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highplainsdem

(62,208 posts) Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:03 PM Jul 2022

Joy Reid tweet on the "red wedding" references

Last edited Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

EDITING to link to another OP about another important reference by these bloodthirsty insurrectionists, the reference to the "day of the rope":

https://democraticunderground.com/100216916336

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Joy Reid tweet on the "red wedding" references (Original Post) highplainsdem Jul 2022 OP

Not just bloodshed leftieNanner Jul 2022 #1

And a surprise massacre, dressed as a celebration /nt localroger Jul 2022 #2

Yep. Just as white supremacy is dressed as conservativism. nt Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #4

never watched a single episode, but i assumed that's what they meant. mopinko Jul 2022 #3

I could only watch five minutes of GOT; too much violence. OMGWTF Jul 2022 #6

Same catrose Jul 2022 #11

Same. LittleGirl Jul 2022 #12

It was brutal. boston bean Jul 2022 #7

Red Wedding is a complete massacre lame54 Jul 2022 #5

The Red Wedding was also a surprise attack and betrayal... Moostache Jul 2022 #8

yep inthewind21 Jul 2022 #14

... a dish best served cold... JudyM Jul 2022 #22

And revenge on someone for picking the wrong girl. meadowlander Jul 2022 #19

K and R Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #9

Scorched-earth massacre of the rightful leader, their family, and all supporters obamanut2012 Jul 2022 #10

Seems like a clear threat to Mike Pence. yardwork Jul 2022 #13

Wow...thanks for the post as I never watched Game of Thrones. n/t iluvtennis Jul 2022 #15

Same here. Never got into it. calimary Jul 2022 #17

highplainsdem... Upthevibe Jul 2022 #16

Come to think of it, old man Frey does look a little like Trump. Ligyron Jul 2022 #18

Deadly DumbShit Domestic Terrorists! Cha Jul 2022 #20

The North remembers. JudyM Jul 2022 #21

leftieNanner

(16,159 posts)

1. Not just bloodshed

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:05 PM

Jul 2022

But a complete massacre.

localroger

(3,782 posts)

2. And a surprise massacre, dressed as a celebration /nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:19 PM

Jul 2022

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

4. Yep. Just as white supremacy is dressed as conservativism. nt

Reply to localroger (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:26 PM

Jul 2022

mopinko

(73,731 posts)

3. never watched a single episode, but i assumed that's what they meant.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:26 PM

Jul 2022

absorbed enough by osmosis to know what they meant.
not much of a code, kids.

OMGWTF

(5,132 posts)

6. I could only watch five minutes of GOT; too much violence.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:40 PM

Jul 2022

I try to keep that sh!t out of my life.

catrose

(5,365 posts)

11. Same

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:29 PM

Jul 2022

LittleGirl

(8,999 posts)

12. Same.

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 04:18 PM

Jul 2022

I don’t need that in my nightmares. Mine can be bad enough!

boston bean

(36,933 posts)

7. It was brutal.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:45 PM

Jul 2022

lame54

(39,773 posts)

5. Red Wedding is a complete massacre

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:38 PM

Jul 2022

Moostache

(11,191 posts)

8. The Red Wedding was also a surprise attack and betrayal...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 02:48 PM

Jul 2022

The call to violence is implicit, but there are darker undertones to it as well.

The betrayal of a family in one's keep was a major shock in the Game of Thrones narrative. When one invited guests into their house and keep, they were honor bound to defend them. The Freys betrayal of the Starks in that massacre was a truly ugly thing and the violence was the headline, but the trashing of norms and mores was the larger shock and plunged the realm in the story into utter chaos for the remainder of the story.