Politicians and media's bad faith interpretation of political rhetoric as calls for violence--"targeting" opponents, "kick them," etc.--desensitize people to actual calls for violence. Calls for violence are calls for violence. Metaphors are metaphors. Stop being so disingenuous.
Of course words matter. But martial metaphors in campaigns are as old as campaigns (even the word “campaign” comes from war). Telling a crowd to beat someone up and promising you’ll pay their legal fees is a call for violence. Drawing targets on a campaign map isn’t.
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Scalise finds this comforting.
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