August 7, 2020

I think we always knew the days (and weeks) afterwards would be much worse than the day itself, because afterwards when we are innundated by the endless news analyses and post-mortems, the hand-wringing and recriminations. And also when the glee and gloating of the other side, come out, louder and more jubilant because now, their man has won, and that is what winning looks like, for them. But the stories coming out of the US now, of the malevolence and ugliness, perhaps long-existing — but I think unprecedented in the way it is now expressed so publicly, so openly, without filters, without any longer any fear of repercussion, far surpasses what I’d imagined.

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