Posted on 09/18/2024 9:13:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The aftermath of the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has exposed an unsettling reality in America today: a growing acceptance of — or at the very least, a disturbing indifference toward — violence against political opponents.
According to a new survey that RMG Research conducted for the Napolitan News Service, a staggering 17% of voters believe that America would be better off if last week’s assassination attempt on Trump had succeeded. This includes an alarming 28% of Democrats, with another 24% unsure whether America might be better off if Trump were dead.
Only 48% of Democrats could definitively say that the country would not be better off if Trump had been killed.
These numbers are nothing short of horrifying. When nearly half of a major political party cannot outright reject the idea of the assassination of a political opponent as a solution, we are witnessing a moral breakdown in the very fabric of our society — or at least the Democratic Party.
“It is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered,” observed Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research.
He's not wrong. It's a troubling trend that the left is increasingly desensitized to political violence. Many on the left similarly felt that the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, which caused billions of dollars in property damage and left several people dead, were morally justified. I suspect more Democrats felt Ryan Wesley Routh was morally justified in trying to assassinate Trump than let on in the poll.
While many of us were horrified that someone could get so close to killing Trump again, a sizable number of Democrats are indifferent. Just over half of all Democrats (51%) still don’t believe that it’s necessary to increase Trump's security.
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They like to kill babies, too.
I think the same about most of them.
I think they mean “A number of disturbed Democrats...”. Many of them are in positions of power and influence.
I strongly suspect that number is a lot higher than we know......and OBTW, it’s not just democrats either.
Million + 2023.
“Disturbed Democrats”... redundant.
OK
Why?
Ask them why.
Anyone who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart, mind and soul.
What is “disturbing “ is people like this who find this dustubing
Are these the neighbors we’re supposed to love?
They are all yankees!
Closer to 100%. They just won’t admit it. But, extreme right-wing radicals.....🖕
To some it's just lies and competition in political worlds. They shake hands and have drinks together backstage. They don't mean the crap they say.
To some it's all true. They are deathly afraid of everything they are taught to fear. That fear is reinforced 24/7. Inescapable.
Not one day since Trump announced in 2015, has his name NOT been mentioned on cable TV alone. Now think about print. Social media. Barber shops. Classroom s….
Democracy dies with Democrats.
Every single person who answered a survey like that about a democrat would be called a domestic terrorist.
But that’s why we have a two tiered political and justice system in this country.
Controlling behavior isn’t just about discouraging behavior you don’t want through deterrence, nor just about encouraging what you want more of through rewards, it’s also about encouraging behavior you want it by NOT deterring it.
It’s that last part which is the reason why you have democrats running wild everywhere acting like violence and threats are acceptable and goons in sunglasses never show up at their doors.
Unquestioned Christian compassion will be the death of many Christians in this country. At some point (and I believe we've passed it), turning a cheek will get you destroyed or killed.
Because the TV told them to.
I’m sorry, but the pot smokers feel like they knowingly violated the law and got away with it.
Breaking the law and getting away with it makes other laws unimportant.
All they care about is getting stuff for themselves without working.
President Trump is against this.
To them, he’s gotta go.
None of this is headed anywhere good. They want violence, yet they are not really capable of it against their opponents. But they control people who are very capable of it. Not good.
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