how it got to be (over the course of the last 50 years):

Jesus and John Wayne https://www.agathonlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DuMez-Kristin-Kobes-Jesus_and_John_Wayne-oceanofpdf.pdf

A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral

Simple Sabotage Field Manual https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184-images.html

And now… and now…

https://apnews.com/video/reverend-at-inaugural-prayer-service-implores-trump-to-have-mercy-on-lgbtq-people-and-migrants-1667ce77106b4fcbb92658f92ec772bc

Meanwhile, per the Jersusalem Post:

Israeli activist and acade>mic Shai Davidai wrote on Instagram “I don’t care who you are, doing a Nazi salute is never ok.”

“The issue isn’t whether or not you’re an antisemite,” he continued. “The issue is whether or not you’re normalizing that which shouldn’t be normalized.”

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-838444

Spain has the correct response:

• Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz criticizes Musk’s behaviour at Trump’s inauguration events - Diaz cites algorithms promoting xenophobia and extreme right - Other Sumar party ministers to stop using X, she says

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-deputy-pm-diaz-withdraws-elon-musks-x-platform-2025-01-21/