fishonjazz
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According to the center for strategic and international studies, between 2016 and 2025 there were 25 attacks and threats targeting elected officials, political candidates, judges, and government employees there were motivated by partisan beliefs.Hell, I have stopped attending many events entirely because I know how many guns are in America and how angry and divided people are over politics.
I see elementary age kids argue about politics. That didn't happen in the past. trump has not only made the country more angry and divided but simply more political. I never knew anything about politics pre trump. I never even voted before 2016 (I'm almost 50 years old).
trump isn't in everyone's faces for 2 days and everyone thinks he is dead. I think we are better off with a less public president.
I won't go to fairs anymore. There is always a shooting. I wanted to go to a protest but wouldn't go. There was a shooting. I tend to avoid concerts now.
Going to a public event that has a lot of people at it is always dangerous even if the event is non political. We live in america.
But a big public gathering called prove me wrong that is intended to encourage anger and arguments is definitely a place I would never go.
For comparison, only two such incidents were reported in the two previous decades.