I won't spend a lot of time reposting articles written in the last 24 hours about the correlation between the recent mass shootings and the incessant drumbeat of hateful rhetoric that spews out of Donald Trump almost on a daily basis because on this board I'm in the extreme minority.... and anything negative about Donald Trump is dismissed as lies... not true...misinformation... Trump didn't really say that... he did speak out against violence against non-whites... etc. etc. ..... just the same kind of pure ******** that he so adeptly and skillfully uses to manipulate his adoring masses.
Well it's a sad state of affairs that we find ourselves in with regard to these mass shootings. But they didn't just start when Trump took office. People died in mass shootings during the Obama years. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good blame it on Trump rant. https://everytownresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Analysis_of_Mass_Shooting_033117.pdf
The problem is that the "articles written" are by the same people that blame Trump for everything from false air raid warnings in Hawaii, to fires in California to hurricanes in Florida. They'll keep writing those articles as long as there are folks believing every piece of ******** that's written about him. If they could turn a Caspar Milquetoast like Bret Kavanaugh into a sexual predator, they can destroy anyone in the minds of the gullible.
Yeah here is one description of the Charleston church shooting that went down in June of 2016 when Obama was in office still and Trump was fully on his campaign trail of hate: "His acts were also racially motivated, the prosecutor said. "Dylann Storm Roof has expressed hatred and contempt towards African Americans, as well as other groups, and his animosity toward African Americans played a role in the murders." He may be a registered Democrat( need some verification of that ) but here is a description of some of his online postings minutes before the attack: "Law enforcement officials are investigating a four-page document posted to 8chan that they believe was written by Crusius. 8chan is an online message board rife with racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The document was attached to a post on 8chan that said, "I'm probably going to die today." A CNN analysis of the 8chan post found that it was posted less than 20 minutes before police received the first calls about the shooting. It is filled with white nationalist and racist hatred toward immigrants and Hispanics, blaming immigrants and first-generation Americans for taking away jobs and the blending of cultures in the United States.
The guy who killed 49 people in that Orlando Night Club during the Obama years, Trump was no doubt responsible for that one right? That Sandy Hook shooting that killed all those children and teachers on Obama's watch, that was Trump as well I guess.
The guy who shot up El Paso was a hardline Trumper, I've read his manifesto on 8chan. Where do you get this dad?
Donald Trump ain't the problem. Not saying he can't be a contributing factor to someone going off, but he is NOT the cause. Folks who don't own guns don't realize it's NOT easy for a normal person to point it at another person and pull the trigger, much less to see the effect, and then move on to another. It takes a special kind of desensitized crazy for that. As far as I can see, no one wants to find the cure. The answer is always "ban this!" or "Ban that!" News flash: banning a rifle will NOT stop mass shootings because it will not treat the cause. Nevermind that rifle murders account for about 5-10% of homicides in the US.
The WSJ is reporting that the Dayton shooter was a Warren supporter. I'm sure all her divisive rantings caused him to go off his rocker and gun down people including his own sister. I'm not sure how you're going to link this to Trump but I'm sure that some how you will. Unbelievable.
The Orlando shooting targeted gays.... another hate crime type situation. The nation is already in the midst of a white supremacist violent wave of shootings against minority groups and those of ethnicity and Trump's insensitive and inciteful constant beating of the hate drum just to please what he views as his supporters isn't going to make it better.
You're right Dave... at any moment us horrible white folks are about to burn this mother f#cker to the ground.
Anyone remember the Trump supporter who shot those Democratic congressmen while they were practicing for a baseball game. No wait, that was a Sanders supporter and they were Republicans. Now a socialist, Warren supporter shoots people in Dayton and somehow it's ALWAYS Trump's fault.
Just one of many comments around the nation's news media: "President Donald Trump tried to blame a lot of things Monday for a series of horrific shootings over the weekend. What he didn't do was take any of the blame onto himself or pledge to change his rhetoric. He did blame violent video games, mental illness, the internet and a culture that promotes violence for helping to foster white nationalism and hatred behind at least one of the shootings that shocked the country. He did not acknowledge the fact that he often traffics in some of the same language as white supremacists like the one who killed 22 people in El Paso."
The thing that bothers me most about Trump's incessant rhetoric is that I can see right through the shill in him. He is so narcisistic he only cares about his ability to be re-elected.... and he knows full well how and why he was elected so he continues to pander... right or wrong.... to that white conservative male base. Trump is a privileged rich guy from New York City..... seriously do you think in his heart he even gives a **** about immigrant haters in Texas or white pick-up truck drivers in the farmlands?? I truly doubt it.
Last night protestors stood outside Mitch McConnell's private home in Kentucky and shouted obscenities and death threats at him all night long. That was on the news the morning. Hollywood celebrities have advocated for the murder, rape and beheadings of Trump and his family for three years now. Half of Congress accuses him of crimes daily with no proof. An Dave has the balls to get on here and accuse Trump of hate speech. I have to laugh. Dave, your posts are condescending and filled with class envy and derision for anyone who does walk in lockstep with your opinions. What they lack is any substance.
When you disagreed with our last president, you were a racist. If you agree with this president, you're a racist. I'm so tired of these assholes who hate gun owners, evangelicals, the military, corporations, the police, pro life people and anyone else that doesn't agree with them claiming that Trump is the source of division in this country. The same dolts that thought Hillary was going to win in a landslide, that believed the Russian collusion ********, now are buying this white supremacy crap. They're gullible morons but they're dangerous and they vote.
It's topics like this with no basis in fact about Trump that through the years have kept me out of the back room.
Bill, it's not just Trump...it's also baseless accusations of all kinds of vile motives and opinions and putting words into the mouths of others...including "you guys" (other Skyboxers).