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0 pointstravmatt8y ago0 comments

Didn't a republican congressman literally commit a violent assault on a reporter, and then win accolades by the right and get rewarded for it? Do you believe violent assaults chill free speech?

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dsfyu404ed8y ago

You know what they say about black people leaving the hood?

Well there's parallels for a lot of groups.

Some cops find new careers as politicians and then threaten reporters who ask questions they don't want to answer because that's what cops often do (I know I'm over-generalizing).

mistermann8y ago

That would fall within the 10%.

monochromatic8y ago

I didn't say 100%.

travmattOP8y ago

And didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press?

It seems you have an odd system of weighting where college kids policing language is weighted very heavily, and elected officials committing and advocating violence to further political goals weighs very lightly.

I'm beginning to suspect your analysis is more driven by how you feel than tangible consequences.

monochromatic8y ago

> And didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press?

Not to my knowledge. Are you talking about when he (perhaps jokingly) said:

> So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.

dsfyu404ed8y ago

> So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.

Biden could say that at a state dinner and nobody would blink twice

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dsfyu404ed8y ago

You know what they say about black people leaving the hood?

Well there's parallels for a lot of groups.

Some cops find new careers as politicians and then threaten reporters who ask questions they don't want to answer because that's what cops often do (I know I'm over-generalizing).

mistermann8y ago

That would fall within the 10%.

monochromatic8y ago

I didn't say 100%.

travmattOP8y ago

And didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press?

I'm beginning to suspect your analysis is more driven by how you feel than tangible consequences.

monochromatic8y ago

> And didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press?

Not to my knowledge. Are you talking about when he (perhaps jokingly) said:

> So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.

dsfyu404ed8y ago

> So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.

Biden could say that at a state dinner and nobody would blink twice

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