Before anything else, Americans
must demand that the Senate hold a real trial with real witnesses, on the
conviction of Donald J. Trump for the constitutional high crimes and
misdemeanors specified in the now passed articles of impeachment against him.
There is a lot of hatred in the
world, and the history of America is no exception, racial hatred in particular.
But in previous eras it was more cloaked, so to speak.
One of the most damaging impacts
of having Trump in the White House is that he has given license to public
expressions of hatred, and something never before so prevalent, sheer political
hatred. Whatever our political disagreements, there has generally been some
measure of comity in America, at least in the last century. But that's all gone
out the window with Trump's incessant and vicious personal demonization of his
political opponents.