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jmowreader

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38. I understand them, all right

Fri Aug 3, 2018, 07:43 PM

Aug 2018

They’re insane, pissed off because Trump drove them to it, armed and probably homicidal.

What I don’t understand: If I were to take a block of clay and mold something that was everything the Trump base hates, that something would be Donald Trump. How did they go so far from their values?

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'I Hope You Get Raped and Killed': MSNBC's Katy Tur Details the Vicious Threats She Receives Because [View all] G_j Aug 2018 OP

And we're supposed to be civil with those assholes? Give me a break! Initech Aug 2018 #1

We're supposed to listen to them and try to understand them. Different Drummer Aug 2018 #22

You can't be reasonable with someone who makes a death threat. Initech Aug 2018 #27

Agreed. n/t Different Drummer Aug 2018 #28

Agreed blueseas Aug 2018 #31

And maybe you don't WANT TO be reasonable with someone who makes death threats! calimary Aug 2018 #39

That's why they make death threats, they are not reasonable people! Initech Aug 2018 #41

Yesterday, I Got Lectured... ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #45

If tRumpers could be *reasoned with*, then they wouldn't be tRumpers.... lastlib Aug 2018 #55

can you believe that shit? Takket Aug 2018 #37

I understand them, all right jmowreader Aug 2018 #38

This predates Trump oberliner Aug 2018 #2

It does, but, in the Trump era, it's amplified... Dennis Donovan Aug 2018 #10

Agreed oberliner Aug 2018 #11

So why did you post that it predates Trump? Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #12

Because it does oberliner Aug 2018 #17

Katy Tur is getting threatened because of Trump. Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #18

That's for sure oberliner Aug 2018 #21

Candidate Trump used to call out Katy Tur by name at rallies. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2018 #26

just unbelievable.. nt G_j Aug 2018 #47

I'd love to pinpoint exactly where this shit got started. Initech Aug 2018 #58

Is Trump ever responsible for anything? Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #15

I think he is emblematic of all the darkest elements of the Republican Party oberliner Aug 2018 #20

And he brings that poison out in others. calimary Aug 2018 #46

He's the symptom mythology Aug 2018 #36

You have half the explanation DFW Aug 2018 #43

"Trumpsters promise mayhem will make America great!" struggle4progress Aug 2018 #3

My hubby and I just love Katy Butterflylady Aug 2018 #4

SHS jaxind Aug 2018 #5

To be fair, she did get kicked out of a chicken restaurant too... meadowlander Aug 2018 #6

I doubt she went hungry. BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #7

I do too. Progressive dog Aug 2018 #8

Stapphh.. HipChick Aug 2018 #16

Jim Acosta, as well as Katy, and I suspect more journalists will come under Trump's gun. maddiemom Aug 2018 #33

I honestly predicted he'd be going full Howard Hughes by now. Initech Aug 2018 #42

She needs protection from comedians like Raid needs protection from flies and ants. n/t DFW Aug 2018 #44

I love Katy Tur!!! onecent Aug 2018 #9

Kick this one. Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #13

Megyn Kelly reported similar abuse and threats from the trumpanzees Tanuki Aug 2018 #14

Sick bastards. BlueStater Aug 2018 #19

"Even when the orange asshole exits the stage..." Different Drummer Aug 2018 #25

As a mortal being who will die someday, he'll have to exit at some point whether he wants to or not. BlueStater Aug 2018 #40

Right MFM008 Aug 2018 #52

I wonder what their mothers, grandmothers and sisters think of this? Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #23

Katy Tur should publicly out the threats she has received FakeNoose Aug 2018 #24

I Doubt They Left That Info LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #30

Trump singled her out because she was female, young, & vulnerable. He pointed the mob at her. Hekate Aug 2018 #29

Just like a playground bully. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #53

Stop covering the rallies. They are only for the Cretin to put on his f'd up Reality Show drama. T Guilded Lilly Aug 2018 #32

Don't even report that they are happening. Ilsa Aug 2018 #50

I totally agree! This jerk has yet to make ANY leadership decisions or... Guilded Lilly Aug 2018 #59

What a bunch of neanderthalic... chwaliszewski Aug 2018 #34

Come on now. Blue_true Aug 2018 #35

Find these assholes, publicize them so they get fired and then call the police & lark Aug 2018 #48

Her Response Is to Keep Doing Her Job Leith Aug 2018 #49

And Chuck and Nancy whimpered "civility, people!" RVN VET71 Aug 2018 #51

America's Deplorable scum infestation will take years to eradicate. oasis Aug 2018 #54

Take no pleasure in saying this. It is inevitable that dotard will eventually have Enoki33 Aug 2018 #56

Culture of fear bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #57

K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #60

Katy Tur has great courage.. Permanut Aug 2018 #61

So now you begin to think maybe parroting the GOPs false equivalency for decades pecosbob Aug 2018 #62