Republicans Fearing for Their Safety as Constituents Get Angrier

[Frodo]

I don't remember if Democrats had it this bad in the run-up to the 2010 midterms:

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[Suburbia]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

[IceAgeComing]

i don't see how an old banker is at all violent (or a "leftist", to be frank); but maybe he gets that way after a few beers, I dunno.

[This account no longer in use.]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Both sides do it. That's why I'm a centrist.

[seb_pard]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Jared Lee, anybody? Dylan Roof, anybody?

Also lol at Soros

[Suburbia]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Jared Lee, anybody? Dylan Roof, anybody?

Also lol at Soros

Exactly. They are extremists. Soros is one of the culprits, you can't deny it.

[seb_pard]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Jared Lee, anybody? Dylan Roof, anybody?

Also lol at Soros

Exactly. They are extremists. Soros is one of the culprits, you can't deny it.

What is so extremist about Soros?

[Tintrlvr]

I don't remember if Democrats had it this bad in the run-up to the 2010 midterms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Giffords

[Suburbia]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Jared Lee, anybody? Dylan Roof, anybody?

Also lol at Soros

Exactly. They are extremists. Soros is one of the culprits, you can't deny it.

What is so extremist about Soros?

He has destabilized some governments overseas with corruption, some reports suggest. He does good charities, but has some bad money deals.

[Suburbia]

Democrats feared for their safety from 2009-2011. Republicans are feeling the same thing.

The difference is is that some leftists are more violent. ANTIFA, anyone? Soros, anyone?

Jared Lee, anybody? Dylan Roof, anybody?

Also lol at Soros

Exactly. They are extremists. Soros is one of the culprits, you can't deny it.

What is so extremist about Soros?

He has destabilized some governments overseas with corruption, some reports suggest. He does good charities, but has some bad money deals.

Sounds like what America does in general

True. However, Soros has given money to some crazy causes.

[hopper]

Fearing for their safety-The Town Hall activities are just a bunch of rabble rousers with angst against Trump. They aren't gonna harm anybody physically.

[hopper]

I don't remember if Democrats had it this bad in the run-up to the 2010 midterms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Giffords

That was an isolated where the guy that wasn't stable and the Giffords shooting had nothing to with anger or angst towards government.

[Xing]

inb4 you-know-who rants about "muh violent leftists"

Anyway, getting threats is unfortunate, but it's part of being a public figure, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you need to fear for your safety (since most threats are empty.) You have to be able to put up with a certain amount of nonsense.

[Mr. Reactionary]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

Yeah, while left-wing violence is on the rise, it's mainly from angry rich white students (ie, Atlas poster types) and not from the town hall crowd. Town halls have always been nasty. I remember one girl was almost attacked for daring to ask a negative question of Allen West in 2011. The Allen West town halls got so bad (I went to all of them when he was my Congressman) that my mom tried to ban me from going, but they were usually held a mile away from me so a few times I'd just take my bike. Fun times.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Anyone who has worked in a congressional field office within the last several decades will tell you that they are a magnet for lunatics. Most of them will never cause serious harm, but threats are a part of the routine for many. It's not easy work, and in a heavily armed and relatively violent country it's a scary and disturbing ordeal.

Speaking from personal experience, this is at least equally true of the D.C. offices. 

[Mr. Reactionary]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

Yeah, while left-wing violence is on the rise, it's mainly from angry rich white students (ie, Atlas poster types) and not from the town hall crowd. Town halls have always been nasty. I remember one girl was almost attacked for daring to ask a negative question of Allen West in 2011. The Allen West town halls got so bad (I went to all of them when he was my Congressman) that my mom tried to ban me from going, but they were usually held a mile away from me so a few times I'd just take my bike. Fun times.

Yeah. I haven't seen any Democrat open carry rallies yet. Those were fun back during Obama's first term.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

constituënts fearing for their safety as republicans get angriër

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

Yeah, while left-wing violence is on the rise, it's mainly from angry rich white students (ie, Atlas poster types) and not from the town hall crowd. Town halls have always been nasty. I remember one girl was almost attacked for daring to ask a negative question of Allen West in 2011. The Allen West town halls got so bad (I went to all of them when he was my Congressman) that my mom tried to ban me from going, but they were usually held a mile away from me so a few times I'd just take my bike. Fun times.

Yeah. I haven't seen any Democrat open carry rallies yet. Those were fun back during Obama's first term.

Conservative activists have always liked to bring their guns out. It's a male insecurity thing I think. That predated Obama (I remember seeing guns at pro-war rallies in like 2006) and it will continue past him. The infamous assault rifle video at the Tea Party rally from 2010 was ironically held by a black conservative activist, but the media made it out to be an emulation of a lynch mob.

[TJ in Oregon]

It's not at all surprising. The day after the election there were a ton of people talking about initiating some political violence. Most of them won't go through with it obviously, but there are a lot of very angry people out there, some of whom will. Now that the two sides of American politics are in a more or less open war, death threats and attacks will probably become more common.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Yet the right-wing media ignores the violence carried out by Republicans.

[politicallefty]

Left-wing violence isn't a thing in this country generally. The average left-winger at these rallies isn't packing heat. For the most part, the worst anyone gets is a pie to the face or some glitter thrown on them. It's the right-wing that packs serious heat, both in public and private.

I have no doubt someone's going to show me an exception to the rule, but that doesn't mean the rule isn't still valid and apparent.

[HAnnA MArin County]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

Yeah, while left-wing violence is on the rise, it's mainly from angry rich white students (ie, Atlas poster types) and not from the town hall crowd. Town halls have always been nasty. I remember one girl was almost attacked for daring to ask a negative question of Allen West in 2011. The Allen West town halls got so bad (I went to all of them when he was my Congressman) that my mom tried to ban me from going, but they were usually held a mile away from me so a few times I'd just take my bike. Fun times.

Is that true, or did you see it on Fox News?

[dead0man]

This happened in 2009-2010 as well, from the Vanderboegh brickings to the random gun that fell on the floor of a Dem townhall. Some Tea Party blogger mistakenly posted the address of my old Dem congressman's brother (thinking it was the Congressman's) in 2010 and someone cut a gas line to their grill. According to this article, now my new Pub congressman is receiving death threats. Same old, same old.

Yeah, while left-wing violence is on the rise, it's mainly from angry rich white students (ie, Atlas poster types) and not from the town hall crowd. Town halls have always been nasty. I remember one girl was almost attacked for daring to ask a negative question of Allen West in 2011. The Allen West town halls got so bad (I went to all of them when he was my Congressman) that my mom tried to ban me from going, but they were usually held a mile away from me so a few times I'd just take my bike. Fun times.

Is that true, or did you see it on Fox News?

so you're saying you'd be shocked to find out left wing violence is on the rise since the election of Trump?  Really?  You're arguing it was equally as violent under Obama?



(I suppose you could have meant that it's not just young and white lefties doing violence, but I doubt that's your angle here)