The Weaponization of Fear: Why Johnson’s Smears Aren’t Just Rhetoric, They’re a Prescription for Violence

A speaker who smears peaceful pro-democracy Americans to distract from a shutdown he helped cause

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Oct 12, 2025
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By Dr. John Petrone

They say language precedes action. In a country where political violence has already claimed lives, where threats saturate social media and protests are met with paramilitaries or …

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