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Posted on 05/17/2026 6:30:27 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
How commonplace is political violence these days? A man shooting at federal officers near the White House as JD Vance's motorcade passed by was barely mentioned in the papers. Still, the timing could not be better for Noah Rothman's new book, Blood & Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America. Ian Haworth returns to the Weekend Beacon with a review.
“’This is a book about the assassins, the vandals, the small-cell terrorists, and the lizard-brained mobs that mete out destruction, violence, and death in the name of political causes and in the pursuit of political outcomes,’ Rothman declares, before leading readers on a fascinating and yet phenomenally depressing tour of left-wing violence, reminding us of just how violent American life has become (again).
“This journey includes the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and the unbelievable response to an act of cold-blooded murder (such as the use of pregnant ‘buts’ by Democrats to condemn and then immediately justify violence, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who declared, ‘You don’t kill people. It’s abhorrent. I condemn it wholeheartedly. … but…’; the nationwide explosion of violence under the banner of Black Lives Matter following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis; the establishment of an occupied autonomous zone in Seattle lauded by the New York Times as ‘a homeland for racial justice’; the attempt to assassinate Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh; the explosion of antisemitism and antisemitic violence that followed the attacks of October 7, 2023, including the firebombing of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s home and the murder of a young couple outside Washington, D.C.’s Jewish Museum by an assassin who screamed ‘Free, Free Palestine’; and, of course, the multiple attempts on the life of President Donald Trump.
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Big time.
A history of leftist violence? It would be about as long as 10 Encyclopedia Britannicas.
Depends how far back you want to go. French Revolution? Russian Revolution? Germany and Italy, of course. And how broad the scope is. Southeast Asia, Russia, even Japan had a terrorist or two. You’d have to knock down a couple of forests to make enough paper.
What? No mention of Charie Kirk, and the utterly fiendish left-wing reactions to that?
The left commits acts of violence and that’s declared “free speech”. The right exercises free speech and that’s declared “violence”.
Ironically, Rothman will receive multiple death threats over his book.
Every day is opposite day on Leftardo World.
Head for Bizzarro World, and then take a hard left.
Of course. He’s spreading hate speech. He must die./sarc
I can’t wait for the debate between him and Zoomin Toobin, author of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Violence.
I had good laughs all the way through Dan Abrams’ interview with the creep. Wonder if “centrist” “journalist” Dan will interview this author, too.
Let’s not forget January 6!!!!!/sarc
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