Taking Our Country Back—to What? | Opinion | Salt Lake City
It had never happened before in this country. "We're going to take our country back!" was the battle cry of the day and has been the rebel yell of the radical right for some time. The question: Back from whom? Back to where? It looks a lot like the "Lost Cause" dating from the late 1800s and Reconstruction following the defeat of the South in the Civil War, repackaged for working-class white Americans who feel aggrieved. It also bears similarity to fascist movements and the failed 1923 Nazi coup known as the "Beer Hall Putsch." It is white nationalism. The attacking mob on Jan. 6, 2021, numbe...