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The Democratic Party has long cried out for more peaceful, cordial politics, for an end to the divisiveness of modern times, despite the fact that their politicians are the ones who always call for violence against their opposition. Even after these past ten years of “the Trump era” – which have laid bare this outrageous and constant hypocrisy – the Democrats continue to claim to be upset at the politics of division. This is the contradiction that comes to mind when we think of Democrats, but it’s not alone. In fact, over the past generation or two, America’s Democratic Party...

The SA were the Sturmabteilung, meaning 'assault division'. The group were also known as the Brownshirts or Storm Troopers. It was a violent paramilitary group attached to the Nazi Party in pre-World War Two Germany.

I cheered 30 years ago, when the Russians tore down statues of Lenin and Stalin. And I cheered 20 years ago, when Iraqis tore down statues of Saddam Hussein. I took me a long time to realize it, but... I was wrong. Now, I’m not saying there was any good in these particular people. There wasn’t. They were off-the-charts malevolent. But some of those statues could have performed a public service, as reminders of past errors, and warnings that such errors must not be repeated. In retrospect, perhaps it might have been better for the people of those countries to...