These wingnuts shouldn’t be allowed to co-opt every patriotic symbol for white supremacy. I realize that’s always been a part of our history but it does no one any good, and isn’t historically accurate, to allow these proto-fascist types to erase everything else.
These flag-wavers are nuts. Here’s an excerpt from an article about one of the people arrested for January 6th. They have worked themselves up into a frenzy:
In their planning, according to prosecutors, the group cited the perceived direction of President Donald Trump, embracing his false claims of election fraud and readying for a fight in apocalyptic terms.
“Trump wants all able-bodied Patriots to come” to the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, Watkins is quoted as saying on Dec. 29.
“If Trump activates the Insurrection Act, I’d hate to miss it,” she added, according to the indictment.
Asked earlier by a recruit what to prepare for, Watkins allegedly wrote in November that if Biden became president, “our way of life as we know it is over. Our Republic would be over. Then it is our duty as Americans to fight, kill and die for our rights.”
“If Biden get the steal, none of us have a chance in my mind. We already have our neck in the noose. They just haven’t kicked the chair yet,” she said, according to the indictment.
They’re talking about the man Trump called “Sleepy Joe.” Apparently, having the freedom to refuse to wear a mask really is worth dying over. And they want to take some people with them, whether by spreading the deadly virus or some kind of violence.
And that orange freakshow is their leader …