This is such an amazing break from all tradition and protocals in writing such pieces, where the enemy group is generically named something like the "Orangeland Liberation Front."
To name the "tea party" in Darlington, SC as the Evil White Racist Tea Party Militia was disgusting and disturbing, like something out of Goebbels and the Nazis against the "filthy vermin Jews."
COL Benson, USA (ret) was sending a very large wink to the State Security Services: "be ready for action against the evil white racist tea-party klansmen."
His "vision of the future" purely enraged me, and resulted in my two companion pieces of the past two weeks.
I guess it takes something so over the top to get attention
You have done very well. Thank you.
Rage is definitely your muse. Excellent work.
Wow, Trav...that was something.
However, I wanna go back and pull a “Harry Turtledove” on you....
Towards the end, “Jacinta” said the President failed them by not ordering the arrest of the right-wing commentators and shutting down the “hate networks”.
What if he had? Could things have turned out differently? Any comments? Not trying to stir up any trouble, but my mind wandered in that direction. So, I thought I’d ask.
“His “vision of the future” purely enraged me, and resulted in my two companion pieces of the past two weeks.”
Great job Matt I enjoyed them both!