Deranged

October 31, 2022

“Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” We have heard that rant from the NRA ad nauseum. Now, the Republican talking point is “conspiracy websites, QAnon, Alex Jones, white supremacists, Fox et. al., election deniers, politicians displaying guns and using their opponents as targets in ads, glorified teenagers with AR-15’s, Ye, and a former President’s proclamations don’t assassinate people, deranged people assassinate people.” This wasn’t the first assassination attempt on Nancy Pelosi. January 6th insurrectionists and convicted criminals were looking for her. What a coincidence?

Receiving threats seem to be part of the job description for anyone in public office these days, including Supreme Court justices, Congressmen, state governors, school board members, and election officials. The difference is that the left does not have an infrastructure dedicated to spreading hateful and bigoted misinformation into an already toxic environment. As David Frum pointed out in a recent Atlantic article, the right glorifies and makes excuses for the violence. It blames the violence on a single, deranged individual just like they blame school shootings on individuals with mental health issues. The only thing deranged is their thinking.

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