We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.
That was Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, last week. He is both behind the openly fascist Project 2025, and an utter liar. His revolution has been far from bloodless.
Javier Rodriguez was killed at a Walmart by a Trump supporter who's manifesto read like it was the first draft of Project 2025. Javier was fifteen. He was one of hundreds so far to die since the far right seized control of the conservative parties of numerous democracies.
Because we are a soul-crushingly idiotic society, our peers have rallied around Trump's ear. He is famous where Javier was not. Our society worships celebrity. Trump and the movement he represents remain an existential threat to millions. The claim of not wanting political violence is a lie because we've been turning a blind eye toward it for years.
Until now the victims of political violence haven't been famous.
That photo of a bloodied yet defiant Trump has certainly emerged as effective propaganda, hasn't it? Pity the photo up above wasn't.