I graduated from HS in May 1970, so my teen years were during a turbulent era for the US. My parents were adamant that college couldn’t be in CA—‘too much unrest!’ ABC, CBS, and NBC (the only channels we had) showed us whole swaths of cities burning during riots, but the unrest was not just in CA. A classmate in one of my freshman cours…
I graduated from HS in May 1970, so my teen years were during a turbulent era for the US. My parents were adamant that college couldn’t be in CA—‘too much unrest!’ ABC, CBS, and NBC (the only channels we had) showed us whole swaths of cities burning during riots, but the unrest was not just in CA. A classmate in one of my freshman courses that fall had been at the Kent State protests when the National Guard opened fire and four students were killed. It was the first time I realized History wasn’t on a TV screen, it was sitting next to me.
Which is a long-winded way of saying: our country has gone through turbulent times before. But thank god Liz Cheney pointed out that the turbulence has never been led, fostered, stoked, and inflamed by the president. So why is Ms Cheney the only R to speak up? Why is the *entire* rest of the party in thrall to such a despicable person?
We are at a crucial turning point and it’s far from obvious how, whether, and IF the dust will settle.
Why? Oh, Facebook, Twitter, FOX news, resurgent racism, Congressional privilege, Citizens-United-SCOTUS-sanctioned corruption, trickle-down economics. It's a long and familiar list.
Ten Republican members of the House voted to impeach after the January 6th insurrection, so there are a few others with principles besides Cheney. I hope they continue to stand for what's right. They've needed security details and body armor since then so it's a hard road they've chosen in today's GOP
I graduated from HS in May 1970, so my teen years were during a turbulent era for the US. My parents were adamant that college couldn’t be in CA—‘too much unrest!’ ABC, CBS, and NBC (the only channels we had) showed us whole swaths of cities burning during riots, but the unrest was not just in CA. A classmate in one of my freshman courses that fall had been at the Kent State protests when the National Guard opened fire and four students were killed. It was the first time I realized History wasn’t on a TV screen, it was sitting next to me.
Which is a long-winded way of saying: our country has gone through turbulent times before. But thank god Liz Cheney pointed out that the turbulence has never been led, fostered, stoked, and inflamed by the president. So why is Ms Cheney the only R to speak up? Why is the *entire* rest of the party in thrall to such a despicable person?
We are at a crucial turning point and it’s far from obvious how, whether, and IF the dust will settle.
Why? Oh, Facebook, Twitter, FOX news, resurgent racism, Congressional privilege, Citizens-United-SCOTUS-sanctioned corruption, trickle-down economics. It's a long and familiar list.
Ten Republican members of the House voted to impeach after the January 6th insurrection, so there are a few others with principles besides Cheney. I hope they continue to stand for what's right. They've needed security details and body armor since then so it's a hard road they've chosen in today's GOP