Genocide scholars and those who study the micro-dynamics of mass violence have long understood what kind of thinking precedes and paves the way to atrocity.
Inasmuch as language reflects thinking, we must be clear-headed about the anti-immigrant rhetoric espoused by Trump and MAGA.
“MASS DEPORTATION NOW” harbors a dark “eliminationist” fantasy.
“Vermin” is a permission slip for would be exterminators.