The Hypocrisy of Condemning Political Violence in a Violent Empire

Image by Koshu Kunii.

Some kid took a shot at an ex-president the other week and apparently, we’re all supposed to feel bad about it. The same news jackals who cobbled together half a career on pretending to be outraged every time Donald Trump tweets something racist are now pretending to be concerned that someone would even dare to shave that fascist baboon’s ear with one those AR death machines they usually love to howl about. Why, even rival politicians, just finished telling packed...