Fire Starters Rhetoric Heats Up During This Summer of Our Discontent

When the summer reaches its zenith bad tempers are quickly ignited. 

I've watched this phenomenon over the decades with growing concern.

I clearly recall the Watts riots back in 1965 when protestors tore apart the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles in civil unrest.  When the fires were put out and the rioting ceased after six days 34 people were dead.

That was a big deal back then. So many died in six days that Americans were shocked.

In today's world of daily mass murders, 34 deaths in six days barely registers against a weekend in major cities that routinely have a slaughter count above that.

So, what does all this have to do with heated rhetoric?

In one word, MAGA.

The lies and baseless accusations that are now dividing and angering people are so prevalent that fire starters in the MAGA GOP have become a direct threat to the country's national security.

It's a fact these hot summer days are often accompanied by bad tempers and outbursts of violence. We all get that.

But the violent rhetoric this summer is increasing daily as MAGA minions go all out defending Trump from the numerous felonies he's already been charged with and the ones that are coming soon.

Talk of another civil war is a common threat among MAGA minions hugging their AR-15s. They're actively defaming President Biden and his son Hunter with outright lies, hoping that someone will get mad enough to take a shot at one or both of them. Sound extreme? It is, but that's where these cult members are going.

As it stands, as Dale Carnegie once said, "Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do."