Arpaio

When the parson hit, an alternative newspaper in Arizona listed just some of the things Joe Arpaio is accused of doing.  There are no two ways about it: he's a monstrous human being.  Arpaio is truly the face of American facism - and I'm a stickler for how that word is used.

Psychologists talk of the license effect, that certain people give others permission to behave in a certain way.  Arpaio gave his sheriff's department licence to engage in all sorts of brutality.  Now, Trump has sanctioned that barbarism, and that barbarism had at its core an idea of white supremacy.

Perhaps this action by Hair Furor will finally tip Arizona into the Democrats column, as nothing could motivate Hispanics more.  Trump has also decided to wage war on Jeff Flake, because Flake doesn't like Trump, even if Flake is a bog standard Republican.

Lenin spoke of "heightening the contradictions" in order to bring about radical change.  I have to say, Trump is doing his part to make sure everyone understands that his administration is based on white grievance and that white grievance is really just pissed of white supremacy.

I don't see how this doesn't get violent.