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What qualifies as "same sort of crowdsourced intimidation tactics"? Yesterday, a Trump supporter was actually beaten bloody by a crowd in NYC based on the hat h

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  > What qualifies as "same sort of crowdsourced intimidation tactics"? Encouraging it. You let me know when a prominent Democratic candidate does something like offering to pay legal fees if you beat up the other side, like Trump did: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-campaign-protests-20160313-story.html https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-campaign-protes... > “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you?” Trump said, drawing cheers and laughter. “Seriously, OK? Just knock the hell — I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise. They won’t be so much, because the courts agree with us too — what’s going on in this country.” In the case of the media intimidation, calling them "the enemy of the people": https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1114221533461790721 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/11142215334617907...