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When Rhetoric Escalates: How Polarizing Language Shapes Public Conflict
Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, National, Top Stories

When Rhetoric Escalates: How Polarizing Language Shapes Public Conflict

By Shaina Cole | Commentary, Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Political speech extends well beyond the moment it’s expressed. Words travel. They settle into public discourse and shape how authority, disagreement, and risk are understood over time.  Research shows that rhetoric does more than mirror tension. In certain conditions, it redirects it—especially when government leaders frame conflict in threatening or moral terms. That context helps explain why the White House published an article titled “57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrats Declared War on Law Enforcement.” The article quotes Democrat state governors, congressmen, and other public figures whose statements the administration has characterized as contributing to a hostile environment for federal la...
Has the Left Grown Too Comfortable With Political Violence?
Washington Examiner, Approved, Commentary, National

Has the Left Grown Too Comfortable With Political Violence?

By Michael Barone | Commentary, Washington Examiner Why are so many Democrats fond of wishing death on their opponents? That’s a question raised by two astonishing developments early this month. On Oct. 3, National Review’s Audrey Fahlberg revealed texts Jay Jones had sent, perhaps mistakenly, to a Democratic colleague, bemoaning the cordial remarks the then-Republican speaker was delivering after the death of a Democrat. “If these guys die before me,” he wrote, “I will go to their funerals to p— on their graves, Send them awash in something.” Prompted, he goes on. “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert” — the Republican speaker — “hitler, and pol pot. Gilbert gets two bullets in the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you ...
DHS Boosts Security at ICE Sites After Deadly Dallas Attack
Just The News, Approved, National

DHS Boosts Security at ICE Sites After Deadly Dallas Attack

By Misty Severi | Just The News “For months, we’ve been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed," Tricia McLaughlin said. "This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences." The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it was "immediately"increasing security at its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities following the attack hours earlier at a facility in Dallas. The alleged shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, killed one detainee and injured two others before killing himself. Joe Rothrock, special agent in charge of the FBI Dallas field office, said during a press conference that Jahn wrote anti-ICE messages on the...

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