Describing dissent over the ongoing genocide in Gaza as a "weed to be uprooted" is a shameful descent into dehumanizing rhetoric. By reducing a complex social issue to a subhuman metaphor, you strip away the humanity of those involved, turning people into problems to be eradicated rather than understood. This isn’t just careless—it’s dangerous. History screams warnings about dehumanizing language, from antisemitic tropes that vilified Jews as "vermin" or "viruses" to propaganda that justified violence by likening groups to pests. You should know better. Your family’s legacy is rooted in fighting for justice and human dignity, yet here you are, wielding rhetoric that has been weaponized to excuse atrocities. Calling for a "garden of tolerance, reason, compassion, and respect" while using dehumanizing language is hypocrisy at its worst.