Re: "incitement" I think that angle is way overblown by everyone versus their political opponents
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Conservatives claim black lives matter incite people to attack police, liberals complain that right wing pols incite attacks against the gov
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The incitement claim itself has some authoritarianism in it, like people hear a message then automatically do something without agency
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It can be a real thing but it often comes across as just trying to dumb down the situation for political points to deligitimize opponent
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Trouble is when people assert direct causality and then try to make their opponents account for those acts
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Like someone can commit a violent act in part due to the influence of political rhetoric, but that doesn't mean...
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...anyone who espouses that rhetoric is personally culpable for the bad act. So you can allow for agency and still...
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...acknowledge the potency of political rhetoric in influencing how people act.
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