Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
It’s a sharp rise from 18 months ago, when 19% of Americans said the same.
Depending on how the question was worded Im willing to bet a large portion of those means violence against the lunatic leftists.
I could wish really really hard that you’re wrong, but you’re not.
Well if an ICE officer stops my husband based on his appearance we’ve both agreed that we should resist that arrest.
That would end in violence and probably our deaths. What else can we do? Let them take us god knows where?
I don’t think getting it on track requires or will even be helped by violence
I firmly believe, however, that many powerful people will violently resist the re-tracking
This is an amazing nuance I think may be lost on many.
Unfortunately that appears to be the only way to get rid of them. They continually ignore the established laws and protests and " sternly worded emails/letters/phonecalls.
The Rest of The World: “duh!”
PBS running these insipid polls lately is so fucking offensive.
Americans are already doing violence on Americans to execute their fascist vision of this country, en masse, within and without institutions. Violent change is here. The violence question is over. Public opinion is for TV.
Well it’s true. You can’t be diplomatic with fascists. You can’t “get on the same level” with billionaires.
They have no reason to listen or care, unless we give them a reason to listen or care.
Soap box, ballot box, ammo box. They’re trying to take away the 1st 2, so…
You point is valid, but you forgot “jury box”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty
Well we tried that too and the pussy ass judge gave 0 days in jail so.
The government said pacifism is naive and dangerous
Pick up a history book.
Fascists don’t allow fair elections.
Fascists don’t stop when asked politely.
Unfortunately, that 30% is correct.
Arm yourselves and everyone you know. Form networks. Communicate via encrypted messaging apps.
The justice system, from the government perspective, is primarily a guard against vigilantism. Once enough people lose faith in the justice system’s ability to enforce the law with at least some degree of honesty and fairness, then the only option people see is to take justice into their own hands.
“Those who make peaceful reform impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
John Brown was right.
I have become worried I’ll need to defend myself against violent republicans because they are always talking about and actively hurting others.
I know so many that wouldn’t throw the first punch but are eager to join a dog pile.
Your concern is valid. “Worry” is a useless activity. Prepare.
They might not explicitly call themselves republicans. They might be implicitly or explicitly backed by The State. But there is a growing number of people with weapons and unmasked hate for othered humans.
That’s just people who admit it out loud. I know a few people who hint at this too but are afraid to say it out loud, especially if they have an Alexa-type device.
My FBI agent when I speak directly into the Google Home device that I am going to fight back against fascism:
Lol. His photo will never not be hilarious.
