Sometimes in the age of social media and nonstop news, it can seem like there’s, in the words of my late Grandma Betty, “a devil behind every bush.” This, statistically, is untrue. But the increased jubilation over such dangers to the average citizen is bloodcurdling.

On Monday, a disturbed individual went into a Park Avenue office building in New York City and murdered four people, then killed himself. He allegedly had personal issues with the NFL, whose headquarters are in the building, and decided violence was the answer.

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On Wednesday, a deranged man entered the workplace of a Republican politician in Virginia, doused the young father in gasoline, and lit him on fire. Republican leaders in the state and nationally instantly responded that “violence is never the answer.” And yet, local news reports had to sift out hateful comments from around the country speculating on the victim’s part or celebrating the attack. 

On America’s campuses and city streets, we have witnessed increased violence, from anti-ICE protesters cutting down trees, destroying sidewalks, and assaulting police officers to the burning of American flags and spitting on Jewish college students.

A Democratic governor was targeted because of his Jewish heritage and faith by a rabid antisemite intent on “freeing” Palestine. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping hours after hosting a Passover Seder in the governor’s mansion when a man set fire to the historic residence. The arsonist, when asked by police what he would have done if he had encountered the governor or his young children, answered coldly that he would have hit them “with a hammer.”

But shortly after, the news went quiet. 

The same thing occurred when two young people were gunned down in Washington, D.C., leaving an event hosted by the Capitol Jewish Museum. The attacker was caught on tape shouting, “Free, free, Palestine!”

Instead of the mainstream Left covering these stories with as much investigative intensity as they did Jan. 6 or complaints about President Trump’s past indiscretions and relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, they comment and move on.

These are just incidents from the past few months, and if the Right was perpetrating them, you can bet anything from the American dollar to crypto that the media and the Left would be shouting from the rooftops about how dangerous the radical Right is. 

The broader hypocrisy lies with politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and rabid socialists like NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and others, who, after spewing hateful rhetoric and talk of shutting down police departments, remain hypocritically mum after attacks. They send a quick tweet, yet their actions and tone on crime and criminals remain the same. Shameful. 

Or, even more disgusting is the broader response by the loudest voices on social media who praised the alleged murderer of the United Healthcare CEO on the streets of Midtown Manhattan last December. And when those celebratory social media stars attended the Bernie Sanders and AOC rally in downtown LA recently, they got backstage access and were interviewing sitting congressmen.

When it was revealed that a 43-year-old mother who worked for Blackstone real estate was one of the victims in Monday’s New York shooting, some on the internet celebrated. Due to the Left’s allegations of her employer being a vile corporation that has fed into inequality, one young woman said of Wesley LePatner, “Her death, as a valuable instrument to such evil corporations, is nothing to mourn.”

The Left does not care about political violence as long as it isn’t against them. 

The increased celebration of loss of life at the hands of evil people is bound to perpetuate even more violence. And, instead of condemning it, the Left is quiet. Instead of the mainstream media investigating what happened — though they might cover it if they think a shooting was committed by a white man — they move on when the attacker doesn’t fit their narrative.

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Without an open condemnation by leaders on all sides, and normal Americans too, the praise of such horrific crimes will continue and will likely get worse. And copycat behaviors are imminent. We know that everything from public praise of these types of attacks, to naming the suspects, to extensive media coverage glorifying the incidents leads to more.

Why wouldn’t a radical intent on fame and glory murder innocents when they know the mainstream media, mainstream leftists, and many on social media will make them into heroes…and maybe even sell a t-shirt with their face on it?

Elisha Krauss is a political commentator, podcast host, and conservative activist.