Not only are "top" and "bottom" simpler and clearer, but they also have other memorable connotations.

Yeah, political violence is always wrong. That's a given. In fact, violence is always wrong, never mind the qualifier.

But it sure does seem like karma when MAGAts are the target. They normalized political violence and now they're reaping what they sowed.

I had the privilege of knowing Richard Feynman. I sometimes felt that way when he talked to me about the stuff he knew we didn't know; I also felt like I was still in the Stone Age when I saw how clearly he understood some things that I couldn't get my head around.

I miss him.

Or to Americans fleeing with only the clothes on their back in just a couple of years.