The right feels completely unrestrained to indulge in its every racist fever dream, from resegregation to mass repression to outright extermination. It isn't even trying to hide it. And liberals are so terrified of being called "woke" on Twitter that they won't even talk about what's happening.

Some people are thrown by tone: if you state something bluntly, expect more misreadings from people who think being straightforward is confrontational. Subtlety and understatement are generally lost. Sarcasm is such an insurmountable challenge that some resort to “/s” at the end of their posts

“We have the right to send the military wherever there may be any protests. Dissent is rebellion. No, we will not feed, pay, or house our troops when doing so.”

I truly believe so many of our problems trace to a general breakdown of the social contract. The powerful get away with egregious abuses in plain sight. And then we chide those who protest or speak out for doing it ‘wrong.’ But we never actually fix the underlying problems, & around & around we go

At its crudest, most sociopathic formulation, rule of law exists so society doesn't blow its top off at bullies who are never punished.