"It is the eternal struggle between two principles -- right and wrong -- throughout the world." - A. Lincoln.

Trump's latest racist rants were delivered in what can only be described as 1923-beer-hall style, complete with crowds chanting in unison, faces upturned, basking in the jut-jawed posturing of their infallible leader, a scene all too reminiscent of Rome and Berlin in the 1930s and '40s.

We've heard it before, of course, right here in America, from racists and demagogues, cross-burners, white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

But never in living memory have we heard such things from the lips of the President of the United States, in a blatant pander to the already self-proclaimed racists who support him, with the hope of evoking similar responses from those whose "enthusiasm" for the tweeted tenets of contemporary Trumpism falls short of current GOP "standards"

In Charlottesville, it first took the form of a nighttime torchlight procession of white supremacists chanting slogans that, translated into German, would not have been out of place in Berlin, Munich or Nuremberg. The next morning this writer interviewed three heavily armed young men who proclaimed proudly that they had come to the home of Mr. Jefferson's University to help take their country back from "the Niggers and the Jews." That afternoon a fellow traveler, self-proclaimed white supremacist, and supporter of our current President murdered Heather Hyer.

"Send 'em back to Africa" was shouted by Klansman, whispered by members of White Citizens' Councils and considered policy worth discussing by soon-to-convert Dixiecrats.

Loyal German Americans faced the same epithets during two world wars.

Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans knew and know the chant.

Now from anywhere south of the Rio Grande, Muslims, and others whose skin isn't white or whose English is accented not only hear the chants but feel the lash, all too often to the point of murder.

We not only refused to admit Jewish refugees during the '30s and '40s, but we also sent boatloads back to Europe and certain death.

"Foreigners Out!" was the cry. "America for Americans."

The German analog was "Juden 'raus" and "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer."

Enough is enough. We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing this to be done to our fellow citizens and our country.

The critical question remains, of course, not "Where have we heard all this before?" but a more important one: "Why Do So Many of Us Still Remain Silent?"

Now is, indeed, the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Stand up. Speak out. Recall. Impeach. Indict. Convict.

Enough is enough.