Not just politicians and definitely not only Americans. No one spouting the ‘violence is not acceptable’ actually means it. They don’t mean to abolish the police, military, prisons, taxes, mandatory school…
It’s just doublespeak, the violence I like is not violence so if someone responds to it with more violence I can condemn them, they are the violent ones not me.
Post is more related to political violence. The double standards of extreme condemnation when violence used against politicians while they do promote violence towards foreign populations (i.e. palestinians, jews or venezuelans) and local minorities (i.e. racial or radical groups).
Not just politicians and definitely not only Americans. No one spouting the ‘violence is not acceptable’ actually means it. They don’t mean to abolish the police, military, prisons, taxes, mandatory school…
It’s just doublespeak, the violence I like is not violence so if someone responds to it with more violence I can condemn them, they are the violent ones not me.
Post is more related to political violence. The double standards of extreme condemnation when violence used against politicians while they do promote violence towards foreign populations (i.e. palestinians, jews or venezuelans) and local minorities (i.e. racial or radical groups).