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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

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Under authoritarianism (see: American white supremacy), the criminal act of any individual in the out-group is an act committed by all. When one of theirs commits crimes, it’s a one-off - barely worth mentioning - those who would criticize are mere opportunistic partisans scoring political points.

Right? Just about all of the last few high-profile assassination attempts in the US were by right wingers, even the ones targeting GOP politicians - just going on the numbers you'd think the perp's more likely to be one of their own

They plant dragon's teeth and we are called deranged for pointing out all the dragons in the sky. We plant seeds to take care of people and they send dragonslayers after us.

it doesn’t matter how loudly Dems condemn this, or even what the shooter’s actual motive is, the machine is already in motion and will invent its own fuel if it has to

Well, when a machine works for Republicans, echoes Republican talking points, and demands Dems copy those talking points - it is a Republican machine. The continuing Liberal belief in a liberal press that died with the All the Presidents men movie is amazing.

All my Trumpist Co-workers were working themselves into a tizzy over the "Continued Violence from the Left" Anger that was missing when it was Democrat politicians being hunted a few months ago. Being the lone Democrat in a Trump loving factory in MN is not always fun