2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKnow who uses Death Threats and calls Women C*nts? The Misogynist Far Right.
Aren't we lucky that they are all such ethical people and believe so strongly in transparency that they would never post such violent filth while pretending to be anyone other than themselves? If they had less integrity they could anonymously threaten to kill someone's grandchild and claim to be a disgruntled Democrat making that threat. They might wreak havoc among their enemies by doing so, but they wouldn't really do that because they are intrinsically too honorable to ever lie in that way. That would be dirty politics after all, and neo-Nazi KKK militia types are all clean as a whistle when it comes to interpersonal relations, especially with their perceived enemies.
Besides, they could never get away with anonymously impersonating some one with views contrary to their own. The media would be all over it. There would be investigative journalists working to get to the bottom of it, not just parroting back inflammatory claims without questions. Not that their investigatory work would be easy mind you, anti-war, environmental and women's rights activists, who believe black lives matter and that workers deserve a living wage, are so easily confused with those who threaten to kill innocent children.
Thank God for good reporting, and for Democratic Party Leadership that isn't quick to cast aspersions onto half of their base, and instead works to deescalate tensions among Democrats when they arise rather than castigating some with fabricated reports of violence that never happened.
riversedge
(70,183 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)Many millions of Americans do, and with a sub group that large any and all types of behavior will be present to some degree. But we need cooler heads prevailing from all corners of the Democratic Party. There may be some short term political benefits to be had from demonizing a movement involving millions, but any such benefits derived will be very costly to our party long term.
JCanete
(5,272 posts)with bedrock Bernie supporters. Don't address the content of the post. I gotta say, I question your motivations.
riversedge
(70,183 posts)JCanete
(5,272 posts)virgogal
(10,178 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)The GOP or Brock's team? Hard to tell. Maybe both? That is the problem when you lie and employ people like Brock.
And it doesn't address what originally happened. But of course, we want to ignore that.
frylock
(34,825 posts)ATLANTA -- A discussion about politics upset actor Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit a woman in the head and ripped the hood off of her hoodie, she told Atlanta police in a report released Monday.
Atlanta police told CBS affiliate WGCL that Pierce was arrested at Atlanta Loews Hotel in Midtown where he was guest.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)They were Bernie supporters.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/pro-bernie-trolls-on-why-they-harassed-nevadas-democratic-chair-20160518
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)I'm joking... but I'm not joking.