THE GREAT 2015 -2021 DIVIDE — HOW WE MIGHT ESTABLISH THE FACTS TO HEAL THE DIVIDE
The Civil War division was easy to comprehend - States Rights as code for slavery (White Supremacy) vs Human Rights. First Nazism vs Democracy, then Totalitarian authoritarianism (Communism) vs Democracy were easily comprehensible. Conservatism vs Progressive - Liberalism can be understood as differing political, economic, and philosophical points of view. But this 2015-2021 division between Trumpublicanism and Democratic Progressive Liberalism is a very different animal.
We as a nation could bind up our wounds and heal divisions when we understood our differences were based on the same set of facts answered by differing political and economic philosophy.
What we face today is an American Abyss or The Great Divide expressed in the image above. A gaping difference devoid of a common accepted set of facts. We have seen each of those ideas above held up as "fact" by Trumpist adherents. This divide is based on a fantasy or alternate ‘reality’ that cannot coexist with truth and fact.
This is why it appears we are required to adjudicate by prosecution the leader of the Trumpist non-reality. It may well be that a convicted imprisoned Trump will remain an honored figure as a convicted criminal. It appears the RNC still holds him up to be a "positive force" after he incited the violence of the crimes in the Capitol. But how can prosecution or impeachment make the divide any worse since our differences are beyond any possibility of coexistence?
It is the responsibility of those Republican seditionists who voted to object to the results of the election to change. What Trump CISA head Christopher Krebs called “the most secure election in US history”, and Trump Attorney General called an election “with no evidence of widespread fraud” after the FBI investigated, and 62 lawsuits that resulted in dismissal due to the lack of a shred of evidence proved is the Truth — the election was not stolen and Trump was soundly defeated. Those who spread Trump’s lie of a stolen election with massive fraud must admit the TRUTH and start the process of healing with the acceptance of facts expressed in public apology to their constituents.
If those 147 members of congress who voted to sustain objections that would deny the will of the people refuse to accept and state the truth to their constituents the Senate or House should hold public hearings on Non-existent Election Fraud. Giuliani, Powell, every Fox, Newsmax and OAN contributor and anchor who parroted lies as truth and these 147 members of congress should be required to testify under oath.
Allow Brad Raffensperger, GA Sec of State, Christopher Krebs, head of CISA, Bill Barr Attorney General and others to verify the security and fairness of the fraud free election and testify to the truth so every American can know beyond all doubt who was lying about this free and fair election. Anyone who testifies under oath and lies will be charged with perjury and potentially held responsible for abetting the crimes of the insurrectionist mob in the capitol.
When our democracy is brought to the brink of insurrection by lies, every measure available should be employed to bring the truth and the facts to unavoidable view in front of every American. Nothing is more important to the functioning of our Democracy than free and fair elections accepted by the vast majority of those who voted for the opposition.
Certainly COVID and the economic hardship are of utmost importance, but in order to begin healing our divisions we must establish a basis for acceptance of Truth and Fact — particularly the Truth and Fact of the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We know beyond any doubt the Truth and Fact about this election and a public hearing under oath just might convey that truth and fact to the majority of the 70 million Trump voters.