Some are worried by the possibility of violence resulting from the 2020 election. Their fears seem mostly to be that Trump supporters will be upset by a Biden victory and commit some violence. The fear is of "sore losers" I suppose it's possible that some on the right have a similar "sore loser" fear of violence coming from Biden supporters if Trump pulls off another upset.
As a general proposition I'm not that afraid of the scenario. But there is one which I just thought of which scares me.
I remember occasions, I think mostly when a college wins either the NCAA football or basketball championship where the students take to the streets and riot, destroying property, etc. We normally dismiss such episodes, at least I dismiss them, as "boys will be boys".
But, there's a lot of emotion invested in the outcome of this election. Isn't it more likely that election violence will come from "exultant winners"? I remember the election of 2008, when the winners exulted. That was a victory of love, of belief in Obama, of the redemption of America, and I don't remember any particular violence, or animosity directed towards McCain supporters.
But a Biden victory on Tuesday would be a victory based on a lot of animosity towards Trump, and some of his supporters.
I always like a metaphor, so think of the exultant winners and despondent losers as two masses of plutonium, back in the days of the Manhatten Project. Keep them separate and everything is copasetic. Bring them together and you get a nuclear explosion.
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