How to turn political opposition into brownshirt mles.

1. Define your opponents as ipso facto liars, thieves, commies, rats, un-American, ugly, stupid and godless.

2. Always call their supporters “thugs” (or even “kneecappers”). Wherever possible, mention the word “jackboots”. Hurl the names SEIU and ACORN like they meant CPUSA and American Nazi Party.

3. Encourage your supporters to go out and join “the mob” and “let them know how you feel”. (Emphasize primacy of emotion over thought.)

4. Enjoy the resulting spectacle, and blame any violence or disruptions or incivility on the “fact” that your opponents are all of the things you said in (1).

5. Get your followers to ratchet up the rhetoric by proclaiming that “this is war”, while disavowing the logical conclusion a state of war implies. (Nudge, nudge.)

6. Publicly bemoan any excesses while privately gloating and egging on your Sturmabteilung for more…and more…and more.

7. Pretend to be shocked when someone gets hurt or killed.

8. Repeat as needed.

Remember, your opponents are (see [1]). Their plans and ideas are evil. Even though you lost the election, even though a majority might agree with and desire [fill in the blank], it’s un-American and you have the right to burn down the public square before you’ll let [those people] enact [whatever it is that you don’t like].

Finally

9. Continue to maintain the fiction that you believe in American democracy

and

10. Prepare for riots by fortifying your mansion in Connecticut.

Oh, and have fun! You’re making millions doing this shit.