If it was a single democracy-killing individual that approach might be sufficient, but as Tom's piece points out, half the country craves the underside of the heel, ignorantly believing it won't come down and crush them, just those "others". What to do about them is the conundrum we face. Can we persuade "influencers", celebrities, athletes, military, etc. to speak out (DeNiro can't do it alone.) or will they fear being part of Trump's purge?
Except the lunatics are playing with matches, and some sane people need to quell the fire. Sometimes the fire needs to be put out with another fire.
I mostly don't disagree with you, personally. But politically we need to concentrate on other ways to quell the fire.
If it was a single democracy-killing individual that approach might be sufficient, but as Tom's piece points out, half the country craves the underside of the heel, ignorantly believing it won't come down and crush them, just those "others". What to do about them is the conundrum we face. Can we persuade "influencers", celebrities, athletes, military, etc. to speak out (DeNiro can't do it alone.) or will they fear being part of Trump's purge?