"Twenty-five percent of the Democratic Party believes that political violence is appropriate"

Look, Ma!
It's the poll numbers Emperor Hirohito used to decide we wouldn't fight back after he bombed Pearl Harbor!

79 to 91% are against political violence.
#71 | Posted by jpw

No they aren't.
Not really.
Ask those same people if they supported World War Two or the American Revolution.
Ask them if they Support The Troops and Thank Them For Their Service.
Ask them if the military is an institution of political violence
Ask them if the police is an institution of political violence.

Reality: Murder Rates Decreasing to Record Low Numbers

Trumpers: It's time to start cleaning up New York

"You forced us into this position."

^
This is what men who hit their wives say to their wives when they hit them.
It's no wonder Trumpers look at this and see a Strong Man who Forcefully Embodies their Values.

Why do they want to be out of Canada?
Who's driving this movement?
What will it mean?
#10 | Posted by Effeteposer

Same people who brought you Brexit.
What it means is a step further towards parting out the West for scrap.

Times are too tough to be out there murderin'.

The 2nd was written because governments tend to become overbearing at times.
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

For example, an overbearing Government with a majority Congress of of Northern Abolitionists could ban firearms, making it easier for Slaves to escape, threatening our Southern Way of Life.

Not that you'd ever agree with that. Even though it tracks perfectly with what you just said.

Meanwhile, do you have links to increased leftist violence?
#67 | Posted by Danforth

Best he can do is leftists reacting to right-wingers getting murdered.
It should go without saying: None of the murders were done by leftists.

There's certainly been a few instances of what's portrayed as "leftist" violence targeting ICE and DHS. An easily understandable reaction to the state-sponsored right-wing violence that's defined Trump's domestic legacy.

The violence will be more bipartisan when the energy and food shortages really kick in.

"The thread is directly related to polls of both parties being asked if they approve of violence for political means"

So why do you think right-wingers are so tolerant of all the political violence Rpubilcans are doing right now, even as they say to the pollsters they don't approve of political violence.

Are they lying?
Do they not understand it's political violence when their side does it?

You're a right winger. What's your answer? Why are you so tolerant of all this violence, why do you not see the kiliings of Goode and especially Pretti as creeping fascism? Or maybe it's because you do approve of political violence. You do approve of what the UnitedHealth CEO does to maximize profits, right?

"The thread is directly related to polls of both parties being asked if they approve of violence for political means."

Are you capable of entertaining the concept of fighting fire with fire, that the numbers on the left are a reflection of and a reaction to all the political violence Republicans have unleashed in Trump's second term?

Maybe discuss the topic a little bit. Is that in your wheelhouse?

Two examples, the reactions to the killing of Charlie Kirk, and the CEO of United Health.
Not the actions, the celebrations.
#57 | Posted by kwrx25

You seem to want to judge the reactions, without ever mentioning the actors being reacted to.
Without contextualizing the reactions in the milieu of the life's work of a CEO who let people die for profit. A hate preacher who said gun murders are a fair price to pay for living in America.

Charlie Kirk preached political violence.
Being happy he's dead isn't preaching political violence.
It's being happy a preacher of political violence is dead.
That's pretty much the opposite of endorsing political violence.

I'm not aware of anyone on the Left who said Charlie Kirk needs to be murdered. It was Nick Fuentes who said that. And that's what Trump says about his political opponents too. Charlie Kirk was a a political opponent of Trump on both the Epstein Files and the Gaza Ethnic Cleansing.
What we on the left said, and still say, is that by Charlie Kirk's beliefs, Charlie Kirk believes Charlie Kirk's murder was justified.
If you can't understand that, you're unfathomably stupid and I'll just stop wasting my time on you. Deal?

From The River To The Sea.
Palestine Will Be Ethnically Cleansed.