Had a French teacher in high school who was from Morocco, and Muslim. He had some pretty harrowing stories from the years following 9/11. The most extreme of them involved him and his family being targeted in a drive-by shooting. Said some of the rounds missed his daughter by inches where she was sleeping. Recounted the feeling of being hunted as prey by bat-guano crazy rednecks…

That vibe quieted down by the 2010s, but now it’s come roaring back. MAGA is like three 9/11s in a trench coat.