Does Trump inspire hate from his followers?

[Dill]

(10-15-2019, 06:52 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Your right, they are not the POTUS, but making threats is against the law and almost all of them are pushing for the gray area. So why aren't you calling them out for that? instead of just saying Not the "POTUS"? Who cares where it came from, does it make it less true? Would you like for me to bring up a link for each one? 

I think everyone complaining about it needs find a binkie and go to their "safe" spot. So many triggers for people these days. Red hats.. don't even need to say MAGA.

It's a parody and it's funny as hell and is not even remotely realistic. If I was Trump, I wouldn't bother with condemning it. Just let the media keep on giving me free press over it. Bring it up when i'm walking to the helicopter, IDC, I'll chuckle and ignore.

The only ones triggered are the ones that aren't going to vote for him anyways. so let them whine. :andy:

OtherMike I think you have a point about all those celebrities' violent language and displays, though all are not on the same level. E.g., Kathy's severed head, which cost her a job at CNN was way over the top and she apologized for it, but it is not on the level with someone flipplantly wishing to push Trump off a cliff.  Dems who want to accuse Trump of inciting violence need to stop giving Trumpsters examples of Dems inciting violence.

The video, however, is far beyond any of the examples you gave, with its distastefull allusion to mass shootings and Trump's Luegenpresse theme.. And you are celebrating it, whereas, Dems were apalled at the severed head, to the point the comedienne apologized. Most of your examples are of offhand comments by people, which are pretty common in daily life, and which are not taken literally. ("If I find the guy who keyed my car I'll kill him.")

Also, it is important whether a threat comes from the POTUS or an ordinary citizen. Trump has a great power to inspire violence, just as he can wobble the stock market with a tweet.  Think of it like a classroom--there is a difference between a student saying "I'd like to beat him with a bat," and a teacher, a role model in a position of responsibility.