I'm sure Elfpig is.
Tibs, nah. I've been on this board for too long to think that of him.
Tibs, nah. I've been on this board for too long to think that of him.
Violence is never the answer, to anything. Relieved to hear the victims will recover and that the perpretrator was shot dead. This cold-blooded attack could have been much worse given the rounds the guy was able to fire off. There are lunatics on the fringes, left, right, religious fanatics, all of 'em cut from the same cloth. They all feed off the same crap: hatred, vitriol and scapegoating.Tibs, nah. I've been on this board for too long to think that of him.
Violence is never the answer, to anything. Relieved to hear the victims will recover and that the perpretrator was shot dead. This cold-blooded attack could have been much worse given the rounds the guy was able to fire off. There are lunatics on the fringes, left, right, religious fanatics, all of 'em cut from the same cloth. They all feed off the same crap: hatred, vitriol and scapegoating.
Baseless speculation that this was happening.
This guy wasn't fringe. He was a mainstream leftist, who fit right in with rhetoric from the fake news MSM. His facebook page was that of a typical democrat.
Some friends are OBSESSED with Trump. I don't mean in a good way, but to the point that every damn post is about him. When he *****, grabbed his balls, about his Tweets, what he ate, something he has said, done or will do. It's exhausting and they are now hidden so I never see what they are posting again. I don't know how they find the time to loathe on someone this much. I get it, the guy is an oaf, but damn, people need to chill.
I think you - and many others here - are point blank wrong making this assumption. The current backlash - at least from my end - is very specific to Trump himself, not some hypothetical Republican that happened to beat Hillary.It would have been much the same no matter who beat Hillary.
You're right about obsessed. But it's kind of funny because yesterday was Trump's birthday and I didn't hear any of the news guys wishing him happy birthday.
I think you - and many others here - are point blank wrong making this assumption. The current backlash - at least from my end - is very specific to Trump himself, not some hypothetical Republican that happened to beat Hillary.
thesteelcity there are raging lunatics on both ends of the political spectrum, there's no doubt about it. I'd argue the so called alt-right is as batshit crazy as anything happening on the far left. It may not seem that way on this board, as that is the prevelant POV here.not to pile on, but not only do those friends despise Trump, but anything that has to do with the GOP, Conservs, Republicans, etc. Trump is 1a and everything else is 1b. "How could this possibly happen! I'm living a nightmare!" That was my fav post. Go on MSN and read some of the banter in the comment sections on there. You get a good pulse where some people are.
I think you - and many others here - are point blank wrong making this assumption. The current backlash - at least from my end - is very specific to Trump himself, not some hypothetical Republican that happened to beat Hillary.
I disagree. Whoever the republican was, would be vilified. I mean, it is not like we don't have experience seeing this live and in person....I think you - and many others here - are point blank wrong making this assumption. The current backlash - at least from my end - is very specific to Trump himself, not some hypothetical Republican that happened to beat Hillary.
Yet another example of the type of blinders you guys have on. Let me grab a cold brewskie, sit back for a sec and let you explain to me how you've all been so magnanimous during the eight years of the Obama presidency.You haven't been paying much attention have you? This sort of thing has been going on since the Reagan era. It's been steadily ratcheting up in intensity since that time as well. Do you remember how the mainstream media fond over John McCain during the primaries, then turned on him like a pack of rabid dogs during the general election campaign? Flush out your headgear man.
Yet another example of the type of blinders you guys have on. Let me grab a cold brewskie, sit back for a sec and let you explain to me how you've all been so magnanimous during the eight years of the Obama presidency.
Relieved to hear the victims will recover and that the perpretrator was shot dead.
Yet another example of the type of blinders you guys have on. Let me grab a cold brewskie, sit back for a sec and let you explain to me how you've all been so magnanimous during the eight years of the Obama presidency.
thesteelcity there are raging lunatics on both ends of the political spectrum, there's no doubt about it. I'd argue the so called alt-right is as batshit crazy as anything happening on the far left. It may not seem that way on this board, as that is the prevelant POV here.
Tibs, you're famous for labeling everyone here that doesn't agree with you as AltRight. I'm comfortable with saying there isn't a person here who fits that bill. There isn't a person here that would grab a gun and go attempt to assassinate a Democratic politician. You're trying to argue equivalency, even if indirectly. You're trying to ignore the problem the MSM media is creating. You KNOW (but won't admit) that the media is feeding these lunatics. Hell just look at the guy from HuffPo that Supe posted about. He's imploring his readers to violence. HuffPo is a pretty mainstream Liberal outlet.
What mainstream Conservative outlet is urging its supporters to violently attack the opposition? What Conservatives are attempting assassinations? When was the last time a Conservative attempted to do so?
Yet as I posted earlier, off the top of my head in the past couple of months, we have seen:
- Schools staging fake Trump assassinations
- Snoop Dogg doing the same in a music video
- Kathy holding up a severed Trump head that his son saw
- Madonna stating she's thought about blowing up the White House
- HuffPo writers advocating violence against political opponents
- NUMEROUS Liberal sites encouraging supporters to attack any/all Conservative representatives in public - at dinner, at meetings, leaving work
- Cal Berkeley - multiple times, and the riots
- BLM assassinating police officers
- BLM riots blocking traffic, attacking opponents
- The riots in DC after the election where 200+ felonies were issued
- Ferguson, Baltimore
- Soros-hired mercenaries paid to go to Trump rallies and attack Conservatives
- Further to Cal Berkeley, riots in general at campuses across our country
This is just from memory.
Did Conservatives riot after either of Obama's elections and destroy property and physically assault Liberals? Are we taking up arms against our political opponents? Are we hiring mercenaries to go to Hillary events? Bernie events?
To be fair, I can remember a Conservative, pro-lifer went after an abortion clinic. Reprehensible.
But beyond that what do you have to point to the "violent Right?" Where is this equivalency you're attempting to argue - "that we are all equally bad" - so you can turn your eye to what's been developing over the past decade - this vitriol by the Left towards the Right that's now fomented itself into political assassination attempts?
If you were truly objective and honest you would say (because I know you see it), the preaching from the MSM pulpit of Leftism is fomenting violence we've been seeing on an ever-increasing scale over the past decade, most notably over the past year. It's real Tibs. It's not imaginary. And your equivalency arguments that we are all "equally bad" simply fail.
Yet another example of the type of blinders you guys have on. Let me grab a cold brewskie, sit back for a sec and let you explain to me how you've all been so magnanimous during the eight years of the Obama presidency.
Look, one crazy dude went nuts and went on a shooting spree. How many times does that happen in the US? Sadly, all the time. This one happened to be politically motivated. The majority of your list is innuendo, suggestions and the like. To claim that progressives and liberals in general are accepting, advocating or carrying out violence is a huge misnomer, and I think you know that. Pause for a moment to review the slew of posts on this very board of 'taking the fight' to the libs and the like. If it makes you feel better that you perceive those opposing Trump - en masse - are prone to violence, be my guest. Don't make me post hundreds - if not thousands - of calls for violence on far right sites. Not sure even the new bandwith can handle that type of content. No surprise that some of you are running with this story and using it to paint with a very wide brush. It fits your M.O., no doubt.- Schools staging fake Trump assassinations - Snoop Dogg doing the same in a music video - Kathy holding up a severed Trump head that his son saw - Madonna stating she's thought about blowing up the White House - HuffPo writers advocating violence against political opponents - NUMEROUS Liberal sites encouraging supporters to attack any/all Conservative representatives in public - at dinner, at meetings, leaving work - Cal Berkeley - multiple times, and the riots - BLM assassinating police officers - BLM riots blocking traffic, attacking opponents - The riots in DC after the election where 200+ felonies were issued - Ferguson, Baltimore - Soros-hired mercenaries paid to go to Trump rallies and attack Conservatives - Further to Cal Berkeley, riots in general at campuses across our country
Look, one crazy dude went nuts and went on a shooting spree. How many times does that happen in the US? Sadly, all the time. This one happened to be politically motivated. The majority of your list is innuendo, suggestions and the like. To claim that progressives and liberals in general are accepting, advocating or carrying out violence is a huge misnomer, and I think you know that. Pause for a moment to review the slew of posts on this very board of 'taking the fight' to the libs and the like. If it makes you feel better that you perceive those opposing Trump - en masse - are prone to violence, be my guest. Don't make me post hundreds - if not thousands - of calls for violence on far right sites. Not sure even the new bandwith can handle that type of content. No surprise that some of you are running with this story and using it to paint with a very wide brush. It fits your M.O., no doubt.