I’m guessing, but I estimate that the percentage of those who believe that Trump is Hitler, or something just as bad as Hitler, is around 20%.
While it is a little unsettling to think that a fifth of your fellow citizens are deranged, the thing is, they’re not winning. They may be fascists, but this is not the Weimar Republic.
They are doing their own cause harm. When Robert Reich and MSNBC float the rumor that Milo Yiannopoulos or Steve Bannon are secretly organizing the violent riots against themselves, it is only plausible because these riots do really help Trump.
So there is no need to be too alarmed about the violent, insane reaction to the election. These people did not expect to lose power. It has come as a shock, and they are freaking out.
The good news is, they have lost power, and their freaking out is not going to accomplish anything.
It’s really going to happen. We’re going to have immigration reform, tax reform, regulatory reform, educational reform, law and order, a strong defense, and a strong foreign policy.
I don’t see much “freaking out,” but then I lived through the ’60s, so the “freaking out” bar is set pretty high.