Call the opposition to Trump's plan to take over America the Resistance. Call the opposition to an assault that would end Democracy the Resistance. And call those who join the Resistance patriots.
"Patriots" is a term arch-conservatives have tried to commandeer, but it belongs not to them. They swim in the same waters invested by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, sharks who are terrorizing America.
Abraham Lincoln said it best, "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." Lincoln never knew Trump. He never knew that a president would someday come along who would boast that he was the best president America has ever had, even better than he, Lincoln.
The lot of a patriot lies not in bringing guns to the table if you are to sit with a Democrat, but in opposing those who would bring guns to the table to eat with a Democrat. America has two strong parties, and if you destroy one, you will be left with just one. And a one-party system does not define freedom; it does not define democracy. Let the two parties sit at the table together.
Trump is but a faction of the Republican Party. If you want to give the subparty a name, call them the Loyalists, for Trump demands loyalty of his followers. If the Loyalists finish taking over the Republican Party, however, it will bring the death of Democracy. Trump will consume one party and destroy the other.
That is why we must remember the words of our forefathers and practice eternal vigilance. That is why we must remember the words of Lincoln and be wary of losing our freedom from within. Suicide, he called it, and yielding to Trump would be suicide.
Patriots side not with dictators. Those who would be Americans should realize the danger and not side with Trump. It is the Resistance that can stop him, and if you would be a patriot, join the Resistance.
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