Ideas and Debate, Not Violence
On Friday, a man broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her 82 year old husband with a hammer. The assailant has been posting Conspiracy theories about the Big Lie, COVID vaccines, and much more. During the attack, he repeatedly yelled, “Where’s Nancy.” It’s easy to infer he planned to assault the Speaker of the House, second in line to the Presidency of the United States.
While few will say the assault is a good thing, there are several politicians who immediately jumped to blaming Nancy Pelosi. Some gleefully conflating the crime to her politics.
We’ve seen the insurrection and assault on the Capitol. We’ve heard the Q Anon crap about hanging politicians. We’ve had a Congressional softball game shot up. We’ve had a plot to kidnap a Governor.
When is the violence enough? Politics is a debate of ideas, thoughts, and policies. At least it should be. But violence seems somehow imbued in the American DNA.
Mark my words: someone will soon be selling t-shirts reading, “Where’s Nancy?”
If you gleefully celebrate any aspect of this assault, look deep in the mirror, my friends, because something inside you is broken.
Enough with the hate. We can disagree on politics without allowing or encouraging the violence.
After all, in the end we’re supposed to be on the same team, right?
