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Politicians constantly use that kind of hyperbolic rhetoric to rally their base to increase engagement, protest, make noise, vote. It doesn't mean it's some hid
by hncurious 5y ago
Politicians constantly use that kind of hyperbolic rhetoric to rally their base to increase engagement, protest, make noise, vote. It doesn't mean it's some hidden code or message to their followers to go outside the bounds of the democratic process. That's tinfoil hat level thinking.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> It doesn't mean it's some hidden code or message to their followers to go outside the bounds of the democratic process. His speech explicitly demands the Vice President of the United States reject the election results.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThat's a demand to the vice president, not to the people at the rally.
- ceejayoz 5y agoHe's demanding the VP do something "outside the bounds of the democratic process". He's laying out the national-level horrors that ensue if the VP does not. Stolen election, illegitimate President. He's saying those horrors can't be allowed to happen. We convict mob bosses for murder on less explicit statements than this.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago> It doesn't mean it's some hidden code or message to their followers to go outside the bounds of the democratic process. Perhaps not. But if you [the politician, not the parent commenter] are socially aware at all, you ought to be aware that your words are going to be taken that way by some people. "But that's not what I said, and not what I meant!" Fine, but then you're clueless rather than criminal. That's still not president material.
- hncurious 5y agoI agree with you completely. I'm just pointing out that this is the status quo of how politicians talk. If you watch for it, you'll see it regularly on both sides of the aisle.