I can't say I disapprove of McConnell/Sanders/Miller etc being harrassed in public because I support the collapse of the status quo. But if you claim to support the current political order, it's the last thing you should be cheering on
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Americans are, by and large, sheltered from just how gross politics are in other countries. You can scoff at norms of civility all you want but once you start down the road to political violence things get ugly pretty soon.
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Tbf though, the DSA fatties harrassing McConnell look like they'd have a heart attack if they ever engaged in actual political violence
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I sorta think we're on the cusp of people getting exhausted from their constant outrage &culture depoliticizing a little bit: may be wishful thinking. I mean,half the college educated women in American have been posting hysterical political posts every day since at least Ferguson
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I tend to think it will just get worse as tribalism is exacerbated and increasingly divided along racial lines
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A lot of the hysteria from Democrats is enforced by their sense of righteousness as speaking for entire persecuted demographics
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