His Head on a Pike?

Watching the Democrats flail around aimlessly in their attempt to impeach ex-POTUS Donald J. Trump for the second time, even after he's long gone, brings to mind the events of 17th Century England (the penalty you must now endure for my having undergone a good, solid liberal arts education, I would presume).  

You might find that a bit strange, what with trying to compare the Democrats' attempting to erase every single vestige of Trump's footprint on our lives with the drama that unfolded after England's King Charles 1st's untimely death.  Well, actually it was "timely," in that he was beheaded, so I guess they knew when the axe would fall.  One would assume.

That drama unfolded after the defeat and beheading of Chuck The Uno during the English Civil War.  Oliver Cromwell became Lord High Protector and ruler of the English Commonwealth following this event.  Cromwell, who had been the King's consigliere, took the opportunity of his death to seize power.  However, his rule was such a fustercluck that he was universally despised by all, causing all sorts of angst and anger among the populace.  He then up and died on September 3rd, 1658 of natural causes and was given a public funeral at Westminster Abbey equal to those of monarchs who came before him.  His son Richard succeeded him.  Charles The Two was recalled from exile and the monarchy was re-imposed.

It should be noted that the hate for Cromwell was so deep-seated among the cognoscenti back then that the Parliament ordered the disinterment of the elder Cromwell's body.  He was then tried for treason, found guilty, and posthumously executed.  Posthumously.  That means after he'd been dead for years.  He was ordered to be hung "from morning till four in the afternoon" before being cut down and beheaded.  His head was then placed on a 20-foot spike in front of Westminster Hall.  

For a long, long, long time.

In 1685 a yuge storm broke the pike upon which Cromwell's head was displayed, throwing it to the ground (although sources list the date as having happened anywhere between 1672 and 1703).  It was thereafter lost to private collections.  

It was later recovered on March 25, 1960, and buried at Cromwell's alma mater Sidney Sussex College.

It would seem to me that the moral of this story is that the monarchy (supplant Congressional Democrats here) so hated this civilian interloper's having had the temerity to assume the throne that they wished to punish him so terribly, so awfully, so completely that neither he, nor any other member of his political class, would ever presume to try this ever, ever, ever again.  They wished to humiliate him so indelibly that people "like him" would never again try to rise from the masses and assume the mantle of leadership.  They couldn't try him and kill him, so they dug him up and tried him and "killed" him again, ceremoniously, so their hatred could be expunged.

Do you see any similarity between these events of nearly 400 years ago and the events unfolding today, as we speak, under the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C.?  They couldn't "get" The Donald before he left town, so they're going to "get" him after he's gone?  Do you support this?  Are you happy to be paying for this?  You are, you know.  And if you're not happy about it, make your voices heard.  

"Peaceably and patriotically..."

Why do I burden you with all this history?  Unless or until it becomes socially acceptable to put Trump's head on a pike, like Cromwell's, I'd suggest we'd best pay attention to history lest we be forced to repeat it...