Then some other douche jumps in to suggest not all of them are joking, as if some percentage of conservative are seriously plotting the death of liberals.
Nope, that's not what I meant. There is a
huge gap between wishing to do something (even very strongly wishing so) and actually doing it - mostly because of the obvious risks involved with murdering someone.
That said, the fact that even a handful people go ahead and actually commit murder only indicates that there are many more who would like to.