re: #9 Aunty Entity Dragon

Exactly.

America has always had the “sane middle ground” to fall back on and keep us out of teh crazy, but we may not have it this time and the consequences could be dire.

I think now that they’ve opened Pandora’s Box it’s gonna get ugly regardless. Should Trump become the GOP’s candidate and win the general election *shudder* (I don’t think he will), the U.S. as we know it would be over because “Make America Great Again” actually means “Make America White (and Christian) Again.”

As I believe someone already mentioned, if he let down his base they’d turn on him in a heartbeat. If he became the nominee and lost in the general, the rage would be unprecedented and wouldn’t just be directed at racial & religious minorities, it would also be aimed at “race traitor” whites.

It’s like Da’esh—once they’ve seized control of an area they go after religious minorities, but their primary victims are fellow Muslims who don’t fall in line with their ideology and are therefore seen as traitors.