>>274972Personally I don't think it's ever right to kill someone, I don't think it's up to humans to decide when someone's life should be ended and I never think killing someone without their permission is the right thing to do. But I know lots of people disagree with that if the person in question has done unforgivable things and it really does depend on the context for me too like if you're trying to avoid more people getting killed or something like that I might agree with it being the most reasonable approach. But let's not focus on that aspect as it really comes down to individual morals.
Even if I thought it was justified to kill someone (and I see how it would be convenient in this case), I'm against it in this case simply because it blurs the lines of what's ok to do and what not. In a position of political power like the one of the US president there's always some lives you'll make worse/indirectly lose no matter what's your approach. And once the public sees themselves in the right to kill the person in question for that it starts blurring the lines. How many bad decisions is too many? You can't really count the technical deaths directly liked to it, right? Is it ok to kill the people who enable them as well? What about the voters? Does the opposite party think it's alright to kill the murderer now? What will be done about victims who died in the process?
Not to mention that another person literally died because of the attack. I mean it kinda already shows that it might not be the best idea to just try and shoot someone like that. Or are victims just a byproduct we have to accept? It's okay they died because they were Trump supporters? What about their families having to deal with the loss? The end justifies the means?
Also if the majority of people votes for that person to be in charge it means that the majority thinks what they're doing is right (at least to some degree). I don't think it should be possible to bypass those democratic values by killing that party's representant. (Even tho I sometimes really don't think people know what's best for them.) Not to mention that it only divides republicans and democrats even further and it'll get harder and harder to come to solutions that are acceptable or at least bearable for both of them. And while democracy as a system is far from perfect, there isn't really any proper replacement for it yet. Call me paranoid but the situation in the US seems to be getting out of hand with people hating each other purely based on their political views and lots of people seem to form their opinion based on their political affilation, rather than choosing a political affilation based on their opinions. It's like for every new topic that comes up people don't even think twice about it and just go with either the republican or the democrat standpoint for it depending on which party they support. Some people outside are worried about a civil war coming up sooner or later if it goes on like this. But I should also mention that I'm a European and I got literally all of the info I have about the US from either local newspapers or online, so maybe I'm not qualified to make judgements here.