I know they’re going to say it is only jokes. Fuck that. I get y’all want to be edgelords, but this is the most dangerous thing that has happened this century. I would be surprised now if we make it to the end of the year without some people getting assassinated for real, and it will target overwhelmingly the leftest end of the spectrum.
Example, example, example. There are others.
Y’all are on the precipice of finding out firsthand the difference between “OMG I’m so oppressed, the police are racist and I’m struggling to pay my bills, civil war y’all” and “OMG I’m so oppressed, a gang of big violent fuckers with bats and boots and the support of the government just attacked my whole community, seriously hurt me, and burned part of my house down. They told us if they find us here tomorrow, they’ll kill us.”
The last time a president was assassinated it was Kennedy in 1963. Reagan was shot as well. Two different people tried to assassinate Ford.
It’s actually a wonder that nobody has taken a shot at Trump up til now. It is only jokes. It adds levity to the situation. The fact that someone was able to get this close to a former president with the protection of the secret service with a weapon of any kind, let alone fire multiple shots is absurd.
The idea that it will lead to open war in the streets? I don’t think so.
There were always going to be isolated incidences of violence in regards to this election. Given the way the insurrection has been handled (what I would consider to be one of the most dangerous things to happen to American Democracy in the last century), this is just the kind of thing to fire up his base but it doesn’t endear fence sitters to him. They’re fence sitters for a reason. And it certainly isn’t the type of thing to prevent democratic voters from voting.
So your worry here is what? The same danger he has always posed as a Demagogue before this shooting is the one he poses as of now in the present. If you’re worried about people using this to incite more violence, that was going to happen regardless of whether he got shot at.
People cope with current events that have the potential to impact their lives in different ways. Blind panic and condemnation of people who would otherwise be your allies is a choice though.
Well, glad we cleared that up. I would recommend to watch the news for historians who study this type of thing; I would expect that you will see some who predict exactly that. Or, well, more of it, since there’s already a little bit of it.
I mean the proof is in the pudding. We’ll see what happens.
That his followers will be inspired to acts of violence they otherwise wouldn’t have been
I’ll “condemn” people who I disagree with, and explain why I disagree with them. I plan to continue to do so. If that is wrong in your world, then it makes some kind of sense why you think assassination is right.
If you like assassinations, and aren’t panicked about further erosion of democracy, you already won’t be a potential ally of mine for two big reasons. The issue wasn’t created when I spoke up about those reasons.