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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 08:45 AM Aug 2016

Rhetoric, consequences.

Rhetoric, consequences. 5000 copies of this flyer were distributed in Dallas before JFK's Nov 1963 visit:



https://twitter.com/harikunzru/status/763185441612959749


We never know what it’s going to be that sets a dangerous and mentally ill person off. Charles Manson heard The White Album, and in his disturbed mind, that was the call he needed to hear to set his murderous rage into action. John Hinckley was inspired by a movie. David Berkowitz was moved to kill by a barking dog.

My point is that there are mentally unstable people out there who don’t need a lot of encouragement to turn their fantasies into real life tragedies, and Donald Trump may have spoken loudly and clearly to them today. That is truly dangerous, and — like so many things he’s said and done — it further disqualifies him from holding elected office.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/9/1558491/-Trump-s-assassination-call-isn-t-just-a-threat-to-Secretary-Clinton
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Rhetoric, consequences. (Original Post) kpete Aug 2016 OP
Walking back a statement is bullshit, you can't walk it back after you said it liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1
K & R ...... nt Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #2
chilling to see this again . . . n/t annabanana Aug 2016 #3
This... lame54 Aug 2016 #4
"Second Amendment Remedies" napkinz Aug 2016 #5
Supported by which political Party? kentuck Aug 2016 #6

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
1. Walking back a statement is bullshit, you can't walk it back after you said it
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 09:39 AM
Aug 2016

You can't say, that's not what I meant, You can't say it was a joke.

When you are inciting violence and other crimes such as this monster has, you need to suffer the consequences. The media would nail Hillary or any other Democrat to the wall, if they said far less than Don the Con Trump.

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