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While Danae and I are in Canada, I want to talk to her parents about what might happen if she and I decide we need to leave the US for reasons of safety. They may not take us seriously, but I have a real fear of a breakdown of order here. There are too many things reminiscent of fascism happening to ignore. Trump publicly making veiled threats of state and vigilante violence against his opponents is one of the worst, but only one of the most recent. It would have been really hard for me to imagine that, and the lack of concern about it from significant parts of the public, before his election.

Over and over, things keep happening that push the envelope. Threats of violence. Clear racism and sympathy for White nationalists. Calling journalists enemies of the people. Where will this end? I just don't know and I'd like to be prepared for the worst.