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How about the violence at Trump rallies towards protesters and journalists? Or the case of Trump supporters beating a homeless Hispanic man, about which Trump n

How about the violence at Trump rallies towards protesters and journalists? Or the case of Trump supporters beating a homeless Hispanic man, about which Trump noted "my supporters are very passionate"? Let's not pretend that there hasn't been violence associated with Trump's campaign. Edit: responding to the claim that there has been nothing on the right compared to the left. Not trying to excuse the behavior of the left by arguing who is worse.

leesalminen 10y ago
Isn't it possible this is all bought and paid for by the opposing party. You shouldn't believe everything you see on TV.
- jsmthrowaway 10y ago
  Except when it supports a particular narrative, right?
  - artursapek 10y ago
    The entire point of the paid-for violence uncovered by Project Veritas was to paint Trump supporters as the violent ones. So yeah, there's reason to question whether those were actual Trump supporters (who from my experience are generally very peaceful).
  - leesalminen 10y ago
    No, not right.
- rybosome 10y ago
  Sure, it is possible. Isn't it also possible that people who hear a powerful man blaming protesters, the press and immigrants for their troubles would get angry and lash out at them?
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Alex3917 10y ago
> How about the violence at Trump rallies towards protesters and journalists? The point of the grandparent comment was that these cases were (presumably) mentally ill homeless people who Hillary's campaign paid to beat up minorities on camera.
- leesalminen 10y ago
  Even if they weren't paid, they were still likely mentally ill. IMO, that speaks more about access to mental health services than a particular candidate.
  - Alex3917 10y ago
    Well we know for a fact that they were paid, because they recorded the payments in the FEC filings to get the tax write off. What exactly they were paid for is more open to interpretation. We know for a fact that they were paid to go to the rallies to try to create violence, and it's strongly implied that they were supposed to start beating up minorities themselves if they couldn't provoke actual Trump supporters into doing it, but it's not explicitly stated.

leesalminen 10y ago

Isn't it possible this is all bought and paid for by the opposing party. You shouldn't believe everything you see on TV.

jsmthrowaway 10y ago
Except when it supports a particular narrative, right?
- artursapek 10y ago
  The entire point of the paid-for violence uncovered by Project Veritas was to paint Trump supporters as the violent ones. So yeah, there's reason to question whether those were actual Trump supporters (who from my experience are generally very peaceful).
- leesalminen 10y ago
  No, not right.
rybosome 10y ago
Sure, it is possible. Isn't it also possible that people who hear a powerful man blaming protesters, the press and immigrants for their troubles would get angry and lash out at them?
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Alex3917 10y ago

> How about the violence at Trump rallies towards protesters and journalists? The point of the grandparent comment was that these cases were (presumably) mentally ill homeless people who Hillary's campaign paid to beat up minorities on camera.

leesalminen 10y ago
Even if they weren't paid, they were still likely mentally ill. IMO, that speaks more about access to mental health services than a particular candidate.
- Alex3917 10y ago
  Well we know for a fact that they were paid, because they recorded the payments in the FEC filings to get the tax write off. What exactly they were paid for is more open to interpretation. We know for a fact that they were paid to go to the rallies to try to create violence, and it's strongly implied that they were supposed to start beating up minorities themselves if they couldn't provoke actual Trump supporters into doing it, but it's not explicitly stated.