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Populism, Political Violence, and the Collapse of Civil Discourse in America

m.knox

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Courtesy of the unhinged Trump haters whose favorite things to do these days include vandalizing Tesla's and shoplifting from Whole Foods. You go boyz!! That will show 'em!!!

Look at what the American left has become........

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...pse_of_civil_discourse_in_america_152587.html

Since the advent of Trump’s first presidency, the American media has consistently deployed populism as a catch-all term for neo-Nazis, racists, and all species of bigot, in an attempt to delegitimize President Trump and discredit the American people’s stunning rejection of the political status quo and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Furthermore, post-2016, populism has been transformed into a euphemism for tyrannical or authoritarian regimes, as well as fascism, and any politics that are anti-democratic or violate human rights.

In contrast, throughout the modern era, left-wing ideology has been emphatically hailed as the driver of all socio-political progress since the Enlightenment and invariably associated with the democratic ideal, as well as a constant desire to protect and cultivate the fundamental human rights. In fact, over the past decade, left-wing politicians such as Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have consistently been lauded as champions of liberty and human rights, in spite of any fascist, anti-democratic, politics and explicit human rights violations.

As a result, American media have engineered a political spectrum wherein a person or political actor becomes increasingly evil and antithetical to democracy as their political beliefs and personal ideology become progressively populist; and, conversely, a person becomes increasingly good and virtuous inasmuch as their personal beliefs and political ideology become left-wing and liberal.
In truth, for over a decade, the American people have been discouraged from earnest political discourse and dialogue, due to the fact that American society has been subsumed within a political ecosystem wherein populism is not merely a competing ethos, but rather an enemy that must be eradicated and destroyed, along with its adherents, due to the fact that it is dangerous to the wellbeing of any democracy and person.


Therefore, politically motivated violence and terrorism have become commonplace in America.

For example, under the pretense that they are protecting America’s democracy and championing the liberal ideal, left-wing extremists and organizations such as ANTIFA have frequently attacked pro-Trump rallies and Trump supporters, as well as countless so-called populist rallies, since the outset of Trump’s first presidency in 2016. Furthermore, Tesla factories, dealerships, and vehicles across the United States are currently being attacked and destroyed by left-wing extremists, in an overt attempt to terrorize the Trump administration and President Trump’s senior adviser, Elon Musk, as well as Tesla owners and Trump supporters in the U.S.

Moreover, the attacks against Tesla, Musk, and the Trump administration have come mere weeks after a would-be assassin sought to infiltrate the White House and murder President Trump. In fact, Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign was punctuated with various assassination attempts by deranged leftists intent on “saving America.” For instance, on Sept. 15, 2024, Ryan Routh attempted to murder Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida. And on July 13, 2024, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks nearly assassinated Trump and severely wounded three innocent supporters at a rally in Pennsylvania, ultimately killing one.
 
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