There has been plenty of liberal, non-figurative burning down just in the last year. For example: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/31/george-

There has been plenty of liberal, non-figurative burning down just in the last year. For example: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/31/george-floyd-protests-latest-news-riots-us-cities-donald-trump-police-brutality-live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/31/george-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/28/minneapolis-protests-george-floyd-death/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/28/minneapolis... https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/police-declare-riot-portland-amid-ongoing-protests-72463294 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/police-declare-riot-... https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fire-chief-damage-kenosha-unrest-tops-11-million-73049162 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fire-chief-damage-kenosh... Codifying a double-standard of when it's "reasonable to assume" that certain threats are figurative based on political orientation of the speaker is just the kind of thing that pours fuel on the fire.