You May Not Be Interested in War with the Left, But the Left Is Interested in War with You
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 30 2026
Violence is never acceptable from any ideological direction, but when one growing segment – the political left – excuses it as the understandable byproduct of anger, or suggest that certain targets like Charlie Kirk 'had it coming,' they’re fueling the problem.
“Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
That was Jimmy Kimmel, the sleaziest and least-funny latenight “comedian” during a sketch on his ratings-challenged show.
That slur, followed by last weekend’s attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, brings to mind an old adage from Russian communist Leon Trotsky that, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
In modern America, an unsettling variation has now taken hold: You may not be interested in war with the political left, but the political left is increasingly interested in war with you.
Not metaphorically. Not rhetorically. Increasingly, literally.
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