Violence, political or otherwise is not just an intolerable threat to our nation it is a human instinct and, in our case, a unique American way of life. Empirical data doesn't lie. "Threats", intolerable or otherwise now qualify as a bona fide self-assertion badge of honor in our national lexicon, where one's self-expression may just prove fatal. The heroic glamourization of gunplay has fostered, for some, license to be aggressively individualistic, to scoff at rule of law or paying taxes et al. Proclaiming it newly discovered is now as pointless as citing legal precedents to understand our current political landscape. None of that matters anymore. It's a new day: The era of post decency and post truth is upon us. There is no precedent. All is a tabula rasa now.
Violence, political or otherwise is not just an intolerable threat to our nation it is a human instinct and, in our case, a unique American way of life. Empirical data doesn't lie. "Threats", intolerable or otherwise now qualify as a bona fide self-assertion badge of honor in our national lexicon, where one's self-expression may just prove fatal. The heroic glamourization of gunplay has fostered, for some, license to be aggressively individualistic, to scoff at rule of law or paying taxes et al. Proclaiming it newly discovered is now as pointless as citing legal precedents to understand our current political landscape. None of that matters anymore. It's a new day: The era of post decency and post truth is upon us. There is no precedent. All is a tabula rasa now.