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New cases of political violence roil U.S.

Allan

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This article details politically motivated violence from both sides. The practice of demonizing the other side's supporters is quite frequently employed by Trump but it didn't start with him.

In 2016 Hillary Clinton described Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables", a characterization that was at the time widely criticized.

People need to calm the hell down.


 
Do you apply this to the constant use of the race card by the left?
 
Loulit01 said:
As opposed to the constant racism from MAGA?
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And that's what I am talking about. Your rile up all minorities and white lefties to hate the republicans, and you rile up republicans to hate you for the stupid smearing of them based on bullshit.
 
Allan said:
If Republican candidates are going to engage in dog whistling and overt racist rhetoric the left is going to call it out.
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So, you only want your enemies to "calm down", you want your mobs of violent street thugs to be wound up and ready to go when you need them.

Got it.
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Thanks for you honesty. BUt, I'm not sure why you expect me or anyone really to... go along with you on this.
 
Corbell said:
So, you only want your enemies to "calm down", you want your mobs of violent street thugs to be wound up and ready to go when you need them.
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Hey Allan, where are you getting your mobs of violent street thugs? I want one!
Corbell said:
Got it.
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Thanks for you honesty. BUt, I'm not sure why you expect me or anyone really to... go along with you on this.
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Corbell said:
And that's what I am talking about. Your rile up all minorities and white lefties to hate the republicans, and you rile up republicans to hate you for the stupid smearing of them based on bullshit.
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There's some obvious irony in your comments. The topic is the demonization of supporters instead of or in addition to criticizing the candidates.

That's what you're doing here.
 
Loulit01 said:
Exhibit A.
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Your words make no sense. THey do make me angry though. ....

So, do you want me to calm down as per the op, or do you want to rile me up?
 
Corbell said:
So, you only want your enemies to "calm down", you want your mobs of violent street thugs to be wound up and ready to go when you need them.
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As the article points out and as I mentioned in the OP the violence is originating from both sides.

Corbell said:
Got it.
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No, you don't.
 
Allan said:
There's some obvious irony in your comments. The topic is the demonization of supporters instead of or in addition to criticizing the candidates.

That's what you're doing here.
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When you say that Trump is pandering to racists, you are calling his supporters racist.


That makes me angry. NOt calm. So when you do that, you are doing the exact opposite of what you are calling for.


CAN YOU HEAR ME?
 
Corbell said:
When you say that Trump is pandering to racists, you are calling his supporters racist.
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Trump is racist and some of his supporters are racist. That doesn't justify the violence.
Corbell said:
That makes me angry. NOt calm.
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That's on you. You need to control your emotions better.
 
Corbell said:
When you say that Trump is pandering to racists, you are calling his supporters racist.


That makes me angry. NOt calm. So when you do that, you are doing the exact opposite of what you are calling for.


CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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If the allegation is true, then why does it make you angry? It's been shown everwhere that racists have flocked to Trump. You should direct your anger o your fellow Trump racists.
 
The Hairy Fiddler said:
If the allegation is true, then why does it make you angry? It's been shown everwhere that racists have flocked to Trump. You should direct your anger o your fellow Trump racists.
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Or better still - direct displeasure toward the offending candidate, and vote accordingly.
 
Corbell said:
When you say that Trump is pandering to racists, you are calling his supporters racist.
That makes me angry. NOt calm. So when you do that, you are doing the exact opposite of what you are calling for.
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Some are racists, and some are motivated by racist rhetoric even if they don't act on it. Trump panders to them.
Republicans pander to them with the southern strategy. Remember there was a shift historically and many racist southerners were Democrats, but they swapped.
Democrats were wrong historically to pander to racists too.

Can you discuss this rationally? Why are you angry at facts?

It looks more like a legitimate accusation is leveled against you/Republicans, and they play the victim card, and accuse the left of playing the race card.
All this "card playing" in the right wing bubble, so silly.
 

Yep, it’s dangerous when politicians say that their opposition candidate(s) and/or their supporters will damage (or destroy) the country (or democracy).
 
Corbell said:
When you say that Trump is pandering to racists, you are calling his supporters racist.


That makes me angry. NOt calm. So when you do that, you are doing the exact opposite of what you are calling for.


CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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Many of them ARE racist.... I don't give a shit how that makes you feel... Can you HEAR ME?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Yep, it’s dangerous when politicians say that their opposition candidate(s) and/or their supporters will damage (or destroy) the country (or democracy).
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"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"
-America
 

A little too late for the left......they have practiced the art of demonizing opponents to the extreme through the entire Biden/Harris term. Labeling 75 million American citizens as domestic terrorists is going to backfire, big time. They did the same thing through the entire Trump term......their radicals love it, but most Americans whether left or right are not radical. Hell, they even used the federal arm for justification imprisoning opponents who oppose their ideology.
 
The Hairy Fiddler said:
If the allegation is true, then why does it make you angry? It's been shown everwhere that racists have flocked to Trump. You should direct your anger o your fellow Trump racists.
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YOur post makes me even angrier.
 


The SOuthern Strategy is a conspiracy theory and a pretty stupid one. It falls apart the moment you look at it seriously.


And all you are doing is calling people you hate names. ie racist.


A name that is very, very poisonous in our current culture.


Are you trying to make people angry?
 
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