War in America

[Benton]

(08-16-2017, 10:39 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Is it just me or is the reaction to Charlottesville way more intense than the reaction to the far left wacko who tried to murder a large amount of GOP congressmen?

The issue, to me, is more reflective of how little people like politicians combined with how we respond to a whacko with a gun.

In the one, you've had years -- eight of them -- of a major network giving voice to anyone advocating dissension and violence against "leftists". And after a long history of not getting too worked up over a 'lone crazy with a gun' people are more comfortable with a guy resolving his problems by shooting someone.

In the other case, you've got hundreds involved directly, reflecting groups whose numbers are in the thousands. Combined with people dressing up as what's perceived as paramilitary, carrying firearms, throwing urine on people; protested against by people who have taken the mindset that it's ok to do whatever you want as long as you outnumber authorities. In between those two, a woman got killed. Not a skinhead trying to provoke, not a guy videoing himself smashing a car, just a woman trying to protest peacefully.

Murdering a young woman representing a cause is going to garner more attention than shooting a corrupt old man, generally.