I'll start by noting that Hamlet was the first play that I ever had a role in. That was a long time ago, but it made an impression on my young mind. I can still remember some of my lines -- though at the time, I was worried that "stage fright" would erase them. (grin)
That was, interestingly (at least to me), about the time that the young Weatherman was planning to blow up an investigator's car. He identified this investigator to be his group's most dangerous enemy. At the time, he believed that "revolution" was both justified and necessary. The investigator, who was known nationally for conducting trainings for the FBI and CIA, was a bit smarter than the group of young men and women, however, and was able to catch them and send them to prison.
That investigator was/is my uncle. I remember my aunt and cousins having to stay at our house at the time. I remember the "drills" we took back then, just as I remember Hamlet. I remember everything. It's funny, in a strange sense -- my daughters grew up thinking of my uncle as a substitute grandfather, filling in for my dad. They think of his as a giant Teddy Bear. Although he and I do not agree on politics, we are very close these days. I've forgiven him for making it so hard to me to buy pot back in those days.
The former Weatherman is now a moderate-to-liberal Democrat. He was 100% for Hillary, and did not like Bernie at all. He said that Trump is correct in his belief that the Deep State is seeking to remove him, and that this is a good thing. He also worries about what will happen next year, on the national stage, when Trump is removed. He recognizes the extreme importance of the Southern Poverty Law Center's coordination with law enforcement, because there are groups that are convinced that efforts to protect Trump are both justified and necessary. And that is very dangerous.
We need to realize that non-violence is the only path to treating the sickness in our society. We don't want to experience a version of "the Troubles" of Northern Ireland.
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