Barb May" <
barbmay@gmx.com> wrote:
The Civility Pledge
* will be civil in my public discourse and behavior.
* will be respectful of others whether or not I agree with them.
* will stand against incivility when I see it.
A new study finds that 55% of self-identified leftists thought murdering
President Donald Trump would be somewhat justifiable.
The Network of Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) joined Rutgers
University's Social Perception Lab to conduct the study titled "Assassination
Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic
for Political Violence," which states that an "assassination culture" appears
to be "emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left, with
expanding targets now including figures such as Donald Trump," The Federalist
reports.
"These attitudes are not fringe -- they reflect an emergent assassination
culture, grounded in far-left authoritarianism and increasingly normalized in
digital discourse," the report declares.
The report states that 55% of respondents who viewed themselves as left-of-
center said the murder of Trump could be somewhat justified; 48% said the
same of Elon Musk. Among all respondents, 38% said it would be somewhat
justified if Trump were assassinated, while 31% said the same about Musk.
The report claims the social media platform BlueSky "plays a significant and
predictive role in amplifying radical ideation."
"NCRI also found that users are increasingly tying the 'memification' of
(Luigi) Mangione with calls for political violence against Trump, Musk and
others, 'reflecting the growing cyber-social presence of assassination
culture,'" The Federalist reported.
"This report points to disturbingly high levels of support for political
violence, particularly targeting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk," the
report asserts. "Across survey responses, nearly one-third of respondents--
and a significantly higher share of left-leaning respondents--expressed some
degree of justification for acts of lethal violence."
"Unless political and cultural leadership explicitly confronts and condemns
this trend, NCRI assesses a growing probability of real-world escalation,"
the report warns. "Given the current economic volatility and institutional
distrust, the online normalization of political violence may increasingly
translate into offline action."
A new study finds that 55% of self-identified leftists thought murdering
President Donald Trump would be somewhat justifiable.
The Network of Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) joined Rutgers
University's Social Perception Lab to conduct the study titled "Assassination
Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic
for Political Violence," which states that an "assassination culture" appears
to be "emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left, with
expanding targets now including figures such as Donald Trump," The Federalist
reports.
"These attitudes are not fringe -- they reflect an emergent assassination
culture, grounded in far-left authoritarianism and increasingly normalized in
digital discourse," the report declares.
The report states that 55% of respondents who viewed themselves as left-of-
center said the murder of Trump could be somewhat justified; 48% said the
same of Elon Musk. Among all respondents, 38% said it would be somewhat
justified if Trump were assassinated, while 31% said the same about Musk.
The report claims the social media platform BlueSky "plays a significant and
predictive role in amplifying radical ideation."
"NCRI also found that users are increasingly tying the 'memification' of
(Luigi) Mangione with calls for political violence against Trump, Musk and
others, 'reflecting the growing cyber-social presence of assassination
culture,'" The Federalist reported.
"This report points to disturbingly high levels of support for political
violence, particularly targeting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk," the
report asserts. "Across survey responses, nearly one-third of respondents--
and a significantly higher share of left-leaning respondents--expressed some
degree of justification for acts of lethal violence."
"Unless political and cultural leadership explicitly confronts and condemns
this trend, NCRI assesses a growing probability of real-world escalation,"
the report warns. "Given the current economic volatility and institutional
distrust, the online normalization of political violence may increasingly
translate into offline action."
-- Not a joke! Don't jump!
Re: Civility Project ends