There are moments when the world feels so unstable that people stop asking what is wise  and start asking what is permitted . Lines harden. Patience thins. The pressure to take a side becomes constant. In those moments, it can feel not only reasonable but necessary to believe that some ideas must be eliminated, some people must be stopped, and some questions must no longer be considered. This way of thinking doesn't begin in cruelty. It actually begins in care. The desire to