It was clearly a joke. Similarly, a lot of what Trump (and Loomer and MTG) say are jokes and/or ragebait. But Trump keeps it intentionally ambiguous and is ser

It was clearly a joke. Similarly, a lot of what Trump (and Loomer and MTG) say are jokes and/or ragebait. But Trump keeps it intentionally ambiguous and is serious about some things, and more importantly is in office, so it’s not the same for him. However, for people on Twitter with no political office, there’s no clear line between their “jokes” and the jokes of Goodall and others on the left. The general sentiment used to such be that political violence was so obviously wrong, calling for it in an absurd way (like “launching my enemies into space”) would be interpreted by almost everyone as a “joke”. Kind of like, for some friendships, saying “I’ll hit you for that!” to your best friend after they pull a light-hearted prank. Nowadays, I still think most people agree that political violence is wrong, but they’re unsure of what others think, and there are prominent figures who don’t. So I think, while Jane had good intentions and the impact on her reputation is practically nil, such jokes are (and were in March) no longer appropriate. Kind of like saying “I’ll hit you for that!” to your best friend who previously suffered domestic violence.