Lady Victory wrote:Helidan wrote:1. The Right tends to resort to violence because, for the last hundred years or so, that has worked to keep their political opponents down. Now, its backfiring. The support they had from Far-Right senators is going down since said senators are dying out, and being replaced with either more idiotic or not batshit insane senators. The Right also uses violence because, as several other people have stated, they are losing their power, and they are scared. So, while these attacks are horrible, we should be glad that the media is universally condemning them, as it shows that the Far-Right's backwards ideals are no longer welcome in the Free World.
2. Honestly, and this has a 50/50 chance of backfiring, the only way I can see of reducing Far-Right extremism is to respond with ultimate force. A Klan rally causing an uptick in racial violence? Send the National Guard to intimidate and disperse them. Militias causing trouble? Kill the ringleaders and arrest their followers. Do what the Rightwingers have been doing to the Left for generations. Oppress them. It may be undemocratic, unconstitutional, and possibly uncivilized, but that is the only way to stop Far-Right violence. To let them know that it is dangerous to believe in the Far-Right would be the only possible way to stop them.
The threat of death and violence has never deterred anyone from anything.