I am a scientist. I have done a lot of research. I have also taught a lot of students to do research.
Science demands that we back up our claims with factual evidence. The strongest form of evidence is a finding that has been replicated more than once.
So, here's some "light reading" for you all. Multiple articles, aided by literally hundreds of sources, showing that most political violence comes from the extreme RIGHT. Certainly nobody is suggesting that ALL of it comes from the right. But the data is clear: 75% of political violence since 2012 has come from the RIGHT.
Republican leaders are lying to everyone and they are putting at this country at extreme risk.
If you are a Republican, understand that you have been repeatedly and egregiously lied to about SO many things. Violence, medicine, vaccines, economics, the Epstein files, Trump's business acumen.....so many things. Also understand that I USED TO BE A REPUBLICAN, and it was only after years of being presented with fact, and finally being OPEN to the possibility that these beliefs were incorrect, that I was able to understand that what I had been taught growing up was wrong. It would have been much more comfortable to remain in the dark. It is not easy to realize that you were lied to and that you were wrong. I know this firsthand.
This is not hate. This is FACT. Our tendency is to keep scrolling and allow them to spread misinformation. We cannot let these falsehoods continue unchallenged. We have to figure out a way to make TRUTH great again, and how to distinguish between individual opinions and proven FACT, without resorting to violence. We have let this go on for too long.
Some excerpts - again, FACT, not opinion, and not hate:
"Gary LaFree, a University of Maryland professor and one of the co-authors of the research, said violent acts by left-wing groups have been diminishing for decades following violence by radical groups like the Weather Underground, a far-left militant organization founded in 1969."
"In recent years, violence by right-wing groups has far outpaced violence by left-wing groups..."
“There are very few left-wing cases these days,” LaFree said."
"Over the last four years, far-right terrorism in the West has increased by 320%."
https://ccjs.umd.edu/feature/umd-led-study-shows-disparities-violence-among-extremist-groups
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-rise-of-political-violence-in-the-united-states/
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/whats_driving_political_violence_in_americ
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