People are kind of missing the point of why the OP is so ridiculous.
If the topic was "Death threats against [insert anybody, congressman or not]". NOBODY would be making any bones about their disapproval of it.
But the thread is (quite transparently) an attempt to associate conservative views with violence. It's the epitome of a lazy argument where in order to avoid the need for any substantive debate about the merits of a view the view is dismissed by tying it to extremists that hold the view. The point is to build a narrative.
So yes lots of people in the thread are pointing to others that engage in such behavior..but not in a "Oh /shrug who cares" sort of way. They are pointing this out in a "Yes we all disagree with violence....but tying it conservatives is absurd...and here are examples of why...".
If you want to talk about these threats talk about them in the context of what they are...an extremist doing extreme things. Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, or whatever their association might be is completely beside the point...all viewpoints have people like this...the only reason to bring it up and link it to a specific point of view is to try build a narrative of association so you don't have to argue the merits...instead you can simply say "well [conservative/liberal/etc..]'s are violent"...and of course who wants to listen to what violent people have to say? especially when it comes to running the country?
Put simply:
Conservatives are no more violent than any other major political group and these actions do not say anything about conservatism. This violence is caused and perpetrated by extremists that do not represent anything beyond an unhinged mental state. The real problem here is violence & extremism, not any particular political view.
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