But the left should keep this in mind: The people who are engaging in these acts tend, broadly speaking, to see political violence as a dial, like a dial on a stovetop, where the heat can be turned up a little, down a little, as the recipe calls for. But many on the right see political violence as a toggle - with the preferred OFF position marked "peaceful discourse," and the other, less desirable, to-be-avoided ON position marked "raise the black flag and start sorting some stuff out."

And I would also remind any would-be rioters or looters of an old Alaskan saying: "The wolf's strength lies not in its fangs but in its pack."