I am not condoning the violence or damage that people are perpetrating around this. I was just saying that it is the actions of Musk that have inspired it as the actions of Trump inspired the events of Jan 6.

There is discussion here around forms of protest such as the climate protesters who have vandalised company buildings. I have issues with that, but peaceful protest should always be possible. Some climate protesters have been arrested when being peaceful, e.g. sitting in roads, but farmers protesting about tax changes were allowed to drive their tractors into London and cause disruption. I am concerned about some actions of the Labour government even though they align much more with my beliefs than the Conservatives. The 'left' is not what it used to be.

From what I have seen the US is more divided, but then it may just be that I see more reports and many people are not that worked up about politics. You will not see so many overt signs of political allegiance here (no MAGA hat equivalent), but you are likely to see things like pro-Palestinian badges. I know people who are Conservative voters and they may even praise Trump, but I'm not falling out with them unless they say hateful things.

UK political attitudes may just be different to the US. I do think that certain elements have been trying to make politics more divisive, e.g. Nigel Farage.

I grew up in an area with a lot of Indian, West Indian and other nationalities and there was little friction there. It does flare up at times. Farage has been responsible for some of that and Musk stirred it too with comments about Starmer etc.

I have to wonder what more 'traditional' Republicans think of the state of their party since Trump took it over. I have heard that current members of Congress get threats if they step out of line. I have listened to The Rest Is Politics podcasts that have featured Anthony Scaramucci. He is very much against his old boss.

We live in 'interesting' times.