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[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Canelek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It also further desensitizes the target audience. That was for the alt-right folks and especially the younger set who grew up on the internet. The race-baiting has been dude's bread and butter since well before he took office. It is pretty obvious that SHOCK AND OUTRAGE will happen.

There is a plus side to it, and it has been a slow-mover until somewhat recently: The more progressive of the GOP are beginning to peel away from the mob. Unfortunately though, it does play into the white supremacy groups who have been grooming young people for quite a while now.

/yawn

Dude white people are great please move to Iran

[Horza]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think Trump is pretty disgusting, but you know what is also disgusting? Turning his use of a word into a way to turn people's murder into a way to score political points against Trump.

Is there some other definition of lynching of which I'm not aware?

[Canelek]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

/yawn

Dude white people are great please move to Iran

No way man. I saw that Ben Affleck film.

[Wonkie]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think Trump is pretty disgusting, but you know what is also disgusting? Turning his use of a word into a way to turn people's murder into a way to score political points against Trump.

Torture is a war crime, what did logic ever do to you?

[Horza]

Many Republicans are done trying to defend President Trump after he said he was the victim of a lynching.

"That's not the language I would use," said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). “I don't agree with that language, pretty simple."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also expressed his disapproval. "Given the history of this in our country, I would not compare it to a lynching," he told reporters. "That was an unfortunate choice of words."

“Inappropriate. That’s not appropriate in any context,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.).

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called on Trump to delete the tweet. “We can all disagree on the process, and argue merits. But never should we use terms like 'lynching' here. The painful scourge in our history has no comparison to politics, and @realDonaldTrump should retract this immediately.”

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Horza [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is there some other definition of lynching of which I'm not aware?

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Torture is a war crime, what did logic ever do to you?

I feel like you guys are trying to bait me into defending Trump, I'm not going to waste my time standing up for that corrupt carpe felinus perv.

The fact you've piled on to me* ... you guys should be ashamed to be joining of exploiting dead black folks just to try make this dick look worse. He doesn't need you to make him look bad. Don't shame the dead in this way to push your agenda. Yikes. You have better avenues to fight that battle.

* i hesitate to call your pursuit of me a lynch mob or witch hunt, apparently those phrases aren't game as figures of speach anymore?

[Wonkie]

I don't think the people complaining about the President trivializing 'lynch mob' are as bad as the President trivializing 'lynch mob'.

Your opinion is ridiculous.

[Jimjam]

'Being lynched' is already a trivial phrase. The presdient isn't trivialising it.

People complaining about your Trump (ew) are weaponising the phrase.

I'll conceed, as a foreigner, there may be a transatlantic difference in how trivialised the phrase 'lynching' is as a figure of speech uk vs us.

[Horza]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'll conceed, as a foreigner, there may be a transatlantic difference in how trivialised the phrase 'lynching' is as a figure of speech.

It's this, nobody here is trying to witch hunt you.

[Wonkie]

How can they weaponize something that is already trivial

there, now we are both criminals [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]