by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
It’s interesting that it was Matt Gaetz, not Donald Trump who Went There by ranting about how MAGA Republicans need to use the 2nd Amendment to defend themselves. I always thought that at some point after election night 2020, Trump would start ranting about this very thing in a final bid to stay in power.
It’s a testament to how lazy and dumb Trump is that he didn’t do this. Trump has always been nothing more than an avatar for existential problems in the American political system and, as such, he is successful by just breathing. He personifies the rage a lot of white people feel as the dead hand of demographics marches ever more towards America being a majority minority country.
From a historical standpoint, Gaetz’s hysterical invocation of the 2nd Amendment is very much on brand for the late 1850s. There’s even a book, which I’m trying to read, called The Field of Blood about how violent American politics became in the years leading up to the Civil War.
And, in a sense, we should be thankful that we’ve been spared any violence in Congress. People were beating the shit out of each other in Congress at an alarming rate in the late 1850s. If you add modern American gun culture into the mix, things could get pretty scary and tragic pretty quick.
It will be interesting to see what happens next. Does anyone take Gaetz up on his suggestion of political violence against Big Tech or is all just another lulz as we hurdle towards a final choice of autocracy or civil war?
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