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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe threats to our Reps and pol workers are terrorism
The terrorists we sent to Gitmo were less dangerous.
The heads of these snakes are publicly known and need to be cut off.
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The threats to our Reps and pol workers are terrorism (Original Post)
randr
Oct 2022
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onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)1. Yup: republicans condone and stoke it.
Bernardo de La Paz
(59,737 posts)2. Absolutely, except for your metaphor
"head cut off" is violent and extra judicial. But you are not violent and extrajudicial, right?
So if we take it metaphorically, it is still not good. Problem is deeper than a few outspoken visible monsters. Cutting "snakes heads" won't solve the problem; there are more snakes ready to pop up. Gotten burn the snake farm and plow it under.
Solving it means a deep commitment to civics education, explaining the whole point of the fulcrum of peaceful transfer of power, the slippery slope of fascism (they come for your enemies then they come for you), and that rights that protect others protect you.
Critical thinking needs to be much increased. This means more education on logical fallacies. Math education helps. English language reading skills help, even for native speakers.
Crushing disinformation quickly right to the target audience that received it in the first place is important. Must be accurate, fast, direct (simple) and targeted to the audience.
mahina
(20,102 posts)3. Well it is terrorism
That is certain.
republianmushroom
(21,697 posts)4. Agree where is the DoJ ?
Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)5. I wish we had a Department of "Homeland" Domestic Security
that would hunt down violent right wingers, potential mass shooters, Nazis, etc. like they did with bin Laden et al.
Initech
(106,604 posts)6. Fox News needs to be held accountable for this shit!
Hannity, Tucker, Pirro, Ingraham,Waters, and that Gutfeld asshole are on TV 24 hours a day calling us rats and making threats against us, denying election results, and sucking up to religious fascists. After today, they need to be treated as if they are an enemy of the state. They are acting with hostile intent.