"For now, it is enough to say that the end of Trump's presidency must be palpably different from previous changes in administrations. Detrumpification must have a visual and physical record. It must be an event and a celebration.

It must be an enduring memory and a warning to anyone who hopes to venerate authoritarian figures on American soil in the future. It must represent not just a political defeat but a societal rejection of Trumpism itself.

What Trump and his allies are doing, after all, is not really about honoring him. These tributes are meant to carry the same message as an unrepaired hole in the wall left by a violent domestic abuser's fist.

The goal is to humiliate and to intimidate anyone who didn't support him, to imply violence without leaving bruises, and to create a perpetual sense of unease, despair, and dread.

To visibly erase his image and his name from American public life would not be a distraction from moving forward but rather a prerequisite for it."

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Well said.... the article is quite thorough about the reasons why.

OK, that does it. New mouse for Christmas!

#6

Seems like The 12th of Never.