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John Wright's avatar

First of course is that it's always good to have examples of what you don't want. So better to have a live example of "Nope, don't want that" than to wish someone dead.

I'm not sure political party affiliation has much to do with this. Sure I don't want Kamala as president but don't see how it would improve the world if she was dead. She can go back to California and mess California up some more.

This is a major issue I see with "online". Face to face, nobody would wish someone else was dead (with a few rare exceptions of idiots that can't control their temper), but online people are very quick to take extreme points of view without thinking about what they are saying.

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Barbara Wegner's avatar

"I'm not sure political party affiliation has much to do with this. Sure I don't want Kamala as president but don't see how it would improve the world if she was dead."

And, yet, many Democrats think that the world would be better off if Trump were dead. It sure seems as if political party plays a part in whether or not someone is desirous of death of the opposition.

People online feel much more free to say such things than they would in person. But it's clear that some people feel this way in person since they're actually trying to kill Trump.

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John Wright's avatar

I'm inclined to think this is due to the propaganda that portrays Trump as a modern day "Hitler".

I wonder how many assassination attempts" occur that we never hear about?

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Barbara Wegner's avatar

Yes, I agree it's the mainstream media's propaganda demonizing Trump. As I wrote in the article, if Trump wasn't here, they would just start demonizing someone else afterward. They don't even think about what they're doing.

It would be interesting to know about other attempts and threats, but I'm sure they need to be quiet about how they detect threats, etc.

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