“And I've noticed that the people in the ultraconservative extremist right, right now, have built a new metanarrative around America. And it started with the rise of the election of Donald Trump. But that metanarrative was anyone who does not see strength in America is weak. Anyone who opposes us is an enemy. Anyone who gets in our way will be trampled. We will not govern as a nation of equals. We will govern over and rule over people. Democracy is losing the metanarrative story.” DemocracyExtremismRight WingDonald TrumpConservativesExtremistsMetanarratives Author:Malcolm W. Nance
“But the funny trick that Americans do is that they manage to convince themselves that political violence in the United States that any one of us in the counterterrorism world would call terrorism anywhere else is just violence in the United States.” AmericaUnited StatesViolenceTerrorismUsaUnited States Of AmericaUsDomestic TerrorismPolitical Violence Author:Malcolm W. Nance
“My problem today is that our metanarrative has been hijacked to embrace the potential of hate, to embrace the potential of murder. This nation is entering a period of darkness. And you, the listener, must decide what part of American history, culture that you love--you love--that you will not lose to the powers of authoritarianism.” AmericaDemocracyActivismAuthoritarianismMetanarratives Author:Malcolm W. Nance