I am the worst kind of hypocrite when it comes to this sort of thing.

I am a firm believer in the idea that 99.9% of people are good. They want to live their lives, protect their loved ones and be kind to others.

But I also believe that the majority of people are weak, foolish idiots that are tribal, easily frightened and consequently easily manipulated into doing things that are destructive to others, themselves and the Republic.

I wonder how much of the original American spirit is left. The kind of people that pride themselves on doing it (whatever "it" is) themselves. The kind of people that reflexively give the double middle finger to anyone in authority. The kind of people who inherently know right from wrong. The kind of people that understand that the definition of character is how you behave when nobody is looking.

We need more of those folks right now.