I think there is a real possibility we reconcile after an outburst of violence. I want us to be able to reconcile in a civil fashion, but this has been decades in the making and it's not the sort of thing that can be undone at a moment's notice.

Our social contract is being strained, and in some places outright shredded. We're losing the ability to trust one another as countrymen. Not everywhere, but too many places where the left is willing to take advantage of people's good natures. Many urban metro areas, for example. That sort of behavior comes with a price, and if we start losing the ability to rely on the police to enforce the law? It's going to get ugly.

I'm hoping and praying that cooler heads prevail and someone in the democrat party leadership, or an influential leftist populist, is able to grasp the reins of the party and steer it away, but it's probably not going to happen before there's a flaring. They've chosen to embrace their crazies and let them run wild, because they think it will give them power. I don't know how you oppose that, other than staying true to principals, setting a good example, and defending one's rights.

The left has successfully hollowed out many of the old pillars of society. They're going to crumble, and the country is going to need other pillars to hold everything up while we rebuild. I think the best thing we can do is try and be those pillars, and hope that reconciliation follows. Otherwise, I guess we have to play it by ear.