This has nothing to do with the argument but I always love these statistics because it implies the 32nd last has a connection to‘ the left‘
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Does Quintez Brown not count as Left?
Left, but also: "attempted to kill Democratic Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky".
There is plenty of hatred from "the left" leveled at Democrats. Brown was clearly on the left but is excluded in this article for no reason in particular. The point is made just from the number of rightists on the list. When they start denying that socialists are on the left, we can figure out they aren't interested in telling the nuanced truth.
He is in the article and mentioned as a lefty, but just absent from the article's title. I agree, just say "one out of 40" and you still make your point.
So how many of the above 24 offenders are affiliated with the Democratic Party or any other mainstream reformist, progressive or leftist organisation? The answer is none. The only perpetrator arguably from the Left is Black nationalist Quintez Brown.
They do worse. They move the goal posts to affiliated with a mainstream party.
They don't even do it accurately. Quintez Brown was affiliated with Black Lives Matter. Surely that is a mainstream leftist organization?
I get that we want to take the high road, but it is also somewhat disheartening to know that while they are willing to go to great lengths to get what they want, the left isn't nearly as motivated.
I worry that when things do finally pop off (and they will), the MAGAs will rise to the occasion, and the Dems will just march into the gas chambers without a peep.
Going high when your opponent is willing to burn the country down to remain in power will never work. Republicans have shown that they are willing to ignore the Constitution, our laws and their oaths to their god, but Maga has a problem if they start shooting.
The left isn't anywhere near a bloodthirsty as Maga, but we are armed. Maga will be very surprised to find out how well armed if they start shooting.
Thats just what those vile, insidious leftists want you to think! /s
Why don't we think Tyler Robinson aligns with "the left?" I know there was a lot of misinformation on him, but the situation is becoming more clear. We'll learn more in the coming weeks.
Lastly, right wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot last Wednesday by Tyler Robinson, a white student from a gun-loving Republican Mormon family. Robinson has no party links, but has reportedly embraced the extremism of right wing racist Nick Fuentes.
Does this still seem correct? His family was conservative, but he was not. Who reports he embraced Nick Fuentes? His family? His partner? Or just "some people" with no credibility?
I got the downvotes but no answers. There was a lot of celebration that Tyler Robinson was a conservative, and the article this post is about pretty much was only written to add him to the list. So, what happens if it turns out he killed Kirk because Kirk was too right wing, not because he was part of a rival right wing faction?
Are we going to own up to the misinformation propagated through the Fediverse?
If you were unaffiliated & didn't vote in '22 or '24 and had the legal ability to do so, then no, I don't think you can be considered a progressive or liberal.
This is almost **exactly **what had been predicted for years was going to happen when a MAGAt is primed for violence & then realizes they've been lied to the entire time.
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