrorist.
Period.