For an event described by the New York Times as a “peaceful protest,” the words are jarring: "[I]f you kill one of us, it’s time for us to kill one of yours," a speaker thundered toward the end of last weekend’s Justice for Jacob rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Several apparently incurious news reports referred to the speaker as an unidentified man who "took the microphone" toward the end of the program.
Jeryl Bier is the editor of Pluribus, an online project exploring the rising tide of illiberalism; a freelance writer; a frequent Twitter (X) user; and an accountant.
