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> U.S. Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, repeatedly blamed what he called left-wing political radicalization for the assassin
by vintagedave 1y ago
> U.S. Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, repeatedly blamed what he called left-wing political radicalization for the assassination.
From an external non-US point of view, it looks like the opposite: the radicalization has been hard to the right. In a post-truth environment where loud speech is the most effective, it is natural for this to be denied and weaponized.
- lukeholder 1y agoAre you saying that the shooter was hard right?
- krapp 1y agoWhy would that be relevant? The politics of the shooter can be entirely separate from the general trends of radicalization within the culture. As far as I know we don't yet actually know enough about the shooter's motives to draw conclusions, although obviously conclusions will be drawn regardless.
- baobun 1y agoNo they are not.