I've heard vague whispers that some people on the US right are planning violence related to #Election2020

In my opinion, this is not a smart idea - violence is sometimes the right solution but I don't think this is one of those times.

The in my twitter name is a canary.

If you say that violence isn't justified, you kind of have to say when it is justified (and when it is strategically smart!).

So, when was lethal violence the right thing to do?

Plausibly during the 1917 revolution in Russia. Someone really needed to kill Lenin.

Violence tends to be good when there is a combination of a collapsing regime and the rise of evil factions with extremely dangerous agendas.

The US regime is not collapsing. Trump is not the US regime. He's a 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 that the real regime tolerates. Don't be taken in.

My prediction is that if anyone tries violence, what will happen is the real regime (the permanent government consisting of unelected officials, corporations and mainstream media) will just beat the perp with overwhelming force.

... and worse, the permanent government and its appendages will use the failed attempts at violence as an excuse for censorship and removal of freedoms for the next 50 years.

They'll also use it as an excuse for internal purges and they will become even more like what the modern "new" right fears they are.

So don't do it! If Trump loses, take the L and focus on peaceful resistance via alternative systems.