As an outside observer…
Were I inclined to be cynical, I would find it rather fitting that the metaphor for American democracy be a movie-prop sword wielded by a fictional character.
I have no doubt he’s being sincere. And as a Republican, that’s practically radical speech But having watched the whole thing…
No, Arnold. We don’t need to “come together and heal”. ONE side did this. ONE side cheered this on (at least until it became too inconvenient) and made it happen. Yes, you have spoken out in dissent, but you have never taken the steps to disassociate yourself from those same people.
Like A.R. Moxon said
Yes, they were sad, old, drunken men, broken by what they’d seen and done, but compared to what they did, what they enabled… the harm the continued to do to their families… they never fully had to take responsibility.
Sure, you’ve spoken out against Trump in a very celebrity-feud kind of way, but that’s not enough. You’ve stood by this party as it has been setting the explosive charges on the weak points of democracy for decades. And now that the bridges have been blown up, you’re asking the people who tried to warn about those charges and tried to defuse them to build another bridge.
Get your own fucking house in order, first. Clear out those who even think about suppressing votes and gerrymandering, or that they are somehow more naturally fit to rule.
No, America, you should not “come together” or “get over this”. This should be seared into your national consciousness, forever.
Besides, those words (as multiple people have pointed out, lately) are abusers words. “Look what you made me do.” “You need to forgive me so we can work past this.” “It’ll never happen again, I swear.”
Nope, sorry. It’s going to take a lot more than some fancy words and a Hollywood fake to make this better.
Image source: A.R. Moxon: Sky
