Yes. They should. Where did I say he shouldn’t? I’m just trying to express the fact that I’m never surprised when these things happen. Horrified, but not surprised.

This is what I’m saying. When your job is politics and we are living in this very polarized environment, nobody should be surprised when things happen. That is not to excuse what happened to Rand Paul, and I think we can all say that it’s very lucky that all that happened to him was getting tackled. Steve Scalise, who…

I’m pretty sure he’s entitled to a protection detail just by virtue of being in the senate. Look, I’m not saying it’s right what happened to him. But leaders get assassinated all the time in spite of security measures. Abortion clinics get bombed in spite of fences and security guards. Shit happens, especially when…

Not blaming the victim. When you do things that are politically polarizing you have to anticipate that some crazy person might try something one day. That’s why the secret service exists. It’s why abortion clinics have security and fences. And yet leaders still get assassinated, clinics get bombed, etc. Martin Luther…

False equivalence.

No, but when you do things that are politically polarizing things happen sometimes. Abortion clinics get bombed, presidents get shot at. If we’re just gonna pretend this never happens why don’t we disband the secret service? It’s not right but it is a thing that has always happened all over the world. Martin Luther…

Massive false equivalence.

No, I wouldn’t, but if I was a politician in this kind of climate I might anticipate that it COULD happen.

My take is that when you do things that are politically polarizing, if you’re Rand Paul or an abortion doctor, you should anticipate that some crazy person might try to do something. It’s literally the reason the secret service exists, it’s why abortion clinics have security and fences. I’m not saying it’s right I’m…

I’m not shrugging. If I knew an abortion doctor I would tell them to be careful too, not that I think they’d need me to. They know. When you do things that are politically polarizing things happen. It’s not right, but it has always been that way.

And if I knew an abortion doctor I would probably tell them to be careful too. It’s not right what happened to Rand Paul or anyone else who is attacked for their politics but it fucking happens.

I mean, I’m not saying people should do this kind of thing, but when you do the things Paul does and vote for the policies he does, it’s basically a matter of time before someone does something.

Yeah I don’t think it’s offensive I just think it could’ve been a little more creative than “let’s do queen medb, but sci-fi!”

I didn’t think anyone would know what I meant if I said Meath. I just wanted to contrast her accent with like that working class Dublin thing Connor mcgregor has

All I want, if they’re gonna do something like this, is to really commit and do something interesting with the fusion of Irish folklore and a sci-fi setting. This just doesn’t feel like that right now, but there’s obviously time for them to prove me wrong.

That’s more like it.

I’m not trying to convince you of anything. Just saying why I think what I think. You’re the one trying to play debate team.

You’re still here.

“You made an argument, and then immediately destroyed its credibility. Well done.”

You’re trying to use debate team logic jiu jitsu on me in a comment thread, so yeah I’d say you’re a little more invested than you think you are.