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Debate Score:19
Arguments:14
Total Votes:19
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Liberals caused this environment of violence

They did

Side Score: 10
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Side Score: 9
2 points

Without a doubt, they definitely fanned the flames. Now they can reap what they sow.

Side: They did
2 points

Extremists on both sides of the political spectrum caused it by polarizing every issue and demonizing anything other than their own position. Which means the more extreme Liberals did cause it, with massive help from the extreme Conservatives. You share it.

You know who most emphatically did NOT cause an environment of violence? The moderate independents.

Side: They did
1 point

There were no Conservatives wearing masks and shutting down speeches, setting buildings on fire, and rioting in the streets. That was the future of the Democratic Party you saw dressed as vaginas and holding up profanity laced signs. And when Obama was elected, we hardly saw even a peep from the right. Comparing apples to clouds isn't good or logical practice.

Side: They did not

How can they deny it when they choose to display paintings of President Trump's severed head on the walls of our public Colleges?

These extremist Democrats have finally come out of the closet and showing everyone their true political extremism. Tolerance will never be a word that Liberals can use to describe themselves.

Side: They did
1 point

First of all I would like to say that any true liberal will denounce political violence regardless of it's target. I'm not Republican or Democrat because I'm from England where these parties don't exist.

There are radical left wingers who are demonizing right wingers as Nazis. These same radicals then state it is okay to punch Nazis. The hyping of these two memes together invariably has and will create violence. I fear with all this "Donald Trump is literally Hitler" talk that further attempts on his life will be made. I'm no fan of Donald Trump but if he gets assassinated things will escalate. Violence also has no place in the political process of a democratic country. While I focus on the radical left here I'm doing so simply because it's more mainstream than the radical right and therefore has more impact.

I feel like the recent violent clashes at Berkeley is indicative of the current state of political polarization in the U.S. There seems to be an inability on both sides to interact reasonably with the other side.

Side: They did
1 point

Hello again, bront:

I dunno if they did or didn't. It's a which came first question - the chicken or the egg...

Yeah.. The left is angry. But, no angrier than the right.. But, you wanna play the victim card.. S'ok.. I'm used to your denials.. Truth is, I dunno if the lib who shot Scalese is any more violent than the right winger who shot up the pizzagate shop...

Things ain't getting better, and I don't care WHO'S fault you think it is. It's getting ugly, and it's about to get uglier...

excon

Side: They did
1 point

The difference is, when the right is angry, it doesn't put on masks and threaten to kill everyone, nor does it use intimidation and fire to shut down speeches. And we wouldn't be caught dead wearing vagina suits with our kids present. That's your clan holding signs that say "kill Trump" and "The future is nasty".

Side: They did not
1 point

Comparing one out of thousands of violent liberal incidents to the one violent right winger is a false equivalency and a clever way to simply tell a bold face lie. The liberal way. Lie at all costs and manifest violence on others to get your way.

Side: They did not
3 points

Hello b:

Lemme see.. Did Hillary say she'll pay the legal expenses of her supporters who BEAT UP a Trump supporter?? No, she didn't. Did Hillary say hecklers should be taken out of her rallies on a STRETCHER??? No, she didn't...

So, you can SAY the things you do.. But, that doesn't change reality..

excon

Side: They did not
2 points

It's amazing how quickly that is forgotten. Trump stood up there and swore he'd pay the medical expenses of those who committed violence against the protesters. He's made multiple statements meant to incite and encourage violence in the name of "making America great again".

I'm NOT saying this is all his fault, it's a culmination of ALL of us that is making this "environment of violence" possible. Not just Liberal and not just Conservative, not just left and not just right.

Side: They did not
1 point

No. Her and Obama sat there and said nothing when liberals began attacking Trump supporters and coming to his rallies to fight on purpose.

Don't try to convince me that the man who dropped more bombs than Bush is peaceful. Don't try to tell me the woman that threatened Iran with bombing runs is peaceful. It makes you sound like an idiot.

Side: They did
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But, that doesn't change reality..

Liberals don't live in reality. They tell ex Muslims they are wrong about Islam, think money just magically appears to pay for everything, and take to the streets dressed as vaginas with their children.

Side: They did