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Not true.

Both Trump and Biden engage(d) in BS fear mongering. A person isn’t evil because he wears a red hat, or because he votes for a party that historically has supported unions and the working class. Sending troops into Baltimore because the mayor pissed you off is of the same vein. It’s all absurd and I’m exhausted by the BS. I think we need to sweep them all clear - Trump, the Clintons, the tarnished Biden with that stupid pardon for his kid, Pelosi, Schumer, Mike Johnson, and even Newsome with his hilarious yet unpresidential and unbecoming Twitter account. Third way Democrat (which is what I am) is my solution. Who that might be? Let’s have debates, and forums, and figure it out.

And the problem is rooted in both sides. We have to work together to stop this nonsense.

Here we go. Another example of the rhetoric that has to stop.

Yeah, sure. Whatever. Go “get some” like you were so eager to discuss earlier.

This is illustrative of the commentary that has to end.

There’s a big difference between me teasing somebody (using a MAGA turn of phrase, FYI) who called me stupid and, for example, the July 4 remarks of the President. Or even Nancy Pelosi’s dumb comment from today. You’re smart enough to see the difference.

The Bible. Seriously.

Sadly think you’re right. The provocateurs on each side will keep doing what they’re doing. Hopefully the normies band together and restore some sanity soon.

Ban some more books. WTF. Some dad got shot for no good reason, the country is ripping apart at the seams through fault of everyone, and you bring up more specious nonsense. I just hope he survives and all of this nonsense stops.

Who is “they?” More unnecessary hyperbolic rhetoric.

That’s simply not true. The logic here is absurd. They guy was “leftist,” but had registered as a Republican three years earlier, but maybe became a “leftist” thereafter, but didn’t change his political affiliation because he planned to shoot Trump at a rally that he knew would be scheduled after his conversion to “leftism?” Wow. It’s much easier — and much more accurate — to say that there are too many people in both sides who have gone to an extreme. We can choose to be civil to one another and cut the crap, or we can take a different route.

I’m almost positive Thomas Crooks was a registered Republican. The Michigan guys are the goofs who wanted to kidnap the governor.

Illustrative of rhetoric that needs to be toned down.

Give me a break. Look at Trump’s July 4 remarks. Inciting and beneath the office. He’s hardly alone in that respect, though. Plenty of people on both sides are acerbic and hyperbolic, and they all need to stop.

The guy who shot Trump I believe was a registered Republican. The Michigan guys obviously weren’t “left.” So enough of this nonsense. No matter the source this is wrong. It’s not the time to score meaningless points.

Nothing. And nobody—least of all me—has said as much.

Where is that, exactly?

What’s the point of this BS? Kennedy was shot. Reagan was shot. RFK. MLK. The Minnesota lawmakers. Teddy Roosevelt, I believe. McKinley. George Wallace. It has happened, yes. But it is exceedingly rare given the myriad intellectual disagreements we have in this country. We’re better than this BS. If you want to score political points and sully whomever go for it. But it’s not the time. Here or in real life.

He’s right about the last paragraph, but it’s not the time. We should all be better to each other. Everywhere. After we all pray or pull or light a candle or whatever for a dad who was shot because of his opinions. It’s wrong and it has to stop. I’m not going to get into it now, but fault lies on all sides. Nobody is blameless. If you don’t agree with that, then there’s no sense in discussing it later or further.

Not the time. We should be past that. Somebody said something stupid and untimely. Whatever. Both sides have done it for far too long. Let’s hope this guy survives and be more respectful and open minded with each other moving forward. This is a disgrace, just like Minnesota, and just like any other politically motivated violence. It has to stop. This.

Probably not the time to respond, but with respect to the second point I agree with your nuance. He’s a human. We don’t do stuff like this to other humans in this country because we disagree with them. Everybody, on all sides, needs to tone it down, stop the whataboutism, hope this young dad survives, and then figure out how we can be better to each other moving forward.

It’s bad, and I feel the same way. I might not like his opinions, but I’m pulling hard for him right now because he’s a dad, a husband, and a human. This is disgusting.

Those things probably are true. But they don’t matter, and now is not the time to worry about such matters. He’s a dad, and a husband, and a human. This is wrong on every level. I hope he survives, and that he makes a full recovery. It made my stomach turn to watch the video of what happened. Let’s hope he survives and the we figure out how to calm things down everywhere for everyone from there. This is horrible.

The keystone and pizza or the vegetables?