 We begin with the calls for calmer political rhetoric, one of which came from President Biden. At another fraught time, just before the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln told his fellow citizens, we are not enemies, but friends. Biden chose similar language as he listed a series of violent events. Well, we may disagree. We are not enemies. We're neighbors. We're friends, coworkers, citizens. And most importantly, we are fellow Americans. We must stand together.