Democracy can be messy. It can be maddening. Sometimes it can be futile. But IF we are going to be a nation where we govern ourselves, the foundation it must be founded on is that political arguments are settled politically. You cannot grab a pistol and blow someone's brains out because you disagree with their politics.
If you can't get your arms around that one we cannot have a democracy or a republic. Take a good long look at Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, large swaths of Africa and Asia. These are places where this kind of violence rules or has allowed dictatorships and despots to come to power.
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Nobody said anything to the contrary.
Is it too ambitious or too naive to look for an honest politician? Or simply a useful one?
