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talkpolitics...That I'm no fan of the Donald. Really no fan of the Donald.
But some things make me despair of some of the folk in opposition to Trump:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/04/facebook-live-stream-video-man-attacked-chicago-trump
This is reprehensible. Kidnapping and what I can only call lynching a person for their political beliefs is what we expect of the Klan or the more extreme white supremacists.
What do folk from the Democrats side of things think of this? (BTW I don't get a vote in the US elections, and though I would regard myself as conservative, in US terms I'm an elitist socialist.)
And what do folk from the right think too? Is this polarisation of society over the last few decades a good thing?
I find myself wanting to imprison these folk exactly as much as I want to imprison people from the racist right who do these things to black folk and immigrants, i.e. lots.
But some things make me despair of some of the folk in opposition to Trump:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/04/facebook-live-stream-video-man-attacked-chicago-trump
This is reprehensible. Kidnapping and what I can only call lynching a person for their political beliefs is what we expect of the Klan or the more extreme white supremacists.
What do folk from the Democrats side of things think of this? (BTW I don't get a vote in the US elections, and though I would regard myself as conservative, in US terms I'm an elitist socialist.)
And what do folk from the right think too? Is this polarisation of society over the last few decades a good thing?
I find myself wanting to imprison these folk exactly as much as I want to imprison people from the racist right who do these things to black folk and immigrants, i.e. lots.
RE: Now a lot of folk on here know...
Date: 9/1/17 21:24 (UTC)Also appalling is the tolerance for this heinous behavior. Police found the victim while on patrol, not in response to an emergency call. The call about a battery was linked to this case but at a nearby residence. That the victim escaped was a miracle from God.