AM64
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An American candidate and President has called for open violence against people that protest him.
That is a problem.
He just told his opposers to "be careful."
You are worried about the mob drowning out people? It is your mob attempting to do that.
Last I checked, questioning authority and being a general ass concerning government was pretty American.
And you are better than the Dim nonsense. How are any of you ever going to get Democrats to agree with you if you constantly insult them?
First, I'd never take much of what Trump says literally. I saw a comment recently "Elect a clown, and you get a circus" - or something close to that. But if you've ever really looked at political action over the last few decades, orchestrated violence has not been something you'd associate with the GOP. Violence and mob rule have been a trademark of the very people who have hijacked the Democratic party.
I'm guessing what Trump was attempting to do was get the inactive GOP base off their collective butts and speak out about liberal violence and intolerance because a stroll back through history shows that complacent societies lose out to the radical elements in their midst, and it doesn't end well at all.
Where we do agree is that in general it has been an American trait to lean towards independence and to speak out against wrongs. Most of America got lazy with good times. We may speak about how poorly congress performs, but we don't actively work to replace "representatives" who aren't. We talk about term limits, but there's no action to make it happen, and congress isn't about to upset a cozy, incestuous relationship.
The vocal, activist, and violent groups are those who claim to be liberal or progressive. They claim "disadvantage" for any number of supposed ills and resort to mob violence and intolerance of anyone else. Their very actions - intolerance and hatred toward anyone else betray their claims. Those are the people who have taken over the Democratic Party and made it the Dimocratic party; and, yes, I'll reserve the right to ridicule that party for as long as people who claim to be Democrats allow it to happen.