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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJill Wine-Banks: Say This Not That
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Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
Let's start a new #SayThisNotThat thread. Add yours:
1. Insurrection not protest
2. Sedition not protest
3. Mob, riot not protest
4. Domestic terrorist not protester
5. Criminal (gun, spear, attempted kidnapping)
6. Incitement of Insurrection not free speech
Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
Let's start a new #SayThisNotThat thread. Add yours:
1. Insurrection not protest
2. Sedition not protest
3. Mob, riot not protest
4. Domestic terrorist not protester
5. Criminal (gun, spear, attempted kidnapping)
6. Incitement of Insurrection not free speech
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Jill Wine-Banks: Say This Not That (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
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Hekate
(100,133 posts)1. Excellent start. Bookmark this, add more, & send to news agencies & public officials. nt
luv2fly
(2,619 posts)2. Insurrection
Not a constitutional crisis
MontanaMama
(24,646 posts)12. I heard Constitutional Crisis
on MSNBC tonight...load of crap.
luv2fly
(2,619 posts)3. Insurrection
Not a first amendment protest.
txwhitedove
(4,362 posts)4. Terrorist, not patriot.
Mc Mike
(9,258 posts)25. Also, traitors, not patriots.
mopinko
(73,426 posts)5. hand cuffs, not zip ties.
Zip tie guy sounds like a carnival ride.
tclambert
(11,187 posts)14. Law enforcement calls them flex cuffs.
mopinko
(73,426 posts)24. which doesnt ring the same bell as handcuff w the rest of us.
flex cuffs sounds like it could be a new thing in pants.
Cha
(317,767 posts)6. Exactly Rt TY!
JHB
(38,066 posts)7. incited not addressed
Wounded Bear
(64,007 posts)8. K&R...nt
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)9. K&R. nt.
niyad
(130,559 posts)10. Insurrection, not melee.
czarjak
(13,516 posts)11. Christian not Christian
Rebl2
(17,535 posts)15. Definitely
moonscape
(5,655 posts)16. Trump terrorist not antifa. n/t
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)17. I'm in favor of adding "treason" and "coup attempt" to that list.
I'm not in any kind of mood to split legal hairs over the use of the word "treason," after an element of Trump's failed "coup attempt" was an intentional attack on our nation's Capital.
Kid Berwyn
(23,697 posts)18. Domestic Terrorist / White Supremacist
Dont believe in democracy or equality.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)19. Rabid Vermin, not patriots.
Violent mob insanity, not protest.
BobTheSubgenius
(12,182 posts)20. It is important to have an appropriate and accurate lexicon.
In all fields of endeavour, but especially in something so current and of such critical importance.
mountain grammy
(28,816 posts)21. Attempted violent overthrow of our government
not protest.
sandensea
(23,190 posts)22. +1
And with presidential collusion - not "encouragement," as many in the media prefer to say.
TryLogic
(2,280 posts)23. Mobster, not president
