What Trumpism Has Taught Us
* People who know nothing about government will not "shake it up", they will try to destroy it.
* The Big Lie still works. Cults of personality, like in WWII Germany, can still hold millions of people weak in mind, reason and morality in its grip. Ignorance is here to stay.
* The real Fake News is Fox, OAN, Newsmax, Limbaugh and the Right Wing radio echo chamber of conspiracy theorists, who spread lies with reckless abandon, preach hate and division wrapped up in the American flag while holding a Bible.
* Conspiracy theories make stupid people feel smart.
* Our neighbors and family are not who we thought they were.
* "America First" is the psychological projection of a narcissist who puts himself first; above party, country and truth. It's not the American Dream. It's the American Nightmare.
* "America First" is an America alone and divided. It is an island unto itself, not the leader of a team of allies, standing united against Soviet aggression, religious extremism and political authoritarianism. It IS these things.
* "America First" is not a light on the hill. It's a sputtering candle in a cage where a motherless child lies shivering on a concrete floor.
* Protesting the unjust killing of innocent black people during a stupid football game makes you a pariah. Ransacking the Capitol, killing policemen and waving Confederate flags in its hallowed halls while searching for Congressmen and a Vice-President to hang, makes you a patriot.
* You don't need special glasses to look at an eclipse.
* Those who scream the loudest about shredding the Constitution have never read it.
* The Medal of Honor, the highest Civilian commendation in the Land, has been turned into something you can't give away.
* If you can’t get it on the front of a hat, Trumpsters won’t understand it.
* Evangelicalism is a perversion of Christianity and is proven every time Franklin Graham opens his mouth in support of Trumpism.
* "Second Corinthians" is pronounced "Two Corinthians".
* White privilege - people, who have never walked in the shoes of people they have been oppressing for more than a century - think THEY'RE the oppressed.
* Parties don’t need political platforms anymore.
* It’s only “Packing the Courts” when Democrats think about it.
* People waving the Confederate Flag alongside the American Flag within the nation's Capitol have no clue what irony is.
* Law and Order only applies to black people.
* No amount of recounting votes and getting the same result will convince Trumpists that 2+2=4.
* Losing 61 court cases just proves how entrenched the Deep State really is.
* Trickle On Economics is a golden shower on Middle Class America.
* You can control the levers of political power for 4 years and still think you need to take back your country.
Finally,
* The Inauguration will not be a moment of National Celebration, a fresh start, a new beginning and a renewal of the American spirit. It will be a military bivouac, behind fences, razor wire and bullet-proof glass, an event people will be asked not to attend.
Because America Was Made Great Again.