The left's political violence problem

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/19/charlie-kirk-killing-political-violence-democrats-left/

So I did some Google roaming to see how reliable the polling outfit is. Despite the fact that the two men who started the company are members of the U.K.'s conservative party, Media Bias rates their surveys as very accurate. So there's that. 

One explanation is that the current political climate is overrun with Republicans. So right now liberals may have more to be pissed off about. The best way to see if this holds water is to repeat the EXACT same survey when the Dems hold power. Or to see if such surveys were done when Obama was POTUS. 

Another thought is that there is a significant gap between wishing/thinking, and action. Otherwise, we'd have a lot more shot-up people of all political persuasions. So this leaves the unanswered question of whether there is any difference between the political sides in their rate of thought to action. 

But no matter the case, the survey suggests that more than half of liberals DON'T approve of violence. So rightists should stop trying to tar the entirety of liberals with the same brush. I thought that stopped years ago with Ann Coulter and her "Useful Idiots" book about liberals. 

And no matter the case, we're looking at the GOVERNMENT working to suppress speech, and target people who speak against the current admin. That's what matters more than a random crazy shooting someone. And it matters tons more than campus snowflakes looking for "safe spaces" and shouting down  people not sufficiently "woke". This is the gov't sanctioning "snowflake" behavior  and trying to put the force of law behind it. 

Even Charlie Kirk would have disapproved. And a few Republicans are seeing the hypocrisy and irony this trend.