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Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Conservative broadcaster Ben Ferguson drew criticism from his fellow CNN panelists when he said April 27 that more conservatives will be killed "if the Democratic Party doesn't wake up and realize that words had meaning and they light the fuse." "Twenty-five percent of the Democratic Party believes that political violence is appropriate," Ferguson said.

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The Marquette poll found fully one-quarter of self-described "very liberal" respondents agreed that it is "justified for Americans today to resort to violence in order to achieve political goals." "Very conservative" respondents agreed at a lower rate, 10%.

Since 2021, Democrats have become more comfortable with political violence while Republicans have become less comfortable, according to Public Religion Research Institute polling.

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I'd beat the ---- out of you, you coward.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-05 03:11 PM | Reply

I figured this would be a pedoringer thread.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-05 03:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's always hilarious when the people who for decades commit by far the most Domestic Terrorism in this country, according to the FBI and DHS, Rwing white nationalists... try to blame the violence on Dems.

Funny and stupid.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-05 03:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Who will fill this empty box next?

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-05 03:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Who will fill this empty box next?

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

BOAZ V1 & V2

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-05 04:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

BOAZ without white makeup:

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-05 04:48 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

I think we need to build a small, 1 table ballroom for each and every MAGA wuss that worries about reaping the bitter harvest from the seeds their cult leader has sown.

And then go to the Dollar Tree and buy a bunch of flimsy, shiny ---- to decorate each one.

#7 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-05 05:06 PM | Reply

I'd beat the ---- out of you, you coward.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Name the time and place, bitch.

#8 | Posted by boazreborn at 2026-05-05 06:53 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

And this is a foot thread. Stop spamming the thread. Stay on topic.

Rcade used to ban people for that.

#9 | Posted by boazreborn at 2026-05-05 06:57 PM | Reply

What's comrade Boazo's opinion of the violence of his peeps on January 6th

#10 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-05-05 06:58 PM | Reply

#9

Hey idiot, look at the ------- headline. You get confused on who you're supposed to be?

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-05 08:52 PM | Reply

Two Words.....

Timothy McVeigh.

Terry Nichols.

267 dead Children and Adults.

GTFOH with this Nonsense.

#12 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-05 09:58 PM | Reply

Looks like I ran off that fake-ass mother ------- ----- coward.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-05 10:02 PM | Reply

If you're a conservative male and-------- nightly to the idea that the application of violence is the only solution to a vast majority of society's ills then it's fairly easy for you to join the US military and fulfill your murderous fantasies.

So if you look at RamBOZO's question objectively and take the above fact into consideration, right wingers perpetrate the vast majority of violent acts of social and political violence.

A left-wing ideologue living in his mother's basement who has memorized Carlos the Jackal's biography could only dream of committing the level of violence as his counterparts on the other end of the political spectrum.

#14 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-06 10:16 AM | Reply

The Trump administration is using ICE to murder Americans on our own streets and is carrying out murders in international waters and expects the world to take the word of this lying White House that they are running drugs (as if that is justification for murder).

I'm not saying I support political violence. I'm just saying MAGATS look like the disingenuous --------- that they are when they fake surprise after people push back against murderous fascists.

#15 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-05-06 10:24 AM | Reply

I didn't read anywhere that democrats are committing more political violence.

This is about democrats accepting political violence. Approving it.

Not committing it.

Now that we've dispensed with the lack of reading comprehension issues.....let's move onto what was actually asserted.

Are democrats more accepting of political violence?

Here is my 2 cents.....I don't give a ---- what they accept. They aren't the ones committing it and it's nothing but an accusation anyway.

Everything else is crap

#16 | Posted by eberly at 2026-05-06 10:33 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1


It's always hilarious when the people who for decades commit by far the most Domestic Terrorism in this country, according to the FBI and DHS, Rwing white nationalists... try to blame the violence on Dems.

I didn't read anywhere that democrats are committing more political violence.

Depends upon who makes the graph as to where the cutoff is, and whats included.

For instance
Skin head in prison commits a crime - RightWing violence.
Go back to the 1970's and its 1000s of bombings by left wing activists.

Its toss up, but overall the language of the lefts main characters is "violence", and thus its acceptance. Todays left even accepts/defends illegal immigrant violence against citizens with aplomb.

Also basic definitions would indicate this is true, "progressives" want change (how would that come about?), and "Conservatives" don't, why would they need violence to keep things the same?

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-06 10:45 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Are democrats more accepting of political violence?"

Whether you commit it or support, elevate and worship those committing it, you accept it and approve of it, --------.

#18 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-06 10:49 AM | Reply

Here is my 2 cents.....I don't give a ---- what they accept. They aren't the ones committing it and it's nothing but an accusation anyway.

Its only a matter of time. The idea that its acceptable by a large percentage then eventually it becomes defendable and actionable, see the 1960's. Even for instance nonviolent campaigns that mobilize at least ~4% of a population have been successful in changing or overthrowing governments. Actual violence? much less.

If the latest attempts on Trump's life don't give you pause, nothing will.

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-06 10:50 AM | Reply


Whether you commit it or support, elevate and worship those committing it, you accept it and approve of it,
#18 | POSTED BY NERFHERDER

This is the sort of response supposed intellectuals claim is "intellectual"

#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-06 10:52 AM | Reply

Conservatives want to change things back to the way they Used to be not keep things the same.

Example; The recent SCOTUS decision on voting rights and minority districts. They want to Remove existing protections claiming Racism is "Over".

Or the Recent Wetlands Decision that opens up Non Riverine Wetlands to Destruction. They stripped Existing protections to make Development easier.

This is not keeping things the same.

It's a Radical change in direction accomplished by Judicial Fiat.

The very thing Conservatives used to cry about as "So Unfair". Judicial Activism.

Hypocrisy comes easy to these -----.

#21 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-06 10:54 AM | Reply

- Its only a matter of time.

Yeah! Rwingers have created the vast majority of Domestic Terrorism for decades in this country according to the FBI and DHS, but you just wait! Dems will do the same. Some day. Maybe.

- the latest attempts on Trump's life

What a shame that rwingers are such terrible shots, eh? And this last incident has all along been said by Law Enforcement to have targeted Cabinet Members not Dirty John Trump.

But keep posting, 1Nut. You may eventually get at least one thing right... aw, who am I kidding?

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-06 10:56 AM | Reply

"We see, therefore, that war is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means."
-Clausewitz

Those who support or have supported America's endless series of foreign wars over the past 75+ years have, in effect, accepted the use of mass violence as a means to achieve political ends.

And by and large those supporters are from the right-side of the political spectrum.

#23 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-06 11:05 AM | Reply

-Whether you commit it or support, elevate and worship those committing it, you accept it and approve of it, --------.

why didn't you just save me the time of reading your nonsense and just call me a -------- and be done with it?

It's not like you have anything else to offer.

-If the latest attempts on Trump's life don't give you pause, nothing will.

not sure what my "pause" matters to anyone. There are so many unanswered questions regarding these attempts on his life that I don't know what to think.

I could join the club of those who need to believe it's all staged. No thanks.

I could join the club of those who see it as out of control political violence that supported and carried out by the Democratic Party. No thanks.

#24 | Posted by eberly at 2026-05-06 11:08 AM | Reply

"why didn't you just save me the time of reading"

If the world really did revolve around you like you think it does, I might have.

#25 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-06 11:12 AM | Reply

25

LOL

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2026-05-06 11:18 AM | Reply

Rcade used to ban people for that.

Posted by boazreborn

You've been banned. So, Why TF have you come back under a different though similar name?

#27 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-06 11:38 AM | Reply

There's a few on here that would def like to hang out with this guy and have a beer...

www.nbcnews.com

#28 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-06 11:53 AM | Reply

Thread title: "Are Democrats more accepting of Political Violence?"

one of the first comments by a far left dem: "I'd beat the ---- out of you, you coward."

Pretty much sums it up.

#29 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-05-06 11:53 AM | Reply

One Comment out of 30 sums it up?

Cool. Now we can forget the real world stats about Rwing Domestic Terrorism, eh?

#30 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-06 11:56 AM | Reply

"One Comment out of 30 sums it up?"

Don't push your luck-- for the average MAGAt usually ZERO comments out of 30 sum it up.

#31 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-05-06 11:58 AM | Reply

Corky, the problem with that is this.

Here is a made up example that is a rough analog.

If we look at the past 15 years and accept for arguments sake that the Rwing was the driver of accepting or enacting violence to reach political ends, but it's shifted to the left over the past 5...

I'm not going to care about the first 10. In the now, it's the left, and we need realize and address it. It wasn't right 10 years ago, and it's not right now. Whataboutism isn't going to improve the situation, and letting it continue will definitely get us to a worse place. If this has all been a back and forth wave, it feels as though that wave amplitude is increasing. At some point something will snap. For the good of all of us, ignoring it now because it's this teams turn to do it can't be acceptable.

#32 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-05-06 12:02 PM | Reply

#17 | Posted by oneironaut

Why does this stupid pile of s*&^ even both posting this nonsense?

#33 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-06 12:06 PM | Reply

#32 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-05-06 12:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

You should ask Corky what Maxine Waters and Heels-up Harris were telling the BLM terrorists while they were burning down US cities..

#34 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-06 12:07 PM | Reply

but it's shifted to the left over the past 5...
#32 | POSTED BY KWRX25

I'd ask what you're actually talking about.

But you never provide examples for your assertions.

You just post bullshht and lies.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-06 12:08 PM | Reply

Maxine Waters and Heels-up Harris
#34 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Black Women scare the shht out of you.

Women in general you're not too fond of.

But black women you've only seen on the TV and in the magazines.

You'd fall over and piss yourself if you ever saw one in real life.

#36 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-06 12:10 PM | Reply

If the latest attempts on Trump's life don't give you pause, nothing will.

#19 | Posted by oneironaut

The only thing that gives me pause is the fact that we have a government staging assassination attempts.

And misinfo spreading s*&^heaps like you trying to sell it.

#37 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-06 12:14 PM | Reply

Facts were posted on this thread already Clown, I shouldn't have to and won't summarize the entire thread on each post I make.

But... recent polls showing a marked difference in the percentage of people who are accepting of political violence, and I'll add a cnn link below this that basically speaks to Corky's point. Yes the right owned this perception in the past, but as of more recently the left has erased that margin, making them the driver of the violence as of late.

www.cnn.com

So let's see you call this bullshit and lies. You know it's okay to support a "team" and still acknowledge if that team has a problem right? It doesn't have to be 100% blind allegiance.

#38 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-05-06 12:18 PM | Reply

If the latest attempts on Trump's life don't give you pause, nothing will.
#19 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

You mean the one that's been completely debunked as absolute bullshht?

It makes sense you'd bring that up.

#39 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-06 12:19 PM | Reply

Here is a made up example that is a rough analog.

Rough? Can you describe something that's entirely incorrect and not comparable at all as "rough"?

'I know you asked for a BMW, but please consider this roughly the same Toyota Yaris as an option...'

#40 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-06 12:19 PM | Reply

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