No. Lone-wolf violence against public figures has been with us forever. But there's no broader rhetorical push on the left to foment violence against right-wing politicians. MSNBC isn't running bullshit stories about the right wanting to throw 70,000,000 people into re-education camps, or attempting to ethnically cleanse black people thr…
No. Lone-wolf violence against public figures has been with us forever. But there's no broader rhetorical push on the left to foment violence against right-wing politicians. MSNBC isn't running bullshit stories about the right wanting to throw 70,000,000 people into re-education camps, or attempting to ethnically cleanse black people through mass incarceration and police violence.
One side engages in violent extremist rhetoric, as a matter of course, in the mainstream; the other doesn't. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out which is which.
Also, it's telling that your only example comes from 2017.
No. Lone-wolf violence against public figures has been with us forever. But there's no broader rhetorical push on the left to foment violence against right-wing politicians. MSNBC isn't running bullshit stories about the right wanting to throw 70,000,000 people into re-education camps, or attempting to ethnically cleanse black people through mass incarceration and police violence.
One side engages in violent extremist rhetoric, as a matter of course, in the mainstream; the other doesn't. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out which is which.
Also, it's telling that your only example comes from 2017.
Off the top of my head:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Buffalo_shooting