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TexasTowelie

(111,938 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:11 AM Oct 2013

Greg Abbott Supporters Make Public Death Threats Against Wendy Davis

The comments on Greg Abbott's Facebook posts are getting very, very ugly.

Abbott's male supporters are routinely making death threats against Wendy Davis.

In the image to the right, a man demands that someone shoot Davis. There are far too many examples of this kind of rhetoric up and down Abbott's official campaign Facebook page. This escalates the disgraceful rhetoric his campaign has already promoted -- Abbott personally thanked someone who called Davis "retard barbie" and the campaign's top strategist publicized an article calling Davis "too stupid to be governor".



Worst of all, the Abbott campaign appears not to moderate its comments at all to weed out such hateful, violent remarks. But removing them isn't enough.

More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14279/greg-abbott-supporters-make-public-death-threats-against-wendy-davis .

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Greg Abbott Supporters Make Public Death Threats Against Wendy Davis (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2013 OP
Their silence condones the remarks. Scuba Oct 2013 #1
They leave that shit on his official FB page??? What scum. cui bono Oct 2013 #2
These comments are very disturbing Gothmog Oct 2013 #3
Republicans would never weed out any comments that refers to women as livestock. See the word DhhD Oct 2013 #4

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
2. They leave that shit on his official FB page??? What scum.
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:05 PM
Oct 2013

At least Rachel Jackson is trying to school them.

Come on Texan DUers - or any FB using DUers - go post some comments, see if they get deleted before the death threats do.

Gothmog

(144,919 posts)
3. These comments are very disturbing
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:14 PM
Oct 2013

The fact that Greg's campaign is not moderating these comments is very sad

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
4. Republicans would never weed out any comments that refers to women as livestock. See the word
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 07:56 PM
Oct 2013

heifer above. It is openly accepted by the GOP.

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