POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTSWe made it through those times, and we can make it through these as well. I implore you to be a thermostat, not a thermometer. A thermometer shows you what the temperature is; if things are running hot, it will show everyone how hot things are. A thermostat, in contrast, affects the temperature; if things are running hot, you can use a thermostat to turn down the temperature to where it is more comfortable. My friends on the left can stop trying to convince themselves that political violence is a right-wing phenomenon.