"Let me assure you as a survivor and scholar of authoritarianism. There is only one way to deal with fascism, terrorism, authoritariaism, coups, what Americans call 'sedition.'
"Zero tolerance.
[...]
"Trumpists have revealed themselves to be a neo-fascist movement. A serious and real one. Having been unable to achieve their goals through consensual, peaceful democratic means, what did they do - the very first time they lost? They engaged in violence. Not just any kind of violence - sporadic, minor-league, harmless. They stormed the nation's Capitol and shed blood."
-- umair haque, "America Needs to Break the Back of its Fascist Movement Now - Or Else", 2021-01-10 [thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twistedchick for linking to this earlier.]
On a lighter note (sort of) ...
"Why is this day different from all other days?
"Other days we do not even impeach once; today, we've impeached twice."
-- Jennifer Senior (JenSeniorNY), 2021-01-13
"Impeachment sheni. (Because we impeach antisemites twice in the diaspora.)" -- Rabbi Ruti Regan (RutiRegan), replying to
jenseniorny
Today is
Gregorian: 2021 January 14
Julian: 2021 January 01 -- Julian New Year Day
Hebrew: 5781 Shevat 01
Islamic: 1442 Jumada I-Ula 30
Persian: 1399 Dey 25
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.8.3.6
Indian: 1942 Pausa 24
Coptic: 1737 Tobi 06