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>>831392
Political violence was completely normal for most of the history of the USA and before that the Colonial period.
Before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, Loyalists were lynched, tarrred and feathered, and assassinated. Their homes were looted and burned, and their families were beaten and driven out of the country.
In the run up to the Civil War, pro-slavery militias would raid anti-slavery towns, shooting unarmed men and boys (even boys as young as 9 years old) out of hand.
The dozens of wars we had with indians in our history have all been incredibly brutal.
Politicians were routinely tarred and feathered or outright lynched during the westward expansion.
The robber barons built great works largely to rehabilitate their reputations after robbing honest miners, lumberjacks, farmers, and many other categories of workers and businesses. They did this because they feared assassination of themselves and their families.
Political violence is normal. We are returning the base state of normal politics in the USA.
I do not endorse or condemn this; it simply is.