Donald trump!!

[Filltheglass]

Just nearly got assasinated!!!

Another thing I'm sick of is this 'if you don't listen to the fascists, then you're a fascist and you're part of the problem' bollocks.

I see you - you are nothing new and I've heard it all before. It's a pathetic way to argue that we should give air time to people like Farage who are hateful and yes, racist. Although, I also blame the BBC for giving him airtime so much. There are certain people for whom it's dangerous to give a platform. The result is things like the MAGA movement and populist figures who are not fit for the job governing and causing a climate where violence is more likely.

Everybody suffers having a neanderthal pig in charge. Grab her by the pussy becomes acceptable. I'm afraid I don't know enough about the economics, but the office of the president surely demands some modicum of respectability?

However, clearly violence in any case always wrong and the fact that Trump has called for violence himself does not mean that anyone should sink to his level.

That was incredibly petty, even for the likes of you.

Let's do look at assassinations and attempts on Republican Presidents.

Lincoln- killed by Confederate nut.
Garfield- killed by another Republican.
Reagan- killed by psychotic person to impress Jodie Foster.
McKinley- killed by an anarchist.

Yes, it absolutely is far right.

*Let's do look at assassinations and attempts on Republican Presidents.

Lincoln- killed by Confederate nut.
Garfield- killed by another Republican.
Reagan- killed by psychotic person to impress Jodie Foster.
McKinley- killed by an anarchist.*

I'm no expert but didn't Reagan die in his nineties?

Yes, it was President Biden that said that. Great role model.

Yes. Sorry about the brain fart.

Yeesh. It should have said "Reagan shot by an anarchist."

Seems like a good time to listen to I Believe in a Thing Called Love by the Darkness.

Well I bow to you, my superior

But it's true, your father was not the origin of that quote

Corey Comperote was killed, behind Trump.

And trump is a better role model? He foments violence at every opportunity, even against the judge & family (and the judge’s employees) who presided over his trial, election workers who simply did their jobs, and others.

SO Obama started those camps.

Need more high esteemed sources on the second.

It's well reported the KKKthing only surfaced during 2016

And your dad isn't the original source of that quote

@Messageinathrottle Pretty sure that was a casual link.

@XChrome You'd have to show me a casual link between jokes about a politician getting shot and politicians actually being shot for me to draw that conclusion.

It's a "causal" link.

"Causal" means relating to cause and effect.

"Casual" is when you wear your jeans instead of formal trousers.

Is that from the anthropologist Levi-Strauss?

Oh, is it pick on typos day? Sorry, I missed the memo. I'll hunt for an excuse to play superior to somebody immediately.

A causal link has to be established by fact, not theory. You would have to show a direct connection which cannot be explained by coincidence or other factors. For example; there is a proven causal link between smoking and lung cancer.
I don't say it's not a decent theory that joking about a political assassination attempt could have a brutalizing effect. I'm just not ready to buy in. I have always found jokes bring people together rather than tear us apart. That's why people make jokes in eulogies. To share a laugh is connection and connection is comfort. You could also theorize that jokes at a funeral make a mockery of tragedy, which leads to desensitization.
That just hasn't been my experience.

Eduted- Just had to fix four more typos FFS. Not having the greatest day.

@XChrome Oh, is it pick on typos day? Sorry, I missed the memo. I'll hunt for an excuse to play superior to somebody immediately.

It clearly wasn't a typo, and you wouldn't be the first person to confuse "causal" and "casual."

How exactly does the US withdrawing support from Ukraine mean that Russia will start firing nuclear weapons.

Yes it would definitely be throwing Ukraine under a bus but Russia would have got what they wanted so why the hell would they then start firing nuclear weapons.

Bizarre...

Exactly it would lessen the threat of firing nuclear weapons!

Yes, it was President Biden that said that. Great role model.

Clearly he did not mean take a shot at him 🙄

They are a problem, just like the far-left. Just ask the people who were trapped in the CHOP/CHAZ zones and the families of the people they shot (2 fatally).

The one criminal murderer got only 171 months for shooting and killing a 19-year-old. Don't think any of the others have even been caught, as they've hidden their own quite well. I guess justice has a different meaning, depending upon many things.

Did you not see what the purpose of the camps was supposed to be, then what Trump used them for?

Ah, the old genetic fallacy. You can't refute the facts, so you claim the source is suspect. Then it becomes your responsibility to justify that claim.

The KKK thing was reported by the NYT in 1927 when it happened.

boingboing.net/2015/09/09/1927-news-report-donald-trump.html

I did not say anything remotely like my dad wrote the original quote. What is with this extreme pettiness, bitching about my late father? Your investment in my family history is strange. Do you think you may have a few daddy issues that need working out?