You had the occasional image or remark by those who opposed Obama, but only the outermost fringe called for violence against him. I recall a long topic here that showed some low level state Republican official re-posted a photoshop of Obama and his parents as monkeys. For which even Republicans condemned her. and she was fired or forced to resign.
The worst I recall was an off-the-cuff comment by Ted Nugent saying he'd like to shoot Obama, for which he apologized a day or two later. You don't see any remorse or apology from the Democrat/Left, over even the vilest of comments. Quite the contrary, many of them are posted by Hollywood celebrities, and even liberal mainstream reporters! And even MULTIPLE Democrat officials have said Hodgkinson had the right idea and people out there should finish the job and kill more Republican leaders!
I saw the movie Lord of the Flies again today, and it was eerily relevant, the bending and bending of the rules, the depraved mindset and complete abandonment of civility, the hatred that many Democrats have where they openly fantasize about killing Republicans. And as in Lord of the Flies, we are at the edge of violent anarchy. It isn't a case of "both sides need to turn down the rhetoric". Only ONE side calls for violence, intimidation and complete intolerance of its political opposition. And it preceded Trump and can't be blamed on only liberal reaction to Trump as president. Similar events such as violence that prevented Ann Coulter, Karl Rove, Condoleezza Rice and others from speaking at university speaking appearances and booksignings, years before Trump was president, or even an announced candidate.
The Left is completely unhinged, and dangerous, and actually feels they have a right to be. And neither mainstream Democrats, Hillary or Obama, Biden or Gore, or law enforcement are telling them they need to back off.
