American Political Violence

I have heard several mentions of a coming Civil War in America and i just put it down to over excitable American's and then i saw a TV programme about how some Americans are stockpiling weapons and ammo and assumed it was just American gun nuts being typical American gun nuts, one guy showed us the inside of his garage which he said was going to be his bunker and it had two large piles, one of tinned food and another of ammunition and weapons and the one you couldn't eat was the larger of the two.
Now with the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband and the US Capitol Police reported 9,625 threats and concerning actions against members of Congress in 2021 compared to 3,939 instances in 2017 the trajectory seems to be slanting towards a powder-keg and maybe the guy with the garage was onto something.
Given his injuries, Paul Pelosi, is lucky to be alive and lucky for her Nancy Pelosi wasn't home and it was her that he and his hammer came looking for but America has been deeply and dangerously divided for a while and the situation has been exacerbated by Donald Trump's wild rhetoric and his mindless insistence that the 2020 election was stolen from him, a claim which sparked the violence at the Capitol Building in January which resulted in five deaths.
Government and police agencies across the nation have sent out a warning of 'a heightened threat of domestic violent extremism against candidates and election workers driven by individuals with ideological grievances' and although the Trump supporters and right wing in general in America are seen as ignorant, backward oafs, threats against politicians on both sides have increased and in a land where you can buy guns with your groceries, that's a spine-chilling mix of idiots with killing machines in their hands.
The media has a roile to play in not amplifying the mad rantings of all the more excitable politicians as words have consequences and even more if they come from a Politician who has supporters who have regularly attacked their opponents.
We had a taste of that during the ill-tempered Brexit campaign when Jo Cox was stabbed to death outside her office by a man with disagreed with her political view and the media has a role to play in not amplifying the mad rantings of all the more excitable politicians as words have consequences and even more if they come from a Politician who has supporters who have regularly attacked their opponents.
Joe Biden said that there is too much political violence and Trump, the main instigator of it, has not yet joined his other Republicans in condemning the attack although he did manage to post on his social media account the same day about his upcoming rallies, Brazil’s elections and the death of singer Jerry Lee Lewis.
With a population's eyes on social media and irresponsible news outlets that have regularly reinforced their existing political beliefs and fears, extremism and violence in America seems to be result.