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Didn't a republican congressman literally commit a violent assault on a reporter, and then win accolades by the right and get rewarded for it? Do you believe vi
by travmatt 9y ago
Didn't a republican congressman literally commit a violent assault on a reporter, and then win accolades by the right and get rewarded for it? Do you believe violent assaults chill free speech?
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- mistermann 9y agoThat would fall within the 10%.
- monochromatic 9y agoI didn't say 100%.
- travmatt 9y agoAnd didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press? It seems you have an odd system of weighting where college kids policing language is weighted very heavily, and elected officials committing and advocating violence to further political goals weighs very lightly. I'm beginning to suspect your analysis is more driven by how you feel than tangible consequences.
- monochromatic 9y ago> And didn't the president promise to pay the legal defense of supporters of his who committed violence on his behalf to intimidate a free press? Not to my knowledge. Are you talking about when he (perhaps jokingly) said: > So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago> So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. I will pay for the legal fees. Biden could say that at a state dinner and nobody would blink twice
- monochromatic 9y agoNobody has a sense of humor when it comes to President Trump.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoYou know what they say about black people leaving the hood? Well there's parallels for a lot of groups. Some cops find new careers as politicians and then threaten reporters who ask questions they don't want to answer because that's what cops often do (I know I'm over-generalizing).