[alt text: a text-and-image tweet by @NotHoodlum on Twitter. The tweet shows a picture of U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. The text of the tweet says: “Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.”]

  • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    9 hours ago

    This sounds like no true Scotsman logic. But irregardless, there are examples of folks who were associated with the Democratic Party conducting political violence, for instance Ryan Wesley Routh. I’m not arguing that there is the same level of political violence of both sides but framing political violence as a partisan issue is not helpful.

    • shaiatan@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Dude. No.

      The idiot that committed the political violence that you tried to hold up as a “BoTh SidEs” was on the same side as the idiot he tried to kill.

      90+% of the political violence in this country has been committed by the same party.

      Whatever you think you’re trying to do is only helping the fascist idiots.

      ETA: also, “No true Scotsman” is a MASSIVE stretch for this. Again, statistically violence is almost entirely owned by the Republican party. You’re 100% trying to “both-sides” this.

      Actually, second edit: The fact that you completely shifted you goalposts after I pointed out that it wasn’t the left that tried to assassinate Trump tells me everything I need to know about you. That was your whole point - and it’s completely false.

      • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        8 hours ago

        That’s still a no true Scotsman argument. But sure, let’s pretend that the trump shooter was a hardcore republican, it doesn’t change the fact that political violence is still being perpetrated against individuals on both sides.

        • shaiatan@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          8 hours ago

          Informing you that a right wing idiot tried to assassinate an ultra-right wing idiot isn’t a “no true scotsman” argument. You keep pointing to right-wing violence as evidence of left-wing violence.

          • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            6 hours ago

            That’s a straw man argument. I am saying

            political violence is still being perpetrated against individuals on both sides.

            I’m arguing that this is a both sides issue from an attacked individuals perspective. Most political violence is the result of extremism and a lack of mental heath services. Framing the recent uptick as right or left won’t solve the core issue.