"...But there’s no pep talk this year. Just dread.
The attempts to unwind the 2016 presidential election have changed everything.
I’ve written before how the attempts to intimidate the Electoral College electors into changing their votes was a game changer for me.
That went beyond politics into attempted coup territory.
It wasn’t just a matter of opposing Trump or Trump policies, which is legitimate, but an attempt to nullify an election.
That went beyond politics into attempted coup territory.
Criticize Trump all you want, I certainly did during the primaries, but respect the vote.
If you don’t respect the vote, then you are not just political opposition, you are a danger to our system.
If the assault on the Electoral College was the game changer for me, a runner up was waking up to implications of the concentration of power in a small number of social media and internet companies who have been weaponized to shut down speech and expression..."
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