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Originally Posted by ilduclo
Good article by Thomas Friedman on the correlation between these types of statements and the actual assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, same parallels with the incitements to hurt US Muslims and assaults on Sikhs and Muslims, also same with publishing of the vilification of abortion providers and their subsequent murders thru bombings and guns.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/10...l?_r=1&referer |
This was an absolutely apt read BUT only in the broader context not specifically of Trump's totally overblown 2nd Amendment comments but rather in ALL of the inflammatory rhetoric of the Republican Party not just in this election cycle but since Obama's election. The "Where Is Lee Harvey Oswald When We Need Him" bumper stickers were real deal incitement to violence. The "Lock her up" chants at the RNC were menacing. I did indeed catch Al Baldasaro's outright threat (THIS IS WHAT A REAL THREAT TO VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE) last month.
I just wish everyone wasn't so focused on the 2nd Amendment comment because it makes it so easy to dismiss the other more dangerous comments as if they were somehow similar.
Lets be grown ups here. Lets criticize what is fair to criticize, lets shrug off what is not really a big deal.