This morning I read Rosa Brook’s “And Then the Breitbart Lynch Mob Came for Me,” and was immediately infuriated. Those who keep trying to play politics as usual don’t understand that this is not politics as usual. So, in an act of frustration, I wrote the following in my share on Facebook. The Getty image above is the image in the article.
This picture? This is the face of a terrorist. This is the face of the majority of terrorists in America. They are white, male, and so full of hate that they think "Die Bitch" is political discourse. While I still think of conservatism as a valid political position, albeit one with which I disagree, modern day conservatives are collaborators in the White Supremacist holy war being waged against our country and the things that make us exceptional.
Yes, I do believe in American Exceptionalism, because we always reach for better, even when the loudest voices push us backward.
We need to stop coddling the Alt-Reich. Call them Nazis. Call them terrorists. Call them unhinged. Most of all, call them UN-AMERICAN. They don't represent the country that I love.