Highlights: One of the defining features of the rise of American neofascism is violence. This is in no way surprising: violence is one of the primary tools that enemies of democracy use to impose their will, undermine institutions, and prevent the types of consensus-seeking that’s foundational to a healthy democracy and society. Contrary to what right-wing leaders and their disinformation media would like to suggest, this violence is not on “both sides.” The data and other evidence show that political violence and extremism in the Age of Trump (and from the late 1980s to the present more generally) is a phenomenon almost exclusive to the right-wing and “conservative” movement.
National security experts and law enforcement are continuing to warn that right-wing political violence as seen on Jan. 6, in mass shootings and other acts of terrorism, hate crimes, and other such actions – up to an including the possibility of a sustained insurgency to remove President Biden and the Democrats from power – is the greatest threat to the country’s domestic safety and security.
One in the kitchen.
One in my truck.
One at my camp in the swamp. (And no, I’m not rich. It’s literally 2.5 acres of swamp. I got lucky enough to buy it.)
I would kill for a social media platform where posters have to be 25-yo+ to post. You children are fucking exhausting.
I’m 46. Maybe you’re not very good at determining these things. Sort of like how you’re not very good at determining how dangerous life is.