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It was said in the context of firing two officials. It was a fantasy, a whole over the top rant on how he should fire them. HN turning into reddit as soon as p

It was said in the context of firing two officials. It was a fantasy, a whole over the top rant on how he should fire them. HN turning into reddit as soon as politics is mentioned.

sumedh 6y ago
> It was a fantasy, a whole over the top rant on how he should fire them. and that is how you end up with terrorists trying to kidnap a Governor. Why do you support violence when it has real life consequences?
- KMag 6y ago
  The GP is not supporting violence, but is underestimating the consequences of a surprising percentage of the population having mental health issues (over 1% of the U.S. population has Schizophrenia, for instance) and 10% of the population is at or below 10th percentile intelligence. Most of us understand the hyperbole, but for those who don't, the consequences are deadly. Bannon wasn't calling for violence, but way too many people would clearly interpret it as such, and that has serious consequences.
  - KMag 6y ago
    Just to clarify, people suffering from schizophrenia are much more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence, and not all schizophrenia is accompanied with paranoia. but they are prone to delusions. Given my layman's understanding of schizophrenia, it strikes me as particularly irresponsible for Bannon to take the paranoid delusions he peddles and mix in this violent hyperbole.
- 1-more 6y ago
  As funny as that incident was it really seemed like the FBI using its "not exactly entrapment" playbook that it perfected in the aughts against disaffected muslim teen shut-ins. Now the Philly police catching armed Q-anon fans coming to Philly from out of state is a different matter and the example I would more readily cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/06/philadelphia-attack-plot-vote-count-election/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/06/philadelphi...

It was said in the context of firing two officials. It was a fantasy, a whole over the top rant on how he should fire them. HN turning into reddit as soon as politics is mentioned.

sumedh 6y ago

> It was a fantasy, a whole over the top rant on how he should fire them. and that is how you end up with terrorists trying to kidnap a Governor. Why do you support violence when it has real life consequences?

KMag 6y ago
The GP is not supporting violence, but is underestimating the consequences of a surprising percentage of the population having mental health issues (over 1% of the U.S. population has Schizophrenia, for instance) and 10% of the population is at or below 10th percentile intelligence. Most of us understand the hyperbole, but for those who don't, the consequences are deadly. Bannon wasn't calling for violence, but way too many people would clearly interpret it as such, and that has serious consequences.
- KMag 6y ago
  Just to clarify, people suffering from schizophrenia are much more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence, and not all schizophrenia is accompanied with paranoia. but they are prone to delusions. Given my layman's understanding of schizophrenia, it strikes me as particularly irresponsible for Bannon to take the paranoid delusions he peddles and mix in this violent hyperbole.
1-more 6y ago
As funny as that incident was it really seemed like the FBI using its "not exactly entrapment" playbook that it perfected in the aughts against disaffected muslim teen shut-ins. Now the Philly police catching armed Q-anon fans coming to Philly from out of state is a different matter and the example I would more readily cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/06/philadelphia-attack-plot-vote-count-election/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/06/philadelphi...