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In reply to the discussion: THE CHOICE: When 16 Year-Old Alyssa Douglas Calls For The President's Assassination on Twitter [View all]sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)14. Has that sixteen yr.-old been talked to by the Secret Service? Just yesterday, some delegate
to the DNC was after saying that if she met Mitt Romney she might kill him.
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kpete
Sep 2012
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leftyohiolib
Sep 2012
#110
She's a Bully schoolgirl growing up to join the adult bully Repugnants. Cyber bullying, and then?
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#9
I think the ledger is definitely on the right wing side but here are some to think about
exboyfil
Sep 2012
#107
I'm sure you are aware that John Hinckley's family were friends of the Bush's?
Horse with no Name
Sep 2012
#127
The unabomber was an anarchist. Would probably be a teajadist these days
Horse with no Name
Sep 2012
#129
I wanted them both executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity after trial and conviction
Occulus
Sep 2012
#111
Has that sixteen yr.-old been talked to by the Secret Service? Just yesterday, some delegate
sinkingfeeling
Sep 2012
#14
I was on Twitter when she posted that. so many of my progressive feeds homed right in on it....
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
#15
Wow. you run with a tough crowd. Never, in my LIFE, have I or my friends or family EVER said that..
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#24
post 32. and then there is parenting and teaching our children. our responsibility.
seabeyond
Sep 2012
#33
I would wager a guess that her "frustration" comes from the color of the President's skin
MagickMuffin
Sep 2012
#87
Makes you wonder if they even teach anything about the Kennedy era...
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#28
A culture of Cyber-Bullying; it's pandemic in the schools & out of control. Vile, vicious, damaging.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#44
and it is feeding into society as a whole, feeding into who we are as a people.
seabeyond
Sep 2012
#52
Best wishes and strength to your son. His eyes are open; no need to make him afraid. He's brave.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#74
Tho some people are defending her saying that it wasn't "inciting violence" her hashtag is telling.
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#34
This all has probably begun before she turned 16. Usually kids are products of their environments..
nc4bo
Sep 2012
#37
The GOP celebrates hate & fear & calls for violence, and this is what they've wrought.
mother earth
Sep 2012
#38
good. parents can read thru the trash tweets her daughter has posted. and be humiliated
seabeyond
Sep 2012
#75
"Bloggers and Twitter users followed the incident today with a discussion of hate speech."
AsahinaKimi
Sep 2012
#76
Or Carrie Prejean - "Waaaaaahhhhhh...my freedom of speech has been taken away!"
bullwinkle428
Sep 2012
#80