But also I read that Trump himself isn't addressing these hate crimes perpetrated by his "fringe" followers but complaining via his beloved communication tool of choice, Twitter, about the anti-Trump protesters being "unfair." And that some, likely in his camp, are calling at least one anti-Trump rally an outright "riot."
It got me thinking back in time to the whole Charles Manson trial in the early 1970s when we found out why Manson and his "family" did what they did. (In case your history knowledge is a bit rusty or incomplete, the Manson Family was responsible for a series of horrifically brutal murders in the Los Angeles area.) According to Manson himself, they killed their high-profile white victims in hopes of pinning the crime on black people so the ensuing public outrage would initiate the Race War he and his followers believed was inevitable.
This Race War or Helter Skelter, in Manson's mind, was needed because it would enable the physically superior black people to slaughter the white people to extinction and bring about a Holy Correction to the world order that was long overdue. I know, it's complicated but Manson, a white guy, was racist against whites, wanting other races to wipe them out as payback for all the atrocities the white man has brought forth on the rest of the world.
Lo and behold, the day after the election, a reporter reached out to Charles Manson, who, in case you didn't know, is a lifetime inmate in California's Corcoran State Prison, to get his reaction to the election results. Below is his response which is totally insane, since, well, Manson is. Insane that is. But notice the drawings. It looks like Anasazi-like primitive native culture drawings. Is Manson saying that these drawings foretell of the Great Race War and that Trump's election is one of the hallmark moments in our achieving our species ultimate Cain and Able metaphor?
Crazier things have been said.
