From 1/20/21:

From 1/10/21: 

An emotional week, Arnold delivers a fantastic summation of the implications and opportunity this week presents. There are too many amidst my FB network who desperately need to step back and ask themselves what they are doing. Some must ask what are they doing embracing conspiracy and falsehoods to the point where they are directly aligned with those literally threatening violence? Others must ask do their views on “policy” mean they will rationalize supporting those who would overturn democracy. I have tried to engage friends and family sometimes on- but often off-line, it has been humbling to discover how far the rot of intellectual incuriosity and willingness to discard any perspectives but for those provided by the demagogue in the White House or belching fire in the media (i.e. Dan Bongino et al.) have penetrated. We stared into the abyss this week, it was not pretty; but hopefully Schwarzenegger’s tempering of the sword analogy will hold true.

From 1/6/21 

"Our Constitution and our Republic will overcome this stain and We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man without a country.” -- James Mattis. 1/6/21

I have seen numerous Trump supporting conservative politicians and commentators express disgust with the breach of the Capitol today. One could say too little too late or perhaps better late than never. But what I have not seen is a single Trump supporter amongst my FB network express their disgust (the “I do not condone violence buh Antifa, buh buh BLM”, does not suffice). Furthermore, as best I can tell while only a minority of the conservatives I see on FB have shown direct support for sedition (although some explicitly have), not one has in the past two months acknowledged enough is enough with the spurious accusations and outright fantasies regarding fraud. Not one. Others have said similar things but this dynamic where I am learning how deep and broad the cancer of truth decay has become, saddens me even more than seeing Trump in the oval office. Trust me I feel the disdain from certain friends and family, it is what it is at this point but I believe it says much more about thee than me.