"Belief without thought endangers freedom" has been the motto of this blog for many years. Now, it seems more important than ever as politicians -- especially followers of Donald Trump -- embrace his claims of election fraud perpetrated by his opponents, enabling them to "steal" the presidency from him.
Oddly, he was making the same allegations even before the election of 2016, which enabled him to move into the White House after manipulating the electoral vote count despite losing the popular vote.
Four years later, of course, he lost both counts, and had to leave office even as he continued his claims of election fraud.
Even now, he insists there was fraud, and his supporters move to dominate state election boards so they can out-vote the people's count next time around.
The problem, therefore, is that Trumpians believe him, without thinking about fact or reality. Belief without thought.
This is what endangers freedom in America.
If the Constitution is suspended and the free press is no longer able to expose lies, this is what this democracy faces.
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