I saw a photograph of four of the dozens of self-styled militia men who held a demonstration of their mental instability on the lawn of the Kentucky Capitol Building. They were there to “Stop the steal!,” to denounce Mitch McConnell, cheer for the DC insurrectionists, and rage against Kentucky’s Governor Beshear, not to mention against socialism and communism (do they know what these words mean?).

The four in the photo are standing there in let’s-play-soldier outfits, armed with various long guns, and with their faces covered, not by COVID-19 masks, but by scarves wrapped round and round their necks and heads to make a mask like a  KKK hood. These nerds are really dangerous. They are hyper-aggressive, self-righteous, and stupid. They are also, as human beings go, ridiculous and pathetic.

They are not the only ones who are ridiculous and pathetic. We have allowed our laws to be so misinterpreted and twisted that these heavily armed hooligans can parade around, their presence and appearance making an implicit threat of insurrection.