Did they hear the mobs coming? Were there warnings ahead of time—whispers over the wire, soldier instincts astir, sympathetic officials pulling aside favored servants or even clandestine lovers and telling them to brace for attack? What could they do, those proud but powerless people, in a country where no law protected them and even basic human decency turned its back? Where could they go, with no ancestral homes to return to and no one to rely on but themselves?
Reading this while sitting in Florida as Ron DeSantis rages his anti-woke racist war against critical race theory just after pushing "Don't say Gay" past the 3rd grade and into universities… Do I know anyone who would or could warn me?
