Quite frankly I don’t think the prior administration did enough to clamp down on the potential for antisemitic terrorism. The same measures used to go after J6 instigators and right-wing paramilitaries shouldn’t have been stayed just because you had a cousin at an encampment.
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I still think that the large amount of the actual violent attacks are carried out by deeply disturbed people. That’s why the rhetoric used by people who aren’t perpetrating these attacks is so important, and why people really need to reject all of this insanity when they see it rather than sanewashing it and excusing it. It’s got no place in civilized spaces and we need to take a good hard look at this type of talk as a society.
Is it our right as Americans to engage in reckless speech? I think so. Is it our responsibility to condemn it when we see it (especially when it is coming from people we perceive as being on our side)? Absolutely.
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Quite frankly I don’t think the prior administration did enough to clamp down on the potential for antisemitic terrorism. The same measures used to go after J6 instigators and right-wing paramilitaries shouldn’t have been stayed just because you had a cousin at an encampment.
I still think that the large amount of the actual violent attacks are carried out by deeply disturbed people. That’s why the rhetoric used by people who aren’t perpetrating these attacks is so important, and why people really need to reject all of this insanity when they see it rather than sanewashing it and excusing it. It’s got no place in civilized spaces and we need to take a good hard look at this type of talk as a society.
Is it our right as Americans to engage in reckless speech? I think so. Is it our responsibility to condemn it when we see it (especially when it is coming from people we perceive as being on our side)? Absolutely.