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Jacobin American
Junior Chimp
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« on: June 14, 2017, 10:20:57 AM » |
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Rep Chris Collins (R-NY) offered his thoughts and prayers to the victims of today's shooting and politely requested that people refrain from politicizing this tragedy.
Wait, no, he didn't.
The thing is, yes, escalated political rhetoric, dehumanizing your opponents, threatening them with violence is a problem and can lead to attacks like this. But will Collins draw any connection at all with other events of the last 18 months?
I think the strategy is pretty clear here. Republicans are going to point their fingers at the Democrats, politicize this tragedy to the fullest extent, and probably use this tragedy to avoid meeting with their constituents in the future.
This country is too far polarized to handle something like this maturely and properly.
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