In each and every one of these cases, people want us to do what the terrorists want: Firstly, by a panicked response undertaken during a highly emotional time; secondly, by turning against one another and blaming refugees and Muslims; thirdly, by
clamping down on our freedoms, whether of movement or communication; and
finally by making our foreign policy — whether it is a retreat or a doubling up — responsive to the apocalyptic hysteria of a bunch of fascists.