Adam Serwer

And I think there's a kind of irony to that because this community in Minnesota

The right has a social theory that multiracial, multifaith communities cannot be, quote unquote, cohesive, that our chaos is the result of the presence of people who are different from us.

And then you see this multiracial community in Minneapolis coming together in defense of each other.

In this like broad, nonviolent way.

And it's just inspiring.

And it just refutes the idea that the problem with quote unquote cohesion is the presence of people who are different from us.

The problem is, you know, people who make an issue out of someone being different from you.

You know, the way I sometimes describe it is it's like, you know, an arsonist setting a building on fire and then complaining about the temperature.

If you're going to demagogue about how horrible, you know, X group of people are, of course, like there are going to be cohesion problems because you are saying these people are the enemy and they are a legitimate target of state violence in the way that Trump has said, you know, Somali immigrants are garbage and we don't want them here.

Yeah, look, I've heard this before.

And I think, you know, it is an argument that makes sense on paper.

You can disagree with it.

You can think it's wrong, but there's a logical progression to it.

Here's the thing.

It's wrong.

We know it's wrong because we can see in Minneapolis, we can see these communities of people who say, you are my neighbor, whether you were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu,

You are my neighbor and I'm going to protect you.

I'm going to walk your kids to the bus stop so that they, you know, because I know you can't go outside.

I'm going to bring you food if you need to stay at home.

I'm going to help you pay your rent.