The combination of Trump's blanket pardons for everyone associated with January 6th, the control of almost all organs of government and the vile nature of Trump's personality will lead to a constant whiff of violence in the public square. First, apparently, is the Episcopal bishop, Marian Edgar Budde, who had the temerity to suggest that Trump be compassionate towards those that were afraid. In yet another iteration of "a hit dog will holler" the Trumpist cult lashed out against her for criticizing Trump from the pulpit. The criticism, again, was suggesting that he was NOT compassionate. Again, the deeply hateful nature of this new Christianist (they don't deserve to be called evangelicals) movement is on full display.
That Bishop Budde has received death threats is entirely unsurprising. That some of these death threats undoubtedly come from "Christians" should be entirely unsurprising.
The question that events will answer sooner rather than later is whether these death threats constitute some form of hyper-aggressive trolling or actual intentions to commit violence. Obviously, you can get 1000 death threats and 999 of them could be trolling and that single instance of rageful hate is enough to end a human life. Certainly, too, Trump's release of the January 6th rioters suggests that violence carried out in Trump's name will not come with the same consequences.
In the end, it feels inevitable that there will be martyrs for American Democracy. In the coming weeks, months and years, people are going to die. Whether they can be counted on fingers or require wall inscribed with the many names is unknown. The fact that we don't know, that we aren't certain how many Americans will die as human sacrifices to this awful man is precisely what all we cringe bougie liberals were saying was the reason not to invest this man with power again.
It would be nice if the "find out" part of FAFO was restricted to Trump voters. These are not nice times.
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