The point is that the right has been guilty of violent rhetoric. The “violent rhetoric” on the left has been saying fascism is bad and needs to be defeated.
They are the ones fanning the flames and then saying “hey we should all stop fanning the flames”. It’s ridiculous.
Have you already forgotten that immediately after the Trump v. United States SCOTUS ruling there were a bunch of posts and comments saying Biden should have Trump assassinated and call it official business?
You could say they were satire, but a casual observer can’t tell for sure.
The “violent rhetoric” on the left has been saying fascism is bad and needs to be defeated.
And look at how some people are suggesting we should do that.
Check the modlog for the news and politics communities over the last few days. It’s there. People have been frothing at the mouth with all kinds of suggestions I will not repeat.
I say again: we all need to chill a bit. I hate that this sounds like I’m defending the right (I’m not). Emotions, tensions, and rhetoric are very inflamed right now, and celebrating, praising, cheering on, or defending political violence of any kind is not what we need to be doing.
So, the right is correct for once, albeit for very wrong / bad faith reasons.
Fuck that. Politicians should fear the people. Bring back the guillotine.
“Violence is never the answer,” says country founded through violent revolution.
