Political enmity only requires existential alienness, not moral evil
Evidence
The political enemy need not be morally evil or aesthetically ugly; he need not appear as an economic competitor, and it may even be advantageous to engage with him in business transactions. But he is, nevertheless, the other, the stranger; and it is sufficient for his nature that he is, in a specially intense way, existentially something different and alien, so that in the extreme case conflicts with him are possible. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 697
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Defines the minimal criterion for casting anyone as a political enemy — existential otherness alone suffices, independent of harm or vice.