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"the data over the last decade shows the majority of political violence originated from right-wing and white supremacist groups."
According to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, 30% of the American public feel it will be necessary to resort to violence to get the U.S. back on course. Within the three political groups, the Democrats take the lead in agreeing with this trend. 28% of Democrats share that view, up 16 points. Independents are up 7 percentage points in agreement, Republicans 3 points. Since it is the right-wing and white supremacist groups that commit a majority of political violence, no wonder the lack of concern. On the other hand, Democrats are genuinely frustrated with a Trump administration that is destroying our country.
There is still no proven motive for the killing of Charlie Kirk by Tyler Robinson, but, according to Robinson's mother, her son had left leanings. Robinson said Kirk spread too much hate, and Common Dreams exclaimed...
"We can condemn political violence and this hideous murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented."
In addition to the Charlie Kirk assassination, you might recall the murder of a Democratic state legislator and her husband in Minnesota in June, somebody tossed a Molotov cocktail into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in April, he is a Democrat, and there were two assassination attempts against Donald Trump while he was running for election. Miller-Idriss says the latest poll findings “should be a real wake-up call.” Then she adds...
“It’s a horrific moment to see that people honestly believe that there’s no other alternative at this point than to resort to political violence,” Miller-Idriss said. “One of the things you really want to see right now is universal condemnation of the use of violence and de-escalation of rhetoric.”
Yes, that should be, but we have a Trump administration and his MAGA maggots aggressively pushing
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“It is really important to show and to document the rise in the left and left-wing extremism,” she said. “It still doesn’t reach the threshold of any legitimate researcher I know of saying it’s the biggest threat.”
The country is divided half and half over its concern for those most threatened by violence between public officials and protesters. Republicans are more inclined to worry about public officials, Democrats for protesters. Again Miller-Idriss...
"said Americans 'do not want to see rising political violence be used as an opportunity for political leaders of any platform, of any party, to suppress freedom of speech, to attack individuals for their ideas when those ideas are protected free speech in this country, because that is a slippery slope to authoritarianism.'”Executive Order 14149, titled "Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship", is an executive order signed by Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, the day of his second inauguration. Yet trump tried to silence ABC's Jimmy Kimmel this past September for bad-mouthing him, by pressuring the network to cancel his show, which it did. Kimmel did go back on the air but the damage was done and Walt Disney, ABC's owner, is suffering zero traffic in their amusement parks. A classic example of how the public can right a wrong by asserting their right of protest.
PBS notes how the Trump gang went all out to suppress any negative efforts against Charlie Kirk after his death, threatening those who disobeyed their order. FCC Chair Brendan Carr wanted to punish ABC for Kimmel's comments on the air, but a hefty number of Americans disagreed with this nonsense...
"Nearly eight in 10 Americans said the U.S. has gone too far in restricting the right to freedom of speech, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Another 19% said the country has gone too far in expanding freedom of speech. Nearly a third of Republicans share that view."
Just as with voting, Republicans want to silence anyone who disagrees with them.
In a recent social media post, someone, in responding to Trump demanding applause from the 800 assembled top military brass in Quantico, VA, gave a quote from George Orwell: "All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." Donald Trump conned us through his first trip to the White House. This time he has decided that it is time for the fury of his long sought revenge.
