And herein lies the danger behind scurrilous invocation of terms like “insurrection” and “coup”.

It’s an attempted justification for the “cleansing” that’s already well underway on Twitter today, and will continue unabated for as long as the majority is silent while the radicals cheer it on.

While a small minority loudly yell ”good riddance” the rest of us wonder what happens next time we write something wrong.