My very elderly German mother says this is an all too familiar scene from her youth and for the first time in her American life she is scared for this country. History repeating.
I lived in Germany 15 years after world war 2. I was a 6 year old army brat . We heard how neighbors and “friends” and family turned people over to the gestapo. They did it to support the Fatherland.
Now when I read some Freeper saying “I have liberal friends”, the first thing I think is, “no you don’t”.