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From the link in my post: I can't stop thinking of the signs. MASS DEPORTATION NOW, they say. "It makes me ask myself: Are Republicans not my enemy? Under what conditions would they not be my enemy? I don't want them to lose their fundamental rights or be deprived of basic human needs or be mass deported, or lose life-saving medical care, or be harassed and murdered if they become homeless, or be enslaved in our prisons, so I suppose in that way I don't hold them in similar enmity that they hold others, but I'm not sure that makes them not my enemy, not when they've decided to harm and kill so many of my neighbors and family. When your father is stabbing your sister to death and announcing his intent to stab your mother, is he not your sister's enemy, and your mother's? What must I do to secure my father's friendship in that moment? Do I stand by and watch? Do I pretend he's not attacking? Do I sharpen knives and hand them over to him? And what peace can I establish with my father that doesn't involve me making war against my sister and all who love her? Do I even notice that my sister doesn't get to make such a choice about who is or isn't an enemy?"