> If you don't understand how this rises above the level of "just politics", I feel like it can only be because you don't consider the new targets of state viol

> If you don't understand how this rises above the level of "just politics", I feel like it can only be because you don't consider the new targets of state violence to be fully human. While I'm extremely concerned about the crime and immigration stuff, "if you disagree with me then you must consider a large group of people subhuman" doesn't seem a constructive way to approach people who are insufficiently concerned as yet. > And let's not forget that more than half of the country didn't want this president. Unproven. I do rather hope it's true, but "a campaign focused on winning the electoral college lost the popular vote" is not quite the same thing.