Our country is unraveling by the minute,â says a recent letter writer to The Daily Advance. He asks why the Michigan state police provided protection for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer when armed Trump supporters surrounded the governorâs mansion shouting threats of violence, and why St. Louis property owners Mark and Patricia McCloskey were arrested for brandishing weapons aimed against peaceful marchers. The answer should be clear: the Trump supporters were threatening violence and the demonstrators in St. Louis were not armed; they were walking down a public street, and they were threatening no one. Thatâs a significant difference. And that difference is the problem we now have with Trump cultists. They simply do not see or wish to recognize the fences they are crossing. Peaceful demonstrators are not the same as armed mobs. Pointing a gun at another person is a form of assault. Equating the two demonstrates clearly why we have so much division in our country right now. And the letter-writer is correct: The very fabric of our country is unraveling, precisely because the Trump cultists cannot or do not want to see the difference.