Most Americans, no matter their political affiliation, do not believe that violence is a solution to domestic political divisions, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
Undoubtedly, violence would solve America's divisions- but is it the best way to do so? The real questions are, how long would that take, who would ultimately be the losers, and would it even be "America" when it all ends?
I'm not advocating for violence against the people but I do feel hanging some supreme Court justices would do us all some good. There are multiple justices taking bribes and telling us they have the legal right to do so. It's past time to remind these people who they actually work for... And maybe we hang some of the people bribing them to get the point across?
I don't like capital punishment but these people are actively destroying our democracy and claiming to be doing it legally(which is a lie). This kind of threat needs to be dealt with swiftly and brutally.
That figure is probably higher if we talk about gutting rich people. We might even get unity on that instead of divisiveness. I get a MAGA republican in the same room as a democrat and we start talking about wasting rich people, they often start acting like friends.
I'm hoping we can realize who our common enemies are so that we don't get into a civil war.
Every one of those people imagines the violence happening to groups they don’t like, and not to them and the groups they like. Always remember, both sides thought the civil war would be over in one battle.
Fascists fundamentally support political violence as a method for "solving division". Anyone who is not a fascist and supports such violence at this moment needs to understand that political violence is going to backfire and play into the fascist's hands unless you can first build alternative systems of power and support outside of the government.
If you start violence without that network of support in place, you will disrupt people's lives, and the only support structure that can help will be the current Government. The military will be the ones providing food, medicine, and shelter. If you don't have a strategy to get regular people affected by the disruption food, water, healthcare and shelter, you're going to make the government the hero.
If you're not a fascist, and believe political violence is necessary, your first step isn't violence, your first step is to take a page from The Black Panthers and starting a community breakfast program.
I think those numbers are low. I think people were confused. While everyone knows them as indispensable vehicles of egalitarian social progress, guillotines are technically tools of violence.