As the country sees more of the footage from the insurrection of Jan. 6, the horrors just multiply. No matter where you are on the political spectrum, you have to admit that event was terrible.They had a gallows all set up to hang Mike Pence. They said they were going to shoot Nancy Pelosi in the head. People were killed during that scene. How did we get to this point?
We need to start the healing by talking with each other and really listen. We need to read American history. We need more courses in civics.
We also need to read about Nazi Germany and see how close we are to the same fate. Germans were whipped into a fury by Adolf Hitler. There are Americans who are being whipped into a fury by Donald Trump.
We need to be more vigilant. If it happened in Germany, it can happen here.
— Spruce Lynch
Anchorage
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