edelsont | Why, indeed? (Reply)

Pencils down, boys and girls. I asked you for your opinions on whether it is useful to call attention to threats of violence by Trump supporters. I held back on expressing my own opinion on the subject, so as not to bias yours. But that grace period has now ended.

So, do I think it is useful? A little. Not as much so as I thought as recently as yesterday.

The small amount of usefulness that I still perceive comes from this: if these threats of violence ever do turn into real violence, on a large scale, I think most people will find it easier to cope with this if it isn't a complete surprise. But that is, at most, a good reason to bring it up occasionally; to keep harping on it would be counterproductive.

I had another kind of alleged usefulness in mind, when I made the original journal entry which contained samples of threats. I thought that the existence of these threats was relevant, somehow, to a question currently facing us: whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

I've changed my mind about that. I no longer think it is relevant, one way or the other.

If you disagree, I would [still] welcome your input on the subject. But otherwise ....

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.