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Shock new poll shows that adults increasingly think political violence is necessary to ‘get country back on track’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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Majority of those surveyed still disagree with political violence

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Also, when people talk about opposing political violence, in reality they're mostly opposing political violence spreading to the elites responsible.

Notice there was no mainstream discussion of political violence until an elite who encouraged violence got shot.