As a magician, I’m certainly open to the existence of classes of beings hostile to humans, and I’ve encountered them a few times. However that being said the vast majority of the time, humans do a fine job of being irrational, mean, and just plain weird, and no further explanation is necessary. Especially where tribalism is concerned.

Just curious, but why do you use asterisks when spelling Covid? I see others do that and also with the word vax. Is there a reason?