Up in Canada:
"Somebody is going to be shot": Top bureaucrat says partisan mudslinging has gone too far
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-michael-wernick-partisan-going-be-shot-1.5028503
Canada's most senior federal public servant says he is worried about the nation and the state of its political discourse — fearing it has sunk to such lows that it could lead to an assassination attempt during the next federal election campaign.
Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council of Canada — the man tasked with serving the prime minister and his cabinet — prefaced his testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair with commentary on what he describes as a "vomitorium of social media" fuelled by unreasonable partisans who have been dangerously whipped up by politicians.
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"I worry about the rising tides of incitements to violence when people use terms like 'treason' and 'traitor' in open discourse. Those are the words that lead to assassination. I'm worried that somebody is going to be shot in this country this year during the political campaign," Wernick said.
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Interesting time to be expressing concern about the use of the words "treason" and "traitor".