Those who cheered on the latter murder should now be examining their consciences.

The historical record is very clear: in politics, violence begets violence. This story is only beginning and it may not end well for America.

See details about the recent shootings.

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    Last week’s assassination of Minnesota’s Democrat former House Speaker was the logical sequel to that of the United Healthcare CEO

    I don’t disagree with your conclusions about cheering on violence and what it begets, but I will just point out that if you’re going by the sequel logic then the shooting of Brian Thompson was the 5th movie in the series, with the first four being assassinated Democrat state representatives.

    It also ignores the literal hundreds of movies and documentaries that have been made where American Insurance companies kills thousands and cause enormous amounts of suffering, just so that they can turn an even higher profit.

    I still don’t agree with political assassination, but starting the narrative with the assassination of Brian Thompson is pretty arbitrary if the storyline is so broad that this is the sequel.

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      Nothing you say contradicts my point. Answering political questions with violence is a road that leads directly to civil war, wherever the road starts. This finding is about as reproducible as findings come in political science. And it’s what the assassination-cheerleaders (in this community and others) do not want to engage with.

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        road that leads directly to civil war

        I highly doubt its going to lead to that. The vast majority people are too lazy to fight for anything and would much rather stare at their phones all day. And every sane person knows war is hell so they don’t want that.