re: #638 MinisterO

Whatever the poll actually measured, consumers of brand R koolaid were 2-3 times as likely to answer yes to a question of whether violence is appropriate.

I can’t prove it, but it does suggest to me that the violent rhetoric of the right-wing is having a statistically significant effect on its listeners.

Or the violent rhetoric has moved people uncomfortable with it to the independent or democratic party camps, so those who still self-identify as republican are more extreme but a smaller percentage of the population.