• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    no it would alienate thier base, if they blame the right wing group associated with fuentes. the gop could lose seats if they start recognizing that a right winger is the shooter, and those supporters would turn on them in a second. they are also finding it difficult to blame the left, because almost none of the political violence is caused by the left in the first place, except for rare instances.

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      2 hours ago

      I’m starting to think there are more rare instances of left wing violence than common instances of right wing violence.

      In the future, when you watch more of Tyler Robinson’s social media get released to the public and then see him testify at trial, you will see how obvious it is that the claims he was anything other than a pure “reddit leftist” were shameless gaslighting.

      When that happens, please try to think back to all the other times you’ve been lied to.

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        There aren’t. The majority of political violence is committed by those with right wing ideologies. That isn’t to say that that can’t change in the future, but we’re a ways away from the right losing that crown.

        This year alone there were more political figures assassinated on the left by the right, than vice versa.