The hateful rhetoric from both sides of the political divide is dangerous
Democrats accuse Republicans of political rhetoric that encourages violence. Republicans accuse Democrats of political rhetoric that encourages violence.
If there was an ounce of honesty on either side, they’d say that they, as well as the opposition are guilty of lighting the fire of discord and hatred. And that’d stop it.
I won’t spend anytime giving examples; the evidence is so clear that any denials are a joke. .
It makes me sick.
But there’s this:
Only a Republican—Donald Trump—has been a target of an assassination attempt. The first one missed Trump by less than an inch. If it had killed him on live TV, America would have been thrown into a sickening divide. Perhaps even violence.
That assassination attempt at a Trump rally has been made infinitely worse by the Biden administration’s puzzling and unjustified squelching of public disclosure about the shooter, his motives and other vital information. The absence of meaningful disclosure has ignited all kinds of conspiracy theories, dangerous ones that could encourage copy-cat attempts.
It is impossible to measure which side is worse. But it’s fair to ask how long this can go on without a cataclysmic ending.