terrible times

it was a great get-away, but the awful tiki torch-lit parade in charlottesville on friday night and deadly terrorism the next day cast a pall over what was otherwise an excellent excursion --- all of it made so very much worse by trump, who has given the fascists a tremendous opening

"I understood the infamous spiritual terror which this movement exerts, particularly on the bourgeoisie, which is neither morally nor mentally equal to such attacks; at a given sign [we unleash] a veritable barrage of lies and slanders against whatever adversary seems most dangerous, until the nerves of the attacked persons break down. . . . This is a tactic based on precise calculation of all human weaknesses, and its result will lead to success with almost mathematical certainty unless the opposing side learns to combat poison gas with poison gas. . . . I achieved an equal understanding of the importance of physical terror toward the individual and the masses. Here, too, the psychological effect can be calculated with precision. Terror at the place of employment, in the factory, in the meeting hall, and on the occasion of mass demonstrations will always be successful unless opposed by equal terror." ---- adolph hitler, mein kampf

where do we go from here?