silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoHow death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump | The insidious way violence is changing American politics — and shaping the 2024 election.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkHow death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump | The insidious way violence is changing American politics — and shaping the 2024 election.www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarepsvrhlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·10 months agoIf the political left and/or minorities engaged in the levels of political violence that the right does, the reaction would be swift and severe. Recall that American conservatives were supportive, if not outright pushing for, firearms restrictions when it was the Panthers bearing arms.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoExactly. You can’t use the same kind of threats to stop this. It takes doing something like enforcing the laws against threats
If the political left and/or minorities engaged in the levels of political violence that the right does, the reaction would be swift and severe.
Recall that American conservatives were supportive, if not outright pushing for, firearms restrictions when it was the Panthers bearing arms.
Exactly. You can’t use the same kind of threats to stop this. It takes doing something like enforcing the laws against threats