::rubs face:: This did not start with Oklahoma City. Jan 6 was not "our Kristallnacht." Folks really need to remember that the US has ALWAYS been fascist when it comes to race. There's a reason the folks in DC brought a noose as their symbol of threat, not a guillotine.

This country's got a loooong history of violence against the gov't whenever white supremacy fails to suppress democracy enough. We've had generations of lynchings and bombings. The Wilmington Massacre is a successful example of what the Trumpers tried to do!

Y'all gotta remember to make your points about this without erasing US history. I know that's habit. I know that historically we have downplayed the times that democracy failed and Black people died. But THAT is the context here. Never forget the OG Nazis got the idea from us.

I'm mostly fine with Arnold's message, BTW. So often when this kind of violence happens here, it gets swept under the rug. People "move on" w/o punishing the bad actors -- 'til it happens again, killing more. He's right to try and break the cycle. But it's an old, old cycle here.