melbye said:
Hiku said:
Yes, because Bernie encouraged violence among his own people.
In fact I have some Bernie quotes here:
(It's missing some of my favorite quotes though, like "I'll pay your legal fees" and "maybe you second amendment people can do something about it.")
Don't make false equivalences. I saw this inaccurate Bernie comparison from Lindsey Graham and certain right wing media, and I expected people to parrot it in this thread without even considering why people are discussing Trump.
It's not because this person was a Trump fan. That would be ridiculous. It's because of Trump encouraging violence. Both politically motivated violence, and otherwise. This is not normal for a president in a non authoritarian country. And what a president says, when millions of people look up to him (and some event believe he was sent by God), has consequences.
No one in Washington (to my knowledge) has encouraged political violence, except for Trump.
That has been the narrative for a few years now. This is not a new subject.
If Bernie had told his supporters to injure protesters, or "Maybe you second amendment people can do something about it", etc, then yes, his influence on the shooter would have been considered and his behavior criticized.
But as it stands, we can't say that Bernie has said anything that promoted violence among his supporters.
The same however can not be said of Trump.
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Remember what Maxine Waters said about confronting republicans, the this happened
"A Republican candidate for the Minnesota House said Monday that he is recovering after suffering a concussion from an attack at a restaurant in St. George Township a few days earlier."
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-house-candidate-says-he-was-attacked-at-benton-county-restaurant/497605921/
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Here is why this defense against Trump from people who support him doesn't work. When you thrown in Maxine Waters into the mix and then post a message like this you are not defending Trump, you are actually proving everyone right. So if Maxine was wrong in what she said and used her influence to cause violence then does this not make Trump just as guilty if not worst. In other words, you are willing to condemn one but absolve the other instead of condemning both. This is why siding with a political party or a person without admitting to their flaws make it seems you are radicalize. They both should be condemned for their words and their actions.
