“We Live Here Now” and Trump’s Retelling of January 6

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, his desire to recast January 6 as a day of “love and peace,” as he called it during his campaign, seems as strong as ever. Earlier this week, he told the NBC reporter Kristen Welker that he would “most likely” pardon Capitol rioters on day one.

Hanna Rosin and co-host Lauren Ober enter a universe of alternative facts, speaking with J6 prisoners and their families, and following a J6 case on which Ober was a juror. Mostly, though, the series is about their neighbor, who they discovered one day is a crucial character in the retelling of January 6.

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People---human beings---believe what they _need_ to believe in order to validate their worldview. Our worldviews, these individual and personal perspectives of life and meaning, are, however, rooted in emotion, not logic. They are products of genetics, biologic development, and environmental forces. For most of us, they develop from childhood, from circumstances largely beyond our personal control.

Logic, facts, and science will not prevail against a firmly-rooted worldview, especially when that view is held in desperation. It's not a question of intellectual dishonesty, as human intellect is ruled by human emotion. The problem is in changing how a person _feels._

In Lawrence Kasdan's 1985 flick, _Silverado, _ the diminutive saloon keeper, Stella (Linda Hunt), steps up onto a behind-the-bar platform, bringing her to a greater height. When new customer Paden (Kevin Kline) leans over the bar to catch a glimpse of the device, Stella says "The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn't fit, you make alterations."