Tag: political violence

U.S. democracy is hanging on for now, [but] the combination of weapons, hate and polarization is a dangerous cocktail.

This contradiction between fearing violence while simultaneously rejecting it defines the current American mood.

If Joseph McCarthy had broadband access in hell, he would probably marvel at how successive generations are living up to his promise.

This isn't a moment for partisanship. It's also not a moment for division. And it’s certainly not a moment to cherry-pick which incidents of political violence count and which do not.

Rest in peace. May we all learn a lesson from this.

[T]here seems to be no one in the U.S. who can stop the degradation of political culture.

[T]he desire on both sides to get rid of the other at all costs grows stronger every day. Many more violent incidents are likely to follow.

[W]hat has happened to a country previously thought of as a model for tolerance and maturity toward different ideas and political expression?