The political violence double standard

Tuesday, September 01, 2026

When a leftist turns violent, Democratic politicians and their media allies offer a familiar response: yes, this is terrible, but right-wing violence is the greater threat. They have made that claim for decades, and it has always rested on a dubious premise. The premise depends on statistics compiled by advocacy groups that exclude a vast catalog of left-wing violence"from the George Floyd riots to murders committed by pro-Palestinian activists and attacks on synagogues, Catholic churches, Tesla dealerships, and ICE facilities. Meanwhile, conservatives are routinely held responsible for the actions of violent loners, drug dealers, and conspiracy theorists with no coherent political program. Deranged anti-Semites, racists, incels, and antigovernment extremists get classified as right-wing, even when their targets span both parties.

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Fuck off you stupid drooling coward

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-01 11:58 AM | Reply

LGH,

I'd love to see you say that crap to anyone in person. You'd get your ass kicked. But you are an internet coward who hides behind a keyboard.

#2 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-01 12:00 PM | Reply

Everyone knows you're nothing but a gutless internet tough guy that still lives with mommy. You're a nobody.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-01 12:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You are nothing but a troll and a disgusting one at that.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-01 12:42 PM | Reply

I have to side with Ballwasher on this one.

Legallyyourdead is a total POS with nothing but vicious and unnecessary comments about political murders and other frankly disgusting things. Like telling other posters to "kill themselves".

He's A Trumper in spirit if not in practice. A Morally Depraved Person like Trump himself.

We don't need Assholes like that,they are Counterproductive to getting ANYTHING done.

Killfile that Prick. He's a waste of Space.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 12:55 PM | Reply

Fascists are by very definition violent.

I'm not sure why any of them bother to cast stones.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-01 12:57 PM | Reply

Effetepustule voted for pedo 47 and simps for Putin.

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-01 01:16 PM | Reply

The only difference between LYD and MAGA Drudge Retort pukes (like balldinger) is political persuasion. Two sides of the same coin.

If you're gonna plonk LYD based on his moral depravity, following that same standard, you should plonk every Trumper on this site.

#8 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-09-01 01:18 PM | Reply

When a leftist turns violent

You mean the Wether Underground from the 1960s?

Or the nonexistent Antifa?

Fact is, rightwing violence is common across the world.

Conservatives are generally ignorant. Being dumb is a value they hold dear. Violence is their first, and last, resort to any worldview they disagree with.

The more conservative a country, the more likely they are to be authoritarian.

Every conservative nation on earth is a miserable hell hole.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-01 01:20 PM | Reply

#7 So killfile Me.

If you feel the need.

I never killfile anyone. But I understand why others do.

If robust difference of Opinion bothers you, cultivate a "Safe Space".

That's what Pussies and Totalitarians do.

#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 01:41 PM | Reply

Effetepustule is a crippled, orc-loving gash.

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-01 01:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Referring to Russians as Orcs shows the level of Stupid you display.

The Invasion was a huge Strategic Mistake.

I have never said otherwise.

Check the archives. Putin is a War Criminal.

But feeding a War for no reason other than to Maximize the loss of life is Cynical and idiotic.

Kind of like giving Israel all the Arms they need to kill Palestinians and complete "Greater ISRAEL".

Biden and Trump were and are, Both, all in on Stupid.

I Don't approve of the whole,"Let's you and Him Fight" foreign Policy.

You're too Dim a Bulb to understand that.

#12 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 02:19 PM | Reply

This is what the orc-loving dullard supports.

www.nbcnews.com

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-01 02:34 PM | Reply

That's from 4 years ago.

It's also propaganda.

Just because I don't support arming Ukraine doesn't mean I do support Raping children.

That's a logical fallacy.

#14 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 03:44 PM | Reply

The only difference between LYD and MAGA Drudge Retort pukes (like balldinger) is political persuasion. Two sides of the same coin.
If you're gonna plonk LYD based on his moral depravity, following that same standard, you should plonk every Trumper on this site.
#8 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN

This is why HorseGrabber is a Lumper, its just so obvious by this statement.

I notice anything to deflect from that actual topic.

Antifa is a decentralized organization. Antifa members will tell you they are Anfita members, claiming it doesn't exist is just ignorance.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-01 03:59 PM | Reply

Onionsnot is one giant pussy to be scared of soy-eating libtards.

But he thinks he a macho man. LOL.

Go hide under your bwankey, loser.

#16 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-09-01 04:26 PM | Reply

" The only difference between LYD and MAGA Drudge Retort pukes (like balldinger) is political persuasion. Two sides of the same coin."

That is ridiculous. I have never told anybody on this site to kill themselves. I'm generally polite. Equating me with LGH s8m0ly because you disagree with some of my policy preferences exposes you as a vile hater.

#17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-09-01 05:27 PM | Reply

Just because I don't support arming Ukraine doesn't mean I do support Raping children.

#14 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 03:44 PM | Reply

You supported invading Ukraine because Ukrainian harbored so many Nazis, then reposted all of Moscow's propaganda about it.

You and legally are the two of the four biggest shitposters here, in completely different ways. Horrible people.

#18 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-09-01 05:41 PM | Reply

He's A Trumper in spirit if not in practice. A Morally Depraved Person like Trump himself.

We don't need Assholes like that,they are Counterproductive to getting ANYTHING done.

Killfile that Prick. He's a waste of Space.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer

I got bad news for you, sport, but you yourself are counterproductive to "getting ANYTHING done."

You're a bearer of quite a bit of blame for our current situation, so I'd be careful throwing those rocks around glass houses.

#19 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-01 06:03 PM | Reply

Another dud thread by pedoringer.

#20 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-01 06:06 PM | Reply

That is ridiculous.

This coming from the guy who crowned himself king troll of the DR.

LYD calls for death explicitly. You hide your death calls behind "policy preferences".

You're no different than LYD, except you're a passive-aggressive loser who's content to have your government kill others in the street while you hide behind your "rational" facade.

At least LYD doesn't hide it like you do. I give him credit for that.

#21 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-09-01 06:21 PM | Reply

Another dud thread by pedoringer.

69!!

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-09-01 06:43 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I didn't know pedoringer's wife posted here under Redial...

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-01 06:53 PM | Reply

-At least LYD doesn't hide it like you do. I give him credit for that.

LOL

man....some people here are really really fucked up.

#24 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-01 06:56 PM | Reply

Ukraine does harbor Nazis.

I still think Invading was Stupid and always said so.

Just like I always said Arming Israel is Bad Policy, Arming Ukraine is Bad Policy.

Arming anyone for Cynical and Opportunistic reasons is Shitty Policy.

Sitzwar,I would stack my Morals up against yours any day.

You said Bleeding Russia was the Cheapest way to destroy the "Orcs".

Cynical and Murderous.

You support killing people for Idiotic reasons and think knowing Military Acronyms makes you, So Cool.

Nothing you post in plain English is anything But Militaristic Tripe.

You have No Moral High Ground.

I may be a less than saintly person but I'm not a War Whore.

#25 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-01 07:01 PM | Reply

Man....some people here are really really fucked up.

Politics aside, being fucked up is a prerequisite to showing up here day after day.

Do you think you're any different?

#26 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-09-01 07:20 PM | Reply

Some folks are weird, strange, nerds, focus on strange details, etc.

But not "fucked up" necessarily.

But my point is I would never compare someone like Donner, danforth, bellringer, Oneiron, lft, you, JPW, or Corky to someone like LYD.

It's disrespectful to any of them to make that comparison.

And I think you know that.

#27 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-01 07:30 PM | Reply

And I think you know that.

#27 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I really find it hard to believe anyone would conflate LYD with anyone, or anyone else on this website.

The alias comes here literally daily spewing hatred, there's just something wrong with that alias.

If someone did happen to conflate LYD with anyone else here, it wouldn't stick, and they are really doing a discredit to their future credibility.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-01 07:43 PM | Reply

being fucked up is a prerequisite to showing up here day after day.
Do you think you're any different?
#26 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN

I disagree with this assertion, its really about how you handle yourself, do you tease, have fun and add to the conversation even a little bit.

If you come here spewing the same thoughts, in the same way, day in and day out for years as some here do. Then yeah that poster has some problems.

Again the problem isn't site or its other members, its the person doing the posting. I can't mind read, though sometimes I forget that.

#29 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-01 07:47 PM | Reply