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dalton99a

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65. +1. When Trump says "I'll kill you," let's not jump to conclusions

Sun Mar 17, 2024, 07:09 PM

Mar 17

One must analyze the words carefully and parse them through the most Trump-favorable filters to show that I doesn't really mean I, KILL doesn't really mean KILL, and YOU doesn't really mean YOU.

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On seeing the bloodbath forest for the bloodbath trees [View all] EarlG Mar 17 OP

Agreed RussBLib Mar 17 #1

He started with predicting a bloodbath about auto imports then expanded his bloodbath to the whole country generally. Marcuse Mar 17 #58

Trump has a long history of calling for death and violence - and denying he meant it dalton99a Mar 17 #2

Donald Trump Suggests 'Second Amendment People' Could Act Against Hillary Clinton Cha Mar 17 #45

Yep. dalton99a Mar 17 #46

GD Red Flags All Over the Bloody place. Cha Mar 17 #47

Well put. cachukis Mar 17 #3

So true. K&R n/t ms liberty Mar 17 #4

With so much at stake... Think. Again. Mar 17 #5

That's how dog whistles are used. StarryNite Mar 17 #6

Well stated EarlG RainCaster Mar 17 #7

Ron Filipkowski said it well... Pluvious Mar 17 #8

+1 dalton99a Mar 17 #10

The MAGAts know exactly what Trump meant. They couldn't care less about context or flashman13 Mar 17 #14

Plus, he added birdographer Mar 18 #80

KNR, and thank you. niyad Mar 17 #9

I wonder what his MAGATS heard. Emile Mar 17 #11

Nailed it malaise Mar 17 #12

Thanks for putting this collection together. TheRickles Mar 17 #13

Very well stated, excellent clarification Wild blueberry Mar 17 #15

Or his infamous statement: DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #25

He wants a civil war (Rs vs Ds) hoping he can somehow jump back into the W. H. KS Toronado Mar 17 #16

He's even further dividing the Rs from the Ts. StarryNite Mar 17 #22

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for those conversations! ShazzieB Mar 17 #28

Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. Ping Tung Mar 17 #17

".. the only way to save America will be through mass acts of violence and bloodshed against other Americans." Evolve Dammit Mar 17 #18

A bloodbath for the UAW, then? Grins Mar 17 #19

On her show this morning, Jen Psaki did a Abolishinist Mar 17 #20

It kind of reminds me of people who would buy the whole album (or CD or whatever) by their favorite band Cheezoholic Mar 17 #21

There is definitely a pattern of escalation of violent/incendiary rhetoric. patphil Mar 17 #23

Grooming is exactly right. They do so by manipulating feelings of disgust. summer_in_TX Mar 18 #73

He wants his idiot supporters to take it literally IronLionZion Mar 17 #24

Some of them blow off the violent talk. ShazzieB Mar 17 #34

However Trump meant bloodbath, he's clearly fomenting violence dlk Mar 17 #26

Sure Traildogbob Mar 17 #27

Seriously? RussBLib Mar 17 #48

Outside limits. Traildogbob Mar 17 #55

Exactly. He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry. SunSeeker Mar 17 #72

I'm beyond trying to decipher what he means by bloodbath.... Hope22 Mar 17 #29

Can't believe anyone wants to give him and complicit GOP the 'benefit of the doubt.' None wiggs Mar 17 #36

Yes, maybe we should let the Capital Police decide! Hope22 Mar 17 #39

Exactly. Goddessartist Mar 17 #30

I agree,,,, KarenS Mar 17 #31

And I interpret his remarks in one way (besides the obvious 'pathetic whining of an old man'), that he knows that he's SWBTATTReg Mar 17 #32

I agree with your analysis. Uncle Joe Mar 17 #33

Plus the media cemented the contextless statement in everyone's minds via the headline LearnedHand Mar 17 #35

It only takes one or two madamesilverspurs Mar 17 #37

He speaks in code... 2naSalit Mar 17 #38

THIS malaise Mar 17 #40

I remember an historical precedent. ChazInAz Mar 17 #41

Well put. He likely decided in advance to use that graphic word, placed ambiguously, to juice up his minions. JudyM Mar 17 #42

Exactly. ismnotwasm Mar 17 #43

The Trump campaign has urged people to consider the full context of his "bloodbath" comments... LetMyPeopleVote Mar 17 #44

Dog whistles and double entendres are republican stock in trade... Wounded Bear Mar 17 #49

I agree with Mehdi Hasan on this which echos some of what you say) hlthe2b Mar 17 #50

This! Hope22 Mar 17 #53

Not when you start the rally with an ode and a salute to the insurrectionists malaise Mar 17 #57

Yup... Honestly, some of the seemingly genuflective threads today have me wondering what hlthe2b Mar 17 #60

I don't get it malaise Mar 17 #61

+1. When Trump says "I'll kill you," let's not jump to conclusions dalton99a Mar 17 #65

ABC got it malaise Mar 17 #67

Well, about time, but Excellent... hlthe2b Mar 17 #68

Might as well play "The Horst Wessel Song". ChazInAz Mar 18 #78

This is madness malaise Mar 18 #79

I think he engineers his statement to be taken any number of ways. "Plausible deniability" is no defense. marble falls Mar 17 #51

I really hope we can get any kind of criminal conviction IbogaProject Mar 17 #52

He means "ketchup bath" if he loses. Cartoonist Mar 17 #54

His stupid fucking shitbird MAGA followers will carry out his fucking call to kill people. Violent piece of shit. SoFlaBro Mar 17 #56

I believe he wants to be Putin - TBF Mar 17 #59

Perfectly said. Bluethroughu Mar 17 #62

Sound opinion, EarlG. greatauntoftriplets Mar 17 #63

I was preparing a response to the "we are all being silly about Trump's bloodbath comment. Bozvotros Mar 17 #64

+1 Emile Mar 18 #77

He said what he said. It is not our job to ferret out context TheKentuckian Mar 17 #66

i want to post about this on facebook 90-percent Mar 17 #69

He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry. SunSeeker Mar 17 #71

No, EarlG. He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry. SunSeeker Mar 17 #70

Trump is an anarchist. Aussie105 Mar 18 #74

Impression Is the Hallmark of a Trump Speech DallasNE Mar 18 #75

The mystery explained Nasruddin Mar 18 #76

Violent Rhetoric Mr.Bee Mar 18 #81

K&R spanone Mar 18 #82

I long for a day when when we don't have to think about anything he says prodigitalson Mar 18 #83

I would warn: Mr.Bee Mar 18 #84

The Biden campaign just released this devastating ad putting into perspective Donald Trump's "bloodbath" comment. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 18 #85