Trump blasts his trial judges. Then his fans call for violence.

Fringe extremists supporting Trump don't represent the vast majority of Americans who shall be voting for Donald Trump this November.

I am very skeptical of npr and PRRI polling. Also, the question was "may have to resort to violence" instead of the question actually being "would resort to violence."

Vambram said:

I am very skeptical of npr and PRRI polling. Also, the question was "may have to resort to violence" instead of the question actually being "would resort to violence."

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Well, that's just fine. If the guy next door says if I don't trim my tree he may have to resort to violence then, gee...I've nothing to worry about.

And the polling may be out? Let's say it's out by 50%. So there's only 15 guys wearing camo gear, wearing masks and carrying assault rifles at the next demo instead of 30. Lucky you.

And here's some more polling (from 18 months ago); What Americans Think About Political Violence

'Polls in recent months have gauged Americans’ views on political violence in a few different ways, but they almost always capture some segment of the population that deems political violence acceptable. When asked whether the use of force or violence was justified “to advance an important political objective,” 1 in 5 Americans said it was, at least sometimes, according to a survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis, conducted in May and June. And in a Reuters/Ipsos poll from September, 17 percent of Americans somewhat or strongly agreed that political violence against those they disagreed with was acceptable...'

wing2000 said:

"When Donald Trump attacks the integrity of judges hearing cases against him, his followers often respond with posts urging that the jurists be beaten, tortured and killed.'

Read the article here....

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-courts/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&utm_term=051424&user_email=bd8837a5345dc6cbc3787e7804ee34e28984e0d06cd3f36b82b5b743d0d6b4e2

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Ahh, makes me glad to be in the center. Pro-life here, pro-environment, and for the protection of youngsters (such as keeping the trans stuff away from people, having screenings of dangerous individuals before they buy guns, etc).

Remember when politicians used to be closer to the center, back in the 2000s, with Al Gore, Bush, Obama, Romney? Pepperidge farm remembers. Remember when the left wasn't so woke as it is in 2024, and when the right used to have moderate politicians that kept to Christian ideals, and the farther right did not resort to violence? Pepperidge farm remembers.

1980s Pepperidge Farm Remembers commercial (yes, the quality of VCR/VHS was not good, glad to be born in the optical disc era)

AlexB23 said:

Ahh, makes me glad to be in the center. Pro-life here, pro-environment, and for the protection of youngsters (such as keeping the trans stuff away from people, having screenings of dangerous individuals before they buy guns, etc).

Remember when politicians used to be closer to the center, back in the 2000s, with Al Gore, Bush, Obama, Romney? Pepperidge farm remembers. Remember when the left wasn't so woke as it is in 2024, and when the right used to have moderate politicians that kept to Christian ideals, and the farther right did not resort to violence? Pepperidge farm remembers.

1980s Pepperidge Farm Remembers commercial (yes, the quality of VCR/VHS was not good, glad to be born in the optical disc era)

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The only quibble I have with your post, my brother in Christ, is that I strongly disagree that Obama was a centrist. Perhaps he was on some topics. But on many others I really don't believe that he was.

wing2000 said:

I remember when Americans would overwhemingly reject any President who attacks and undermines our judicial system.

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I remember when the American judicial system was not targeting the political opponents of the Democratic Party.

Vambram said:

I remember when the American judicial system was not targeting the political opponents of the Democratic Party.

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They aren't. They're targeting people who've been indicted on possible criminal acts. I think it just says something different that you support those people and don't want to admit that.

7thKeeper said:

They aren't. They're targeting people who've been indicted on possible criminal acts. I think it just says something different that you support those people and don't want to admit that.

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I think that it says something that you appear to believe the lies of the political party in power that is willing to do almost anything to keep that power.

AlexB23 said:

Remember when politicians used to be closer to the center, back in the 2000s, with Al Gore, Bush, Obama, Romney? Pepperidge farm remembers. Remember when the left wasn't so woke as it is in 2024, and when the right used to have moderate politicians that kept to Christian ideals, and the farther right did not resort to violence? Pepperidge farm remembers.

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"Back in the 2000s"? was that before or after Newt and Rush? Help my addled elderly mind remember.

AlexB23 said:

1980s Pepperidge Farm Remembers commercial (yes, the quality of VCR/VHS was not good, glad to be born in the optical disc era)

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We had optical discs in the 1980s too. Music came on 5-inchers, movies came on 12-inchers.

Vambram said:

Fringe extremists supporting Trump don't represent the vast majority of Americans who shall be voting for Donald Trump this November.

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You only need a minority of a movement that holds extremist views to taint an entire movement.

With so much evidence of DJT's alleged crimes, it astonishes me that God fearing Christians continue to choose him as their leader. IMHO it is idolatry of the highest order.

wing2000 said:

I remember when Americans would overwhemingly reject any President who attacks and undermines our judicial system.

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I remember that also. And Pepperidge farm remembers also. We need to go back to those times.

Hans Blaster said:

"Back in the 2000s"? was that before or after Newt and Rush? Help my addled elderly mind remember.

We had optical discs in the 1980s too. Music came on 5-inchers, movies came on 12-inchers.

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Well, the 2000s was when Bush and Obama were presidents. Yeah, music was released on CDs as early as the mid-1980s, and movies were on LaserDisc back in the late 1970s. One of my favorite anime, Yu Yu Hakusho is on LaserDisc, cos the show was released in 1992. Sadly, I watched it using a computer and a solid-state drive. That isn't as fun.

So, Newt and Rush happened in 2011, and I didn't read much news back then in the early 2010s, as a lot of it was war stuff (Arab spring, Afghanistan, etc). Even so, politics was much tamer back then: Rush Limbaugh signals support for Newt Gingrich

Wish I owned a LaserDisc, even though I do not have a LaserDisc player. I saw this online, and enjoy the cover art, but $25 for something that can not be played in a DVD player is a little much.


Some info about optical storage, for science nerds

wing2000 said:

...there's another trial this week where the defendent is a US Senator with a D behind his name. I guess the Justice Department missed the memo.

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The Menendez trial a block away from the Trump trial.