{"id":2150107,"date":"2024-01-16T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-catching-on-that-political-violence-can-go-both-ways\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T05:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:02:42","slug":"democrats-are-catching-on-that-political-violence-can-go-both-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-catching-on-that-political-violence-can-go-both-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are realizing that political violence can occur from both sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-are-catching-on-that-political-violence-can-go-both-ways%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2150107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>The Media&#8217;s New Narrative: Republicans \u2064and Political Violence<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The accomplice \u200dmedia evidently got a new set of instructions from Joe Biden\u2019s people that they need to start hyping up \u200cthe possibility of violence coming from Republicans ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats may finally have\u200b gotten the message \u200dthat the threat of force\u200c isn\u2019t a political\u2064 tool that only they \u200cget to use, which\u2063 is great\u2062 news. Now that they\u2019ve realized it, though, they\u2019re trying to convince voters \u2063that it\u2019s only a real problem when their opponents do it,\u2064 namely (of course) Trump voters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-242377745\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4083b7d44852a2024adea88595873342 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4083b7d44852a2024adea88595873342\"><\/div>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/23899688\/2024-election-republican-primary-death-threats-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> at the\u2063 leftist Vox site at the start \u2064of the year acknowledged that threats of violence \u201care \u200bcoming from across\u200b the political \u200bspectrum.\u201d It said,\u2064 however, that \u201cthe most important ones \u2026 emanate from\u2063 the MAGA faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dNew York Times\u2019 Jamelle Bouie \u2063ominously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/12\/opinion\/trump-political-violence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">predicted<\/a> \u200d last week that the former president might \u201cuse the threat\u2064 of violence\u2064 to make officials and\u2062 ordinary election workers think twice about their decisions.\u201d\u200d On\u2063 the same day, his neckbeard colleague David French <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/12\/opinion\/donald-trump-culture-decline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> \u200b in\u200b a separate column that \u201cwhile political violence is hardly \u2064exclusive to the \u2063right, the hostility and \u200dvitriol embedded in MAGA America is \u2063resulting \u200bin an escalating wave of threats and acts of intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Alex Wagner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/alex-wagner-tonight\/watch\/trump-mainstreams-political-violence-with-normalizing-repetition-201885765596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Friday<\/a> whined that Trump has \u201cfanned the flames\u201d of prior \u200c\u201cacts of political violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of this immediately followed \u2014 purely by coincidence, no doubt \u2014 a series of\u2064 public remarks\u2063 by \u2063Joe Biden making a big show\u200c about how he strongly, seriously, emphatically condemns political violence (wink, wink).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b7d41d46ec7b1ce89bfafe96ed6f92aa fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b7d41d46ec7b1ce89bfafe96ed6f92aa\"><\/div>\n<p>The advantage Democrats have \u200bhad in recent \u200byears is that, unlike independent and Republican\u2063 voters, they know their activists put politics above everything else. For them, only \u200bone \u200bthing matters: getting their way. If that means destroying public property and \u2062private businesses, so\u200c be it. If a few people \u200care \u2063hospitalized or die for \u200bit, that\u2019s a\u2062 price they\u2019re willing to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Intimidation and harassment \u2062are their default strategies. It\u2019s their voters who screamed \u2064in the faces of perfect \u200dstrangers for not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">wearing face coverings<\/a>. It\u2019s their voters who torched \u2063and trashed\u2063 inner \u2062cities in the\u200b name of \u201cracial justice.\u201d It\u2019s their\u2062 voters who showed up to \u200bmenace Supreme Court justices at their private residences. It\u2019s their voters ginning up a second Holocaust over a religious conflict between two nations 6,000 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>True, the other side showed on that one fateful day that it\u2019s capable of \u200dtaking things to the streets \u200cwhen things \u2062aren\u2019t going so smoothly.\u200b But\u200d rather than Democrats saying to themselves, \u201cHmm, maybe we should all settle down some,\u201d \u2063they\u2062 proceeded to censor, prosecute, and disenfranchise their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>If there has\u2062 been any increase \u2064in violent threats \u2062from the\u200c right, \u2063Democrats have themselves to thank for it.\u2063 They might do themselves a favor \u2063this time and knock it off before any of those threats are made good.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c2974409b4b29080f53e4b137dd6d572 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c2974409b4b29080f53e4b137dd6d572\"><\/div>\n<p>They\u200c chose to drive \u200bdown this road. Now they understand it\u2019s a two-way street.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c64107b16dabb3f798a70e9060745b8a fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c64107b16dabb3f798a70e9060745b8a\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can the media ensure they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-who-spoke-to-state-investigators-about-gov-cuomo-wants-little-brother-chris-to-pay-too\/\" title=\"Reporter Who Spoke To State Investigators About Gov. Cuomo Wants Little Brother Chris To Pay Too\">maintain journalistic integrity<\/a> \u2064and present a balanced portrayal of political violence, considering its complex \u200cnature and involvement from multiple factors?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Olence and that it has\u200d no place\u2064 in\u200c American democracy. It seems as though there is a coordinated effort by \u2062the media to push a\u200d narrative that Republicans are \u200bthe ones responsible for political violence.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2063new narrative \u2062is concerning for several \u2064reasons. First and \u2062foremost,\u2064 it is \u200dmisleading and unfairly targets one political party. While it is true that there have been instances of violence associated with certain individuals who\u2063 support former President Trump, it is wrong to generalize and attribute \u2062this behavior to all Republicans\u200c or Trump voters. It is important to remember that violence exists on both sides\u200b of the political spectrum and should be condemned\u200c regardless of who is engaging in it.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, this narrative is a clear attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-attorney-generals-office-discovers-astroturf-lobbying-scheme\/\" title=\"N.Y. Attorney General\u2019s office discovers astroturf lobbying scheme\">sway public opinion<\/a> and influence the upcoming elections. By demonizing Republicans and\u2063 highlighting the threat of violence coming from their supporters, \u2062the media is subtly trying to paint the Democratic Party as \u200bthe safer and more stable choice. This is a manipulative tactic that undermines \u200cthe democratic process and unfairly influences voters.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this narrative ignores the fact that political\u200d violence is a complex issue with\u200b multiple \u2064factors at play. To simplify it as a problem exclusively\u2063 caused by one political party is a gross oversimplification that \u2064does not reflect the reality of the situation. The media has a responsibility to present a balanced and accurate portrayal of events, and this one-sided narrative fails to do so.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for the media to uphold journalistic integrity and avoid \u2062participating in partisan agendas. By perpetuating a narrative that Republicans are solely responsible for political violence, \u200cthey are doing a disservice\u2064 to the public and undermining the trust that should exist between the \u2064media and its audience.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the media&#8217;s new narrative that Republicans are the ones \u200cresponsible for political violence is misleading, manipulative, and unfair. It fails to reflect the reality \u200cof the situation and unfairly targets one political party. It is important for the media to uphold its responsibility to provide balanced and accurate reporting, rather than participating in partisan\u2064 agendas. The public deserves unbiased and objective journalism, especially\u2063 during \u200dcritical times like elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media, acting as accomplices, received fresh instructions from Joe Biden&#8217;s team to amplify the potential for Republican-led violence before the election. 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