2 days left of trump (#4370)

      In just about 54 hours from this moment trump will no longer be the appointed president. I want to clarify something here about how I describe trump's presidency. He was appointed by the electoral college, not elected by we the general election voters. It is a technicality but he did lose by over 2.9 million votes to Hillary Clinton and in a democracy the votes should count not the racist/misogynist archaic paternalism of the electoral college. However, that distinction will soon be moot as our incoming president not only beat trump by over 7 million votes but he also beat trump in the electoral votes. With time running out and down to a mere handful of hours we who are of a logical and progressive mind are overjoyed at that near eventuality.
     Yet we are cautioned by the display of animosity and denial coming from the defeated appointed president. The rancor and chaos he is sowing before being forced from office is unprecedented and precarious. The storming of our federal Capitol building where Congress holds sway a week and a half ago is just another example in a long line to reference. What is going to happen over these last 54 hours is surely going to be abrasive and likely deadly even in the middle of the Covid-19 viral attack. All 50 state capitols are on some kind of alert, some higher alerted than others but nonetheless alert. The followers of trump are like a cult in that all he has to do is infer a desire and they are willing to create it.
     Our civilized behavior is being tested when trump's followers are acting barbaric. A tempered response to their barbarism must include force to stop their lawlessness. It is inevitable that a hard hand will be meted out if the unruly keep advancing their hatred. I want peace for all of us but if I were in charge I would not accept appeasement with ill informed thugs who have no other concept but victory at all costs. I would meet them at the red line of all costs, and if they refuse to stop, make them pay with a final cost. It is harsh but necessary if the fruits of democracy are to flourish and thrive.