07-02-2018, 12:26 PM
(07-02-2018, 08:19 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: You're just making excuses for left-wing violence. And referring to Festinger's experiment, calling Trump a sociopath is the equivalent of predicting the Guardians are coming in flying saucers.
The amount of left-wing violence in the recent past is pretty minimal. Most of the violence we're most concerned about hasn't been political at all, unless the use of guns in mass murders is, in and of itself, political. So you're projecting your belief system onto comments you deem violent because they look violent to you and seem directed in your general direction. Nonsense. If rhetoric is enough to trigger that accusation, then the right is the dominant political source. Social misfits and cranks are the dominant source overall. The typical source is criminal activity, and even crime is in decline.
Trump, on the other hand, is a problem. He either believes the nonsense he spews or he's being cynical for personal gain. Nothing good can come from either of the two.
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