Saying ‘Political Violence Is Wrong’ Doesn’t Go Far Enough
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Saying ‘Political Violence Is Wrong’ Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Nobody believes Charlie Kirk was murdered because of his stance on energy policy.

Ben Shapiro

When people say “political violence is wrong,” does that change the underlying substructure of thought that leads to a massive elevation in violence in the country of the political variety?

I don’t think it means anything to just say that political violence is wrong, because there are actual substrates of thought that lead to the elevation of the violence that compel fringe actors to go out and do things like murder Charlie Kirk.

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