• solo@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    Can DEMOCRATS please TONE DOWN their Violent Rhetoric!

    It seems to me you are confusing things, on who has the violent rhetoric.

    This comes from the very beginning of the article:

    “I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country — and it will be saved,” Lang said Monday.

    And the text that follows is full of more examples, the following are just a couple of those

    “If Stephen Richer walked in this room, I would lynch him,”

    “some folks need killing!"

    These stuff do not come from dems, so you might want to reconsider what you said

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          3 months ago

          Mainly context (as there’s no Democratic rhetoric being discussed, but lots of violent Republican rhetoric, such that the comment only makes sense as ironic commentary), but the intermittent ALL CAPS and exclamation points also help. It’s written as a satire of a Trump tweet.

          It should be read as “(In the context of Republicans constantly threatening civil war, can you believe some people still say,) ‘Democrats should tone down their violent rhetoric!’(?)”

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            3 months ago

            Ok, I see what you mean. And that thing about the tweet was a very specific reference.

            Still, it seem to me that Trump’s supporters say much worst and incoherent stuff, so it wouldn’t be too surprising to me having them say stuff like that for real.

            Maybe I should mention that I’ve never even been to the US or plan to. I’m sure there are nuances I don’t get, so thanks for the clarifications.