The hard copy version of the October 17, 2024, edition of The New York Times had a first page article that was headlined as follows: "War of Words In Campaign Gets Darker."
Online, the headline is different. Click the link and you'll get an article with this headline: "Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy.’"
In fact, the political "enemies" that Trump is focused on ("Democrats" and those who are working to elect Kamala Harris) are named the "Enemy Within." Kamala Harris is properly directing our attention to the implications of what Trump is saying. Our former president is calling for military action against those "enemies."
I'm one. Maybe you are, too.
If all of us are, as I consistently say, "in this together," then those with whom we have political disagreements are not our "enemy." They are our "fellow citizens."
That understanding removes Trump supporters - my fellow citizens with whom I do not agree, politically - from any "enemies list" that I might ever contemplate establishing. You may remember that a former president, Richard Nixon, seemed to have the same idea about politics that Mr. Trump has. President Nixon did have an "Enemies List," but he didn't suggest military action against those who happened to be populating that list.
The way we have structured our politics and government, fellow citizens are most emphatically never properly identified as "The Enemy."
So... if you don't want to vote for someone who has not understood this basic fact, I'm suggesting that you should be casting your vote for Kamala Harris for President. You might want to get even more actively involved, too!
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