A week from now this will all be over.

This will not be a footnote. January 6th is the day that democracy was called into question by a mob of under educated and radicalized Americans, while the president stood idly by and called them "special".

This is Hitler levels of blind devotion.

I like to think well of people yet still cannot get my head around the 70 million + votes Trump got.

This time will not be a footnote, even if the man someday is. We learned a lot about ourselves through the Trump years, even if some people can’t bring themselves to acknowledge it.

I'm thinking it deserves at least a chapter, if not a couple like the Civil War.

70 million plus Americans fell for a con man who fomented armed rebellion, and even after he did it, millions still support him.

This is, IMO, the kind of thing that should be studied and not forgotten lest it be repeated.

We need that, because just a brief footnote falsely saying that Trumpists wanted to "Make America Great" instead of talking about their selfishness, greed, dishonesty and hatred and contempt for other humans, would be a far worse "white wash" than the lost cause narrative.

We're not out of the woods yet, and we're not even done with testing the victims of the first wave of Trump's maskless thugs, and hopefully the number of dead Americans won't continue to grow, but I think we've seen enough that it should never be forgotten, nor should the leaders of Trumpism be forgiven.

They knew exactly what they were doing and many of them, before they drank that kool aid, are in tape predicting it.

Without the elimination of the policies that led to the breakdown, particularly the tipping of the scales to the wealthy, I don't think we'll ever regain the balance that's necessary to move forward successfully. Legislation is what it will take.

How many of the trump haters here returned or refused the stimulus checks that trump made possible ,for everyone not just his supporters?

In my view Trump said things that riled up his supporter base but it's wrong to say that he asked them to attack members of Congress. He ain't that stupid.
The impeachment 2.0 might make Pelosi, Democrats and Left wing voter base happy but it's not gonna heal the nation.
At this point I doubt if the Progressive wing of the Democratic party wants any unity but any more chaos is definitely going to cause problems for the incoming administration.
Even Biden and Kamala don't seem to be in favor of impeachment 2.0

I still think we should remember this. Even 20 years from now and not just as a footnote.

1992 was a very good example of why we should remember this! Ross Perot was very close to him, so much so that it's frightening even if he lost.

We need to remember these types of people or else it WILL happen again! 😔

I think right wing domestic terrorism may be here to stay.

We peaked a long time ago. We're headed down.

Hopefully it'll act as a catalyst for the change that is sorely needed...

Nah, the best years aren't behind. Ok, so you're a teeny bit older than me but don't we [i]all[/i] think our time is the best time? The best music? The best people? The best movies?

Each generation longs for what it has had in those early years....

Things'll get better. Just take a little time, that's all...

SJD xx

So we need to gear up for the biden impeachments. New target.

Unfortunately, Trump supporters have it programmed in their minds that Trump did not lose the election fair and square. So while Trump will officially not be president any longer, you have to believe that "they" are not through and will attempt to avenge their master.

I think we need to regulate the internet just like we had to regulate radio and television with the FCC. We have not changed with the times and it has allowed terrorist groups to organize. Our security departments have egg of their faces and need a serious investigation.

[quote]I do think its best days are past.. [/quote]

I don't believe this. We are still a relatively young country that should be allowed to have growing pains > coming to terms with our past issues of racism.

20 years from now we’ll be teleporting to the past to be in on the great Capitol insurrection just so we can troll........wait!

LOL, but you support moneybags joey and how he makes his money, right?

I'm no expert on this but as I see it there are economic issues and social issues. When the social issues affect the economy then change happens. I don't care Trump not his minions having much effect on the economy. Health issues have been infinitely more of an issue.

You make many very good points