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I understand the argument that he was afraid of being pegged "angry black man".

And I understand that this was an important moment in American history. I was 100% with that and voted for him twice. It seemed like progress. It seemed like the right thing to do.

With the benefit of hindsight, we now know that this reawakened the worst of this country's racist foundations that had been mostly dormant since the Civil War, or at least since the height of the KKK days. And that is why we are where we are today. There really is no denying that.

The question is, was it worth it? If we are indeed entering America's final act where the Obama term, such as it was, gave rise to Tea Party, birtherism, open racism, political violence and ultimately, Trump's destruction of our Constitutional government, was that worth it? If in 2008, we had any way of knowing that would be the ultimate result of electing Obama, would we still choose to do that?

I don't know. I think that is a very difficult question, and the fact is that while we might have expected a backlash, nobody was predicting it would lead to a fully fascist state just 13 years later. I just think we should be honest -- that IS what happened. We can't change it even if we wanted to, but we can pull together our best points of energy and stand up to the fascists where they are today. I hope Obama understands that he is a very important part of how we got here. I hope he feels some responsibility and will finally get off the sidelines and try to help pull together the factions needed to vigorously fight this regime.