Prime Junta
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How about an article penned by Jesse himself?
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Inflammatory, for sure. Implied or actual calls to violence against politicians from the other side? Sorry, dte — I can't see any of that there.
Again, simply put: high rhetoric, flying accusations of racism, unpatriotism, immorality, unfairness, or whatever, are nothing new in politics. However, implied or actual threats of violence are crossing a line that, IMO, should not be crossed, and that I have not seen crossed in American politics before now, by neither side. Not by members of Congress or other official, high-level representatives of either of the major parties.
More than that, I find it extremely troubling that you, dte, are unable or unwilling to acknowledge the crossing of that line. If you really see no difference between the rhetoric you're citing and the rhetoric we're objecting to here, I think the US really is in trouble. It means that threats of violence are now an accepted part of political discourse. With a country as big as yours, that means that actual violence is just around the corner.
Hand on your heart, would you really like to see, say, Nancy Pelosi — or Al Sharpton, or Jesse Jackson, for that matter — assassinated? I'm honestly a little scared that you'll say yes.
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