RE: Member of Congress Among 5 Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field
June 14, 2017 at 2:34 pm
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2017 at 2:36 pm by Jackalope.)
(June 14, 2017 at 1:54 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(June 14, 2017 at 11:32 am)Minimalist Wrote: Certain irony in gun-loving republicunts being shot down....
Gross thing to say.
Anybody else feel like political violence in the U.S. Is just starting to boil?
Yes, and unfortunately, I expect it to get worse before it gets better.
Inevitably, the usual suspects are going to start pointing fingers ("the left this", or "the right that"), and it's important to keep in mind that -so far as we know- this was the act of a single person. I personally don't know anyone on the left who condones violence, and I most on the right can say the same. We're dealing with extremist individuals, not broadly held ideologies.
In much the same way that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols' actions didn't represent the views of those on the right, neither does this for the left.
This bullshit is going to tear the country apart if we let it.
