Is a constant stream of undiluted fascist rhetoric and violent threats as bad as an unsecured email server? The political press can’t seem to puzzle it out.
Apologies. I haven't (yet) read Balko's entire piece; so maybe he does cover this, but your description of his piece ("the details about the size of the army that would be needed to round people up, the number of buses and airplanes involved, the size of the camps that would have to be built, and much more.") indicates that he does NOT.
Here's what's missing -- WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SOULS OF AMERICANS WHO WITNESS THE "ROUNDUP"? -- Abuela (Grandmother) being dragged out of the house down the block. Are we supposed to try and help abuela resist? Do we just ignore the screaming, the grandkids hugging her ankles, the homeowner's (Grandmother's son) effort to block the kidnapping and the subsequent violence of the "authorities" to keep him from doing so? Do we all become "Good Germans?" THIS -- not the size of the camps, the expense of the roundup, the use of our military -- is the effect that is most gut-wrenching.
Apologies. I haven't (yet) read Balko's entire piece; so maybe he does cover this, but your description of his piece ("the details about the size of the army that would be needed to round people up, the number of buses and airplanes involved, the size of the camps that would have to be built, and much more.") indicates that he does NOT.
Here's what's missing -- WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SOULS OF AMERICANS WHO WITNESS THE "ROUNDUP"? -- Abuela (Grandmother) being dragged out of the house down the block. Are we supposed to try and help abuela resist? Do we just ignore the screaming, the grandkids hugging her ankles, the homeowner's (Grandmother's son) effort to block the kidnapping and the subsequent violence of the "authorities" to keep him from doing so? Do we all become "Good Germans?" THIS -- not the size of the camps, the expense of the roundup, the use of our military -- is the effect that is most gut-wrenching.
Why don't you write about THAT?
Barry Chase