Thoughts on Political Violence
I don't know if you've noticed lately, but it's been a little tense out there. With people, I mean. Politically. There's a lot to process. The recent assassination attempt on 45 was evil and without any merit whatsoever. It has been denounced by both sides of the political spectrum, and rightfully so. Both Republican and Democratic alike say that there is no place for political violence in our nation. The only problem regarding that sentiment, though: isn't that pretty much what the US is built upon? When colonists came to settle the Americas - the Spanish in the 1490s, and the English in the early 1600s - they did not come in peace and unity. Native Americans were used, slaughtered, and deceived, and later corralled into reservations across the country. When the American colonies were tired of English rule (understandably so, taxation without representation and all that), they rebelled and went to war. We literally just celebrated this a couple of weeks ago. As a n