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Because it's just going to make them more popular. One can argue that the failed assassination of Trump was actually key to his victory. Or if that's not clear enough, look at what happened with Charlie Hebdo - it just made muslims look petty and violent to the point where most people would rather side with the paper that was bullying a religious minority than recognize their concerns.
Losing a lawsuit, meanwhile, makes them unpopular and poor at the same time.
I'm confused as to why you are getting so many upvotes because either though misreading or misplaced focus, you only replied to one half of one sentence of my reply, constructing an alternate reality in which my point was the opposite of what it actually was. And to be blunt, both the reply and the upvotes reflects so much of the knee-jerk hyperemotionalism in online debates.
As for the rest, I think we can all acknowledge that people in general will take more offense to a paper insulting a powerless minority than the powerful majority. But in this case they didn't, hence my point that violence is counterproductive to a cause, which you seem to think was the opposite point.
You should watch the apprentice. Losing law suites is how Trump started his cult
Edit: not sure if people don't know what I'm talking about or think a biopic isn't a reliable source: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/donald-trump-roy-cohn-race-discrimination-lawsuit-fight-documentary-excerpt/