My credentials are a PhD from one of the world’s top universities, and expertise in political violence reflected in a 30+ page CV that includes such things as multiple Fulbrights, United Nations and State Department publications, among others.
2. No, I never “worked for the government.” As I said, I wrote policy recommendations upon request (that weren’t followed, so that should — by your ‘logic’ — make me *more* credible).
2. Incitement to violence can use metaphorical language; this argument is an old one and, in fact, one that often cynically wields the First Amendment as a shield.
3. Bill O’Reilly’s viewers argued the same - then one assassinated my uncle.