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When a party leader uses the language "enemy" when referring to an opposing leader, they're not a good choice for government.
Political parties should not use rhetoric like that, it's unnecessarily aggressive and can directly lead to violence. Unfortunately we've been seeing more and more of it from the right (including the violence part)
That's why there must always be full protection for making offensive statements with full freedom for people to go anywhere they choose to go while expressing offensive views. It's only people who are fueled by hate that attemot to control speech. The harder you try to control, the harder you get it.
You either allow offensive views in public, or you suffer public rebellion against what you say, that's how life works.
We are only intolerant of intolerance.
"Enemy" is divisive, and would have tanked a candidate almost as bad as flip-flopping. Last-decade seems 10 years ago, though.