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I didn't make an assertion. I asked you a question. You assumed that question was rhetorical. Then you accused me of perverse logic.

You are seeing things that aren't there. You are like another poster here. You misunderstand the difference between literal language and figurative language. I suggest we stick to literal language and read the words rather than the spaces between them. The meaning is in the black letters, not the white space.

I'm trying to establish facts. So I looked up third party results from the American election of 2016. In fact, the American Nazi Party won zero votes in the last election. Therefore I have to wonder how you define the words "well organized" and "thriving" when applied to this party when it hasn't even won any votes. There are other socialists who did win votes. But those parties don't evoke your fear. I wonder why.

That's what you are talking about. Fear. That's something you have to deal with. I don't know where you are getting your information, but the providers have done a great job instilling fear in you. Such people aim for the nervous system, and the body responds faster than the intellect. I know. I have worked with such people in the press. Totally Pavlovian. Like children, they want attention and they will do almost anything to get it. That's journalism. A way to get attention.

What are you afraid of? That the Third Reich is rising in the twenty-first century America? I can tell you—with certainty—that it is not and it will not. There are people who are trying to gain power in an authoritarian way. Attempting to gain power through unjustifiable impeachment rather than through fair and free elections is one such method.

I see that you are from Canada. I have noticed that many Canadians and Brits have many false ideas about America. Again I wonder where they are getting their wildly distorted information. The only way to understand America, which is such an odd country, is to live here. You can't learn about it any other way.

What you need to know I have already written. I suggest you re-read what I have written. Pay closer attention. Don't let your mind wander. Don't think of anything else. Don't jump to conclusions. Clear your head first and concentrate. Assume that the words have meaning and that I mean what I say. Don't infer meaning. Don't look into the white space and try to interpret it. Read the words. They tell you what you need to know. Don't let your fear tell you what to say. Don't plug in hand-me-down responses. Make up your own mind.