Night of the Long Knives (en.wikipedia.org)

and so far, spurious. thankfully.

Really? I don’t see much of a connection because Trump still hasn’t truly turned on his nuttier white supremacist supporters.

I’d more characterize this past week’s events as a Beer Hall Putsch with aspirations towards becoming a Reichstag Fire.

Even more so as you must guess at the motivation for doing so. Is it a reminder and warning of what could happen? Or is it a subtle call for violence trying to incite people to repeat it?

Turns out recent precedent says I can read it whichever is those two ways I want. Maybe it’s time to remove HN from the play/Apple stores for allowing this content to remain unmoderated? /s I flagged it.