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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
See, i don't think anyone should use language like that, and that includes Jess Phillips. However, the only people that it would incite to do something would be those that are already violent within the community. It doesn't make me think, oh i will need to go out and knife someone today.
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True, you can't (easily) turn a non-violent individual to violence with a few words, it takes years of indoctrination. But you
can trigger an individual already predisposed to violence to take action, or direct their violence in a specific direction, so public figures do need to be careful.
And to be honest, I suspect that some individuals ARE starting to "fall to the extremes" regarding Brexit. It *has* been a constant drip feed for years at this point, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if there are people out there now willing to commit violent acts who wouldn't have dreamt of it 3 years ago.