The new version of "our political enemies are communists" is "our political enemies are domestic violent extremists". It's a rationale for using state resources

The new version of "our political enemies are communists" is "our political enemies are domestic violent extremists". It's a rationale for using state resources and law enforcement powers to degrade the political opposition. The FBI went after MLK that way, accusing him of ties to communists in order to justify extreme measures. The most notorious of those measures was an attempt to blackmail him into commiting suicide. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–King_suicide_letter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–King_suicide_letter