I noted a few days ago that a BLM-associated gun-control activist from Louisville, Ky. had tried to shoot a Democratic mayoral candidate. I thought that this was somewhat ironic, given the shooter’s previous insistence that “your life has no meaning to the irresponsible politicians in Frankfort who time and time again choose the National Rifle Association over your life.”
What I didn’t realize, but what the Las Vegas Sun understood straight away, was that this was actually the fault of the Republican Party. In a piece titled “Escalating hateful rhetoric leads nation down a dark, chaotic path,” the Sun explained yesterday that “a terrifying incident in Louisville, Ky., this week revealed the dangers of the talk coming from the right about civil war and political violence.” “While there’s been no indication yet that the activist had ties to any right-wing organizations,” the paper recorded, “the shooting comes amid a rise in threats against politicians fueled by increasingly violent rhetoric coming from extremist Republicans.”
The solution? “American leaders across the board must start speaking out, especially those in the GOP.”
The more you know.
