Kirk’s killing reflects a broader political impasse in the US, where a significant percentage of the population supports political violence of some form.
Political violence has been happening for… well, ever. If we’re talking recent history, Trump’s own attorney general chosen FBI Director from his first term testified to Congress after Jan 6 that right-wingers are nearly 2.5x more likely to be the ones doing it. And they have been.
EDIT: I later remembered that I gave the wrong job title to Christopher Wray. My memory has never been great, and it’s getting worse as I age. sigh
Political violence has been happening for… well, ever. If we’re talking recent history, Trump’s own
attorney generalchosen FBI Director from his first term testified to Congress after Jan 6 that right-wingers are nearly 2.5x more likely to be the ones doing it. And they have been.EDIT: I later remembered that I gave the wrong job title to Christopher Wray. My memory has never been great, and it’s getting worse as I age. sigh
Only 2.5 times more likely?
I wonder if that is like the “unskewed” polls the Confederates were leaning on…