April 7, 1988

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Joel Byers

On April 7, 1988, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, thirteen white supremacists were acquitted on charges of plotting to overthrow the US government. These weren’t good men, or moral men. They had murdered other people. They even killed one man because they mistakenly thought he was Jewish. The men who committed those murders were found guilty of those killings and executed, but the jury didn’t convict them of conspiring to overthrow the government. Why? Because they were idiots and they couldn’t make a legitimate plan to overthrow a Walmart, much less the federal government. But stupid and angry can still kill good people. Hell, it can elect a conman that promises to make you strong and virile, while he destroys the policies and agencies that protect you while making himself even wealthier at your expense.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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