The first part of your post, up to the bolded, part, I agree with.
But were Republicans regularly physically attacking voters on the other side and burning down American cities, and actively calling for the dismantlement of major US institutions during the McCain vs. Obama time period? I know it was a long time ago and my memory sucks, but I don't recall any of that.
It's accelerationism in action.
It used to stay within the realms of just talking, but as the rhetoric gets more extreme and common (Bush/GOP war criminals, Obama as a chimp/calls for lynching), the boundary of what people think is acceptable gets pushed.
This isn't one side. The right pushes the line a bit, so the left pushes some more (or vice versa) amd the line just keeps going further because we keep saying "well, what about the other side?".
ETA: I dont have a good idea of what would be a "fix" for this. It either cools off or explodes in some form, and im not sure which will happen first.
I’m curious as to the possibilities of the “something” Trump might “do” with SCI/TS nuke stuff?
The most common theory I've seen bandied about is something involving Saudi Arabia.
Apparently there was a 2019 investigation by the oversight commitee regarding a whistle-blower(s) saying the administration was attempting to give "nuclear technology" to the Saudis.
I'd like to make it clear that the oversight committee found no wrong-doing; the tech in question was involving reactors.
It'd be crazy for Trump to have taken nuke documents to sell to the Saudis.
That's something that requires a lot more than some journalist/political commentators trying to "follow breadcrumbs" and make dots line up over years.
The crazier thing is I wouldn't put it past Trump (or other politicians as full of themselves as him[Clintons]) to actually do something like this is they thought they could get away with it.
