
By Selwyn Duke
There’s an old Star Trek episode with a most memorable closing line; it comes to mind here. Titled “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” (1969), it features two aliens from opposing, antagonistic groups. After spending some time aboard the starship Enterprise — a period during which the crew had to keep them separated and under control — they finally manage a return to their home planet.
They find it lifeless, with their civilization reduced to burning rubble; their two groups had completely destroyed each other. Despite this, and with their rage burning hotter than ever, they resume chasing each other across their dead world.
Plaintively observing this scene from aboard the Enterprise, the crew’s final exchange is this:
Mr. Spock: “All that matters to them is their hate.”
Lieutenant Uhura: “Do you suppose that’s all they ever had, sir?”
To this Captain Kirk responded: “No — but that’s all they have left.”
This is brought to mind by the post-midterm behavior of many Democrats. Fresh off a historically large victory, you might think they’d be jubilant, uncontainably happy.
You’d have to think again.
Because instead, some are hissing about what they want to do to their political enemies (i.e., Republicans).
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