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0 pointsgeneric_user9y ago0 comments

I'm not understanding your point. The DNC has not only been condoning violence but actively organising and funding it. People have had to step down from there jobs at the DNC because of these scandals.

I don't recall any time that Trump or anyone at the RNC 'openly condoning violence against specific people'. If there is some proof of this I would like to see it.

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FireBeyond9y ago

Yeah, you're definitely not trying hard:

- http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-tells-crowd-to-knock-th... "Knock the crap out of them" complete with video and offers to pay legal fees

- https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-my-fans-were-right-to... - "Maybe he should have been roughed up." on Fox and Friends

- https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-punch-him-in-the-fac... - "He's smiling [a protestor]. I'd like to punch him. Punch him right in the face."

I find it ... 'odd' ... that you can be so well-informed about DNC issues but have "no recollection" (I love that phrase, works so well when people are being hauled in front of Congress) of any specific issue of violence from Trump or the RNC.

In fact, here you go, someone's collated them all, with evidence:

http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trump-rally-incite-violence/#...

At least nine video captured incidents:

- "I'll beat the crap out of you"

- "Part of the problem... is no-one wants to hurt each other any more."

- "The audience hit back. We need more of that."

and so on. and so on.

Yeah, no recollection. Because none of these events received much notice...

generic_userOP9y ago

Thanks for posting those links. The thing to think about is that the 'protesters' that showed up at the rallies were precisely the people the DNC sent there to try there hardest to stir up violence.

The DNC sent those protesters to provoke violent confrontation that the Clinton media operatives at the networks could use to craft the narrative that trump was a big baddie.

So while its not the sort of behaviour anyone want to see in an election. The fact remains that the entire scenario was being crafted by the DNC to damage there opponent which is far worse then what happened on the ground.

The use of fake protesters sent to stir up violence at political events is an attack on democracy itself. And an attempt to shut down peoples write to participate in a democratic society. In that light the behaviour of Trump is quite understandable.

Would you let a few paid protesters shut down your political rally?

FireBeyond9y ago

If that's the case, and it's also the case that Trump supporters showed up at rallies too (not that it's okay for one or another)...

my solution would certainly not be to say "beat them up, and I'll pay your legal fees for you".

Because paying someone to protest is one thing, inciting others to actual, physical violence and offering to pay 'costs', is a felony.

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FireBeyond9y ago

Yeah, you're definitely not trying hard:

- http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-tells-crowd-to-knock-th... "Knock the crap out of them" complete with video and offers to pay legal fees

- https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-my-fans-were-right-to... - "Maybe he should have been roughed up." on Fox and Friends

- https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-punch-him-in-the-fac... - "He's smiling [a protestor]. I'd like to punch him. Punch him right in the face."

In fact, here you go, someone's collated them all, with evidence:

http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trump-rally-incite-violence/#...

At least nine video captured incidents:

- "I'll beat the crap out of you"

- "Part of the problem... is no-one wants to hurt each other any more."

- "The audience hit back. We need more of that."

and so on. and so on.

Yeah, no recollection. Because none of these events received much notice...

generic_userOP9y ago

Thanks for posting those links. The thing to think about is that the 'protesters' that showed up at the rallies were precisely the people the DNC sent there to try there hardest to stir up violence.

The DNC sent those protesters to provoke violent confrontation that the Clinton media operatives at the networks could use to craft the narrative that trump was a big baddie.

Would you let a few paid protesters shut down your political rally?

FireBeyond9y ago

If that's the case, and it's also the case that Trump supporters showed up at rallies too (not that it's okay for one or another)...

my solution would certainly not be to say "beat them up, and I'll pay your legal fees for you".

Because paying someone to protest is one thing, inciting others to actual, physical violence and offering to pay 'costs', is a felony.

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