Trump rally speaker on Americans who don't support Trump: "We need to slaughter these people"

[Tansy_Gold]

80. No one here is calling for violence

As far as I can see, a few have said they are prepared to defend themselves, but no one is escalating the rhetoric. No one here is suggesting anything remotely like, "Let's get them before they get us!"

The problem, as I see it, is that the rhetoric coming from the 💩 campaign is escalating, becoming more violent, more racist, more hate-filled, and people here on our side are pointing that out because of the fear that while some may understand it to be just "word play," there is a risk that others may take the calls for violence literally. Unfortunately, one person or one small group of persons who do take the speeches literally can spark a conflagration.

It's easy to use the language of violence figuratively -- the Silver team murdered the Gold team, even though no one on either side got hurt -- when the full context is known. There is already enough real physical violence playing out in this race -- the guy who shot up the Democratic campaign office in Tempe, AZ, for instance -- that at least some people are indeed taking the word play literally. And most of that seems to be coming from the other side, not ours.

I live in a semi-rural neighborhood filled with 💩 campaign signs . . . and also filled with people who have guns. I take the rhetoric and the threats it poses seriously, because I know there are people who take the suggestions it offers just as seriously.