Old, but seems relevant

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s only ok to incite violence when we do it.

    Wasn’t the guy who shot Trump a registered Republican?

    Is it possible that he was incited to violence by… other Republicans?

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      4 months ago

      “By the way, and if she gets to pick --if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day, if – if – Hillary gets to put her judges in.”

      -Donald Trump, Wilmington, N.C., Aug. 9, 2016

      Since then we know Trump’s suggested method of dealing with legally unchangeable judge positioning.

    • capital@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Yep. And confirmed conservative, if recent headlines are to be trusted.

      We pretending like every thread on Lemmy wasn’t filled with “wish he had better aim” sentiment?

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        4 months ago

        In most the posts I saw, the comments wishing he had been killed were downvoted.

        So yeah, some people made those comments, but most people didn’t agree with them

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        When both teams suck, all you can do is root for injuries. But no, “I wish you’d just die already” is not a call to violence.

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          4 months ago

          I remember you from the other thread. You’re a fan of feigning ignorance if it helps your point.

          Read this thread. The people encouraging violence are upvoted far more and those discouraging it are downvoted.

          It’s not just that thread either.

          To continue a theme from our previous thread - you mind if we quit playing stupid?

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              4 months ago

              Maybe your app is displaying them differently, but when I looked the 3rd highest top-level comment wanted the guy to have better aim and it had 49 net upvotes

              https://archive.is/uNswh

              I’m archiving so you see the same layout I saw.