That side is the one with the guns. When they don't get their way, what on earth can be the result - besides everything and anything bad?
I did notice that among the chattering class we've seen and heard observations about how you see violence at Trump rallies, and loud, angry, volatile people being exhorted from the podium to "get 'em outta here" and "if anybody gets arrested for beating 'em up, I'll pay for your defense". That was coupled with "you didn't see that at Bernie rallies. Well, you didn't see any of that at Hillary rallies, either. THAT is just not us.
And just in general, you're apt to find far more gunners on THAT side of the aisle than on ours. And aggressive gunners, too, who've heard all that crap about "they're coming to take yer guns" - and gullibly believe every word of it. WE'RE not the ones that worry authorities about OUR packin' heat into meetings and public events and out on the streets.
For me, sometimes, it boils down to the simplicity of parenting. We were just talking about that, this morning, at our house. What do parents and other responsible adults do, when they have an unruly tantrum-throwing child on their hands, or there's a nasty little bully terrorizing the playground at school? Do you feed the beast? Do you reinforce that crap? Do you encourage that acting-out? Do you reward that behavior? The answer is NO!!! You check that behavior. You stop it in its tracks. You try to nip it in the bud so it doesn't get worse. You teach and reinforce AGAINST it.
But if we don't do that, or we know we're not supposed to do that, with our kids, WHY do we do it with adults? WHY do we allow that shit? And we don't just allow it with adults, either. WHY do we shower the antisocial nasty narcissistic adult bully or meanie or proud in-yer-face asshole with money and fame and adulation? What kind of message does that send? What kind of message does that send, farther down the proverbial "food chain" from adult to child? All that does is reinforce BAD behavior, and encourage it to spread - and thrive.
When you feed the beast, guaranteed, it won't stop. It'll just get worse. And it certainly won't go away.
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