Those who cheered on the latter murder should now be examining their consciences.

The historical record is very clear: in politics, violence begets violence. This story is only beginning and it may not end well for America.

See details about the recent shootings.

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    13 hours ago

    This sounds great in a general handwavey sort of way except for the fact that (at least to my knowledge) there’s no evidence tying the alleged Minnesota assassin’s motive in any way to the death of Brian Thompson.

    He does appear to consider women’s healthcare a form of “violence”, however. Should we examine our consciences and outlaw women’s healthcare in case people like this take offense and start a civil war?

    We can wring our hands and try to find ways to make everything our own fault or we can accept that anyone under enough pressure can become violent, regardless of whether they believe themselves to have righteous intentions when they do it.

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      12 hours ago

      Should we examine our consciences and outlaw women’s healthcare in case people like this take offense and start a civil war?

      This seems like a super confused take. Are you saying that killing healthcare CEOs shouldn’t be illegal?!

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        11 hours ago

        Not sure where you’re pulling that from. Neither the original post nor my response said anything about legality. OP said these assassinations were the “logical sequel” to the CEO attack, without any evidence the two are directly related at all.