SecondJon @SecondJon@social.cleverlibre.org

@peterdrake
In trying to figure out if Trump's rally /comedy routine is in the same category. He didn't tell people to go body spam reporters, and said his initial reaction was negative but then thought the voters might like it. It's a weird statement, like lots of what he says.

Meanwhile Clinton has called for an end to the civility, Waters has called for assaulting people in restaurants and has stations, Holder has declared that the democrats are about fighting in the streets and kicking political opponents when they're down.

There's something different about these statements that seem to be orders to the voters to engage in violence against political opponents.

I wonder if there's anyone in leadership on the right other than Trump... Or is it that Trump alone on the right and the overall leadership on left are engaged in this type of rhetoric?

The most recent actual physical violence I can think of is against Republicans. A Bernie Sanders campaign worker sought to assassinate republican DC legislators, successfully shooting one, Rand Paul, I think, was attacked and suffered multiple broken ribs, local republican candidates are being physically attacked this election cycle.

Trump is now condemning violence and calls for it, I wonder if his rhetoric will change, or if the many in democrat leadership will stop calling for it. I doubt it.

My best guess is that for Trump it's thoughtless or a missing brain to mouth filter...for the left it seems a political strategy to call for violence.

I'd like it to stop from all of them.

Just read a story where the headline was backed up by : "According to an informal poll of ten GOP House members, aides, and operatives two weeks before election day..."

Sorry, taking around the water cooler with 10 people is not a poll, nor worthy of a news story.

@peterdrake Not quite - my toot was primarily about many *leaders* of the American left widely calling for violence.

I don't think that a tweet about an unknown person sending a bomb to someone is a direct counter point to leadership actively calling for violence, unless we can look at examples of where the political opponents of these former presidents (tweet doesn't say who?) called for people to commit violence against them the way that Clinton, Holder, and many others on the left are calling for violence against the right.

Anyone else feel an obligation to actually laugh audibly when typing "LOL"?

After the tax cuts took effect, tax revenue has set an all time high. This looks like an illustration of the Laffer Curve. Why are democrats running on raising tax rates? How is that a winning issue?

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@MOTT That's the crime. But the movie isn't *too* graphic about it - it's more about the people involved - from the local police, FBI, DEA, state health department - the prosecutor (she had 5 kids, would go home after work on this guy and play with her toddler).

It's not a pro-life activist movie it's a crime/trial movie. You do see the characters (police, prosecutor, jury even the defense attorney) wrestling with the ideas, where the line gets drawn, what you're allowed and not allowed to say, investigate, prosecute, etc., on the issue.

"the world, with its newfound knowledge of the atomic bomb and synthetic materials, became a more sobering place to live, and man began searching for remnants of the old values, symbols of shady tree-lined streets and cozy brick homes with fireplace."

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@Surasanji
Whoah. Being on the left means never having to say you're sorry?

@MOTT
Just watched it. Great writing by Klavan, really great crime /trial movie. Very disturbing. Hope I can sleep tonight.

Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer

http://gosnellmovie.com

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Every day brings new stories of leaders of the American left calling for violence, followed by attacks against non-leftists, often physical, violent attacks.

What's the correct term for using violence to attack people who don't agree with your political ideas?