Historian Edward Said (pronounced Sa-yeed) argued that “Othering”—creating a “them” in order to create an “us”—had become a vital part of modern political culture.[1] The “They” serves as a useful enemy that can be imbued with whatever negative and terrifying traits are needed at that moment, usually to keep the already powerful in power. Rep. Crenshaw, for instance, describes a shadowy “They” more powerful than himself, perhaps, who abuselaws(Passed by whom for what reason? He is a lawmaker!) by keeping entertainment or appearance-related stores—commerce not essential to staying alive, in other words—closed. In the past, Crenshaw has used the same term to describe the same people as being against law and order, anarchistic, and disrespectful of leadership. “They” is a term defined not by a static meaning, but by the need to justify his group’s beliefs and retained societal power—the power to have a judge’s sentence overturned, in this case, and to not even apologize for disrupting “law and order.”