While leftist politicians, activists, and media mouthpieces like to claim that it is the right that is violent, citing the so-called “insurrection” at the US Capitol on January 6. What the left ignores is the vast amount of violence undertaken by those on the political left, such as the 2020 “summer of love,” up to the more recent attack on everything Tesla. What leftists are doing is called “projecting,” or transferring their own attributes to others, in this case, the conservative right.
Research, however, clearly disputes the contention that violence comes from the right or is even embraced by the right. Research conducted jointly by Rutgers University and the Network Contagion Research Institute, or NCRI (which tracks digital threats), confirms that fact, according to the New American.
In the study, titled “Assassination Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic for Political Violence,” Rugers and NCRI post the following introduction:
“Political violence targeting figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk is becoming increasingly normalized, particularly among politically left-leaning segments of the population. Following the attempted assassination of President Trump on July 13, 2024, tolerance and even advocacy for such violence seem to have surged.
This trend builds on a broader pattern identified in two December 2024 reports by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), which analyzed how viral social media narratives are legitimizing political violence, especially after the assassination of the United Healthcare CEO. These reports found widespread justification for lethal violence, including assassination, among younger, highly online, and ideologically left-aligned users. This online rhetoric is spilling into offline actions, as evidenced by a California ballot measure grimly named “the Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act.”