CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 21, 2025
THE FIREBOMBING OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO’S HOUSE IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA IS ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW RADICAL AND VIOLENT THE FAR-LEFT HAS BECOME.
THE SUSPECT, CODY ALLEN BALMER, IS SAID TO HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PERSONAL ISSUES, BUT ALSO A HATRED FOR REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS DEMOCRATS.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ESCALATION OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN RECENT YEARS. IN 1998 A DERANGED MAN KILLED TWO CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICERS. HE APPARENTLY WAS AFTER THEN HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER TOM DELAY. MORE RECENTLY THERE WAS THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIVES OF REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PRACTICING FOR A BASEBALL GAME IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. REPRESENTAVIVE STEVE SCALISE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
THEN THERE WAS JANUARY 6, FOLLOWED BY TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HEATED RHETORIC ENCOURAGES THE MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND THOSE WITH GRIEVANCES TO TAKE VIOLENT ACTION. IT IS A STAIN ON OUR COUNTRY.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WINNING THE ARGUMENT? FOR SECULAR PROGRESSIVES WHO HAVE FAILED TO WIN THE ARGUMENT, HOSTILE RHETORIC HAS FOLLOWED. BILL CLINTON BLAMED TALK RADIO FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING IN 1995. THEY CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, THOUGH THEY TRY.
VIOLENCE DOESN’T CHANGE MINDS. IT NEEDS TO STOP. I’M CAL THOMAS.
