For over two decades, as anarchists have been sacrificed on the altar of these hilariously unconstitutional domestic "terrorism" charges, liberals have basically shrugged or at best furrowed their brows. Nothing was done to get the laws off the books. So yeah, Trump has legal means.

They will point out every time you misstep not because they believe that consistency is a virtue, but because they want you to believe you are just as bad as them.

Like, you can say they're hypocrites I guess but it's much more accurate to say that they're people who've completely strangled their moral capacity; they simply do not have an ethical core or meaningful values, they just say whatever is convenient in the moment. Bad faith as a way of life.

it is, unironically, the absolute vindication of Fukuyama. we ended history and we were completely unprepared for the idea that "the end of history" was a state we'd have to work to maintain

it's Trump-supporting elites who think that they can get the political security of oligarchs under authoritarianism and the dynamism of liberalism

it's liberal elites who soft-step against Trump because they cannot conceive of a model of politics that is not thermostasis forever

much of donald trump's appeal is watching a powerful sadist pluck the wings off of flies, and many of the people to whom this appealed would have been just as happy to see donald trump's entire life taken apart piece by piece

You are falling so prostrate before the right because they have guns and the intention to slaughter us. You are hoping that by promising to go politely to your execution they might spare you.

You should be wondering what sort of strength or commitment might make them falter and sue for peace.