"We should be reminded on this day and every day between now and the election that political leaders at the highest levels have a fundamental responsibility to discourage a climate of violence."
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HTX - I’m with Harrisreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
As Joan Rivers used to famously scream, “OH GROW UP!”
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Vance’s politics are the politics of hate. Perhaps he once read The Education of Henry Adams and learned that, 'Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.' Or perhaps he just watched Trump’s success and internalized its lessons. But in any case, for Vance it’s all about hate."
~ William Kristol
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #ElonMusk
/8Vance, Trump, and The Politics of Hate
The liberal elites may be the stated target. But minority communities are the ones who suffer.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Reporter: Do you denounce the bomb threats in Springfield?
Trump: I don't know what happened with the bomb threats. I know that it's been taken over by illegal migrants, and that's a terrible thing that happened."
~ Acyn as quoted by David Kurtz
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #ElonMusk
/9American Politics Hit Tilt In One Dangerous Weekend
INSIDE: Donald Trump ... JD Vance ... John Roberts
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Hate is now the primary driving force within today’s Republican Party, so it shouldn’t surprise us that — as they slip in the polls — Trump and Vance would follow the examples of Nixon, Reagan, and GHW Bush’s 'Willie Horton' strategy and fall back on naked appeals to the most destructive forms of racism."
~ Thom Hartmann
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate
/10Hate as a Political Weapon: How Trump & Vance are Reviving Dangerous Racist Myths
From ancient lies to modern slander, the GOP's toxic rhetoric is weaponizing fear and tearing America apart…
(hartmannreport.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump’s lies have repeatedly resulted in domestic terrorism and violence that put American lives at risk.
And it’s not just Donald we’re facing. We’re also up against the corporate media, who continues to report on MAGA lies as if they are the truth. They refuse to pin the blame on Trump for these violence-stoking lies. It’s zero accountability."
~ Scott Dworkin
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #media
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"America’s news companies know they’re giving Trump and Vance exactly what they want — because JD Vance said so on national television.
The question is whether they’ll change their approach, and cover this story the way they always should have been covering it:"
~ Jamison Foser
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #media
/12JD Vance admits lying about immigrants for media attention. Will the media keep giving him what he wants?
Probably! But now they can't say they don't know exactly what they're doing.
(www.findinggravity.net)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Not as an immigration story, but as a story about Donald Trump and JD Vance being dishonest to their core and flagrantly racist — and intentionally trying to divide Americans against each other and incite violence against immigrants."
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #media
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Deborah Rosereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Trump continues to stoke violence.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Note that the second would-be assassin is, like the first, also a white male. He is not an immigrant, a Haitian or a drag queen. He’s a gun enthusiast who voted for Trump in 2016 but soured on him by 2020, and whose social media indicates he is a vaccine conspiracy theorist while supporting a Haley/Ramaswamy GOP ticket. Not exactly a stable individual."
~ Jay Kuo
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #media
/14He’s Jumped the Shark
A television analogy helps explain what’s happening in Trumpland and how the ex-president has lost the narrative.
(statuskuo.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Once again, the perpetrator, however unstable is a statistically predictable outgrowth of the very toxic political environment that Trump himself created. Like his second indictment, this second attempt feels like more of the same, with Trump himself to blame for much of it."
#violence #guns #Trump #JDVance #AssassinationAttempt #hate #PoliticsofHate #media
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MylesRydenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
If the Harris campaign somehow actually could "groom" people into political violence, wouldn't that be an argument FOR better gun control?
You wouldn't want a bunch of unstable easily swayed people running around with semi-automatic weapons would you?
Oh, wait, that's the Dems position.
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NeadReportreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
- Live by the sword, die by the sword
- You reap what you sow
- What goes around comes around
- Tit for tatTake your pick or add to the list.
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@wdlindsy
I'm glad that trump was unhurt. Assignation is not the way we should get rid of politicians. It is, however, ironic that the man who has instigated violence and death threats against anyone he perceived to be his enemy, is now on the receiving end. I hope it keeps him up at nights. -
Noodlemazreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy what does (un)stable even mean here? People who go around screaming hate at Others aren't necessarily mentally ill. That's not a requirement for hate and far right thinking, nor the sole necessary condition.
Most mentally ill people are a greater danger to themselves than anyone else, and at greater risk from others' violence than most people are.We must stop dismissing hate, its promotion and its effects with ableism that throws mentally ill people under the bus
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@wdlindsy
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@72mz You're right, they don't.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to NeadReport last edited by
@NeadReport A good list.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Noodlemaz last edited by
@noodlemaz I don't read the words "unstable" and "mentally ill" as equivalent terms.
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@72mz I totally agree.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to MylesRyden last edited by
@MylesRyden Touché.