I saw a couple of interviews where the question was "is violence acceptable" in these situations and although the "yes" responses seemed awfully high, I could not find out where the on the street interviews took place or how many people they talked to. That leaves me believing it's a media ploy and we know how they love to stir the pot. I will continue to hope the numbers haven't really changed and there won't be an increase in that kind of activity. They may say yes but they mean for someone else to do it. Most are cowards. Thankfully.
I don't know that it's a ploy. Whether it's people vandalizing Teslas in some ironic left-on-left hate crime, the antifa goons acting out, or people openly cheering for assassination, there is some of both - people who'll do it and those who will only cheer. The study came from a
group within Rutgers University, and it could have easily been spiked if the research team wanted to protect Dems.
I don't doubt most are cowards, just like few Islamists will carry out violence even though a much larger number supports it. But you only need a few who are willing to do it for a problem to erupt. At some point, it will go badly. Either a goon will go too far or encounter the wrong person who retaliates with prejudice. Then what? The media will, of course, blame the right because it's worked hard to shield this stuff from its flock.
Except that we see those on the left regularly perpetrate violence, whether against inanimate objects or living beings. This was most evident when the group known as "Antifa" (and BLM) was more at the forefront, while president bobblehead was saying "Antifa is just an idea."
I saw a couple of interviews where the question was "is violence acceptable" in these situations and although the "yes" responses seemed awfully high, I could not find out where the on the street interviews took place or how many people they talked to. That leaves me believing it's a media ploy and we know how they love to stir the pot. I will continue to hope the numbers haven't really changed and there won't be an increase in that kind of activity. They may say yes but they mean for someone else to do it. Most are cowards. Thankfully.
I don't know that it's a ploy. Whether it's people vandalizing Teslas in some ironic left-on-left hate crime, the antifa goons acting out, or people openly cheering for assassination, there is some of both - people who'll do it and those who will only cheer. The study came from a
group within Rutgers University, and it could have easily been spiked if the research team wanted to protect Dems.
I don't doubt most are cowards, just like few Islamists will carry out violence even though a much larger number supports it. But you only need a few who are willing to do it for a problem to erupt. At some point, it will go badly. Either a goon will go too far or encounter the wrong person who retaliates with prejudice. Then what? The media will, of course, blame the right because it's worked hard to shield this stuff from its flock.
Except that we see those on the left regularly perpetrate violence, whether against inanimate objects or living beings. This was most evident when the group known as "Antifa" (and BLM) was more at the forefront, while president bobblehead was saying "Antifa is just an idea."