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Assassination is often an attempt to bypass the long process of politically defeating one’s opponents.

A researcher who studies political violence and extremism says the attack on Trump comes after a long period where “people are delegitimizing their political rivals. They transform a political disagreement into a war in which there is no space for working together”
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‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
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Ms. Missy
Ms. Missy
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Or, in this case, maybe it's because the courts won't hold a clear criminal and danger to America accountable.

When people feel that institutions and laws have failed to do what's right, they resort to violence.

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Runyan50
Runyan50
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#MAGA has worked with Democrats enough to keep the government operating for 20 years. Their agenda is skewed so far to the right that even compromises would change US values from the Declaration of Independence and be outside the bounds of the US Constitution. That makes it difficult to resolve using normal political discourse. We should not reinstate racism and misogyny in order to “get along”.
#maga
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Jeff
Jeff
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one side explicitly plans to end democracy and you go both-sidings it. Great work.
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@Porkwich I believe if you read the article more closely, it lays the fault primarily on the Tea Party-inspired Republicans eliminating space for common ground
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Jeff
Jeff
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First, thank you for engaging.

Second, it doesn't read to me as clearly laying the fault there, only that it "Started around that time”. I can see how it implies some fault due to that, but I think this point in time calls for explicitness and repetition.

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Internet Rando
Internet Rando
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Opponents? Trump was shot at by a member of his own party. Report accurately, or get out of the business.
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Runyan50
Runyan50
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They are bringing it anyway - now or after the election, #MAGA will march on our government unless Trump wins and abrogates the Constitution.
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