"A year after a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol in the worst attack on the home of Congress since it was burned by British forces in 1814, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds that about 1 in 3 Americans say they believe violence against the government can at times be justified."
"A year after a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol in the worst attack on the home of Congress since it was burned by British forces in 1814, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds that about 1 in 3 Americans say they believe violence against the government can at times be justified."
Really, the answer should be closer to 100% of Americans believe this, and I suspect that it is; after all, our nation would not even exist if it weren't for a significant percentage of colonists who believed that violence against the government was at times justifiable. And what of the Nat Turners and John Browns? Some find fault with them, but I don't. But, if violence against the government can be justified, that is why swimming in a sea of misinformation is so poisonous. If you believe in your heart that the government is running sham elections, then what recourse is there other than violence? And we're getting close to the point where Republicans are actually eliminating democracy, and justifying it by lying about how Democrats have already destroyed it. But for Republican voters, they don't see their side as the side that's lying, and we're in a bad place.
On the Rotner piece, he concludes by arguing that we need a Constitutional Amendment that requires states to hold elections for president and honor the results, which is pretty clear, and won't happen any time soon, if ever, and certainly not before November of 2024. But really, we just need to get rid of the Electoral College completely, if we're in the business of running elections and honoring the popular will. If we're going for an Amendment, that's the one we need. The EC is ridiculous.
"A year after a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol in the worst attack on the home of Congress since it was burned by British forces in 1814, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds that about 1 in 3 Americans say they believe violence against the government can at times be justified."
Really, the answer should be closer to 100% of Americans believe this, and I suspect that it is; after all, our nation would not even exist if it weren't for a significant percentage of colonists who believed that violence against the government was at times justifiable. And what of the Nat Turners and John Browns? Some find fault with them, but I don't. But, if violence against the government can be justified, that is why swimming in a sea of misinformation is so poisonous. If you believe in your heart that the government is running sham elections, then what recourse is there other than violence? And we're getting close to the point where Republicans are actually eliminating democracy, and justifying it by lying about how Democrats have already destroyed it. But for Republican voters, they don't see their side as the side that's lying, and we're in a bad place.
On the Rotner piece, he concludes by arguing that we need a Constitutional Amendment that requires states to hold elections for president and honor the results, which is pretty clear, and won't happen any time soon, if ever, and certainly not before November of 2024. But really, we just need to get rid of the Electoral College completely, if we're in the business of running elections and honoring the popular will. If we're going for an Amendment, that's the one we need. The EC is ridiculous.