Can we maybe stop using the expression "LOCK THEM UP"...

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148. Seat them near the window and serve them watercress finger sandwiches!

I hear what you're saying, I once was all for the high road myself.

But I'm 67 years old, and have fought this battle all my adult life. I've watched JFK, MLK, Jr., and RFK get shot down like dogs, as were 4 students at Kent State. I've lived through the lie that was Vietnam, and the "high crimes and misdemeanors" of the corrupt Nixon crew. Reaganomics, Iran-Contra, the insane hatred of the Clintons, an impeachment (lying about a blow job), the 2000 election fiasco, WMD and the Iraq invasion/occupation based on a LIE. Barack and Michelle Obama disrespected on a shameful scale that exposed a newer, more virulent strain of blind hatred and racism. And a nation now so ideologically divided that a solution or compromise is seriously in doubt. The final insult, a hate-spewing reality-show buffoon stealing an election by colluding with a hostile, totalitarian power. As things stand right now, the parallels to 1930s Germany are very real, and not some nutty conspiracy crap. We've got one foot planted in fascism. It's do-or-die time.

So forgive me if my emotions run hot, because as you can see by my history, there's a highly personal stake in seeing our country do what's right for its people. All of them, not just the uber-wealthy or privileged. I've been around long enough to observe that things are rolling backward. Our shared goal must be to change that.