Huffington Post calls for violence against Trump and beyond

[susano]

At this juncture I'm not terribly worried about claims of who started the violence or who is doing it worse, such is the debates of children, and sadly there are many people who profess to not be on either side who are playing into this simply because they have nothing better to do. Nevertheless, on the topic of this actual Huffington Post Op-Ed, Jesse Been has been on record saying some extremely stupid things that make this latest stunt par for the course, he's cut from a similar grain as Tim Wise (but younger and even more of a ne'er-do-well), namely he has that whole "Blame white people for everything and humanity will achieve nirvana" thing going, and it's going to eventually land him on the wrong side of the closed fist of someone who bumps into him on the street and knows who he is, it won't be me because again, I have better things to do than worry about some intellectual pornographer/click-bait whore looking to cash in on disaffected left-wingers with sub-80 IQ levels.

When Trump is elected president, it will be primarily because of people like Jesse Benn, namely people who went so crazy over Trump calling them morons that they respond by going out into the streets and basically making his point for him. Hillary Clinton will be spending so much time trying to distance herself from all the fruitcakes that will be turning Philadelphia into a war zone because Sanders didn't get the nomination and her own extremists making asinine comparisons between Trump and fascism (whether its true or not, practically nobody believes it) that she'll barely be able to find time to respond to Trump's attacks, and Trump is going to run away with this thing.

The complete annihilation that Jeb Bush experienced during the GOP debates will be happy memory compared to what is about to go down, and at this point I'm so detached from caring about how this election turns out that instead of voting for president I'm just going to grab some popcorn and watch people go hysterical over how it turns out. This election was over a couple months ago, regardless of how many people know it yet.

So, that's a prediction. You sound so sure about the outcome. I'm not just due to the fact that Trump cannot control his own mouth and there is bound to be more drama and him stepping in more piles of his own creation. I always thought it was his election to lose and sometimes it looks like he's hell bent on that. I'll join you in the popcorn as the action unfolds over the summer. It might not just be the Dem convention. There's a good chance the traveling protestors will head to Cleveland, too. It remains to be seen if Bernie's free sh/t army will be brought to heel. They could be because Bernie will tell them they need to suck it up and vote for Hillary to stop Trump. Trump campaign is dreaming if they think they're gonna pick up Bernie voters. Might have been possible a few months ago but not now. I read at the Democratic Underground and they hate Trump's guts. Bernie people also love Elizabeth Warren, a.k.a., Pocahontas, and she's on the anti Trump warpath for the party. I don't think Trump can resist getting into a Rosie O'Donnell/Megyn Kelly style sh/t flinging contest with her and he won't win it.

[susano]

It always does. But they called the Tea Party extremists.

Yes, they did and made up similar BS about tea party people being just as culpable, yelling racial slurs (never happened) and being fascists.

[susano]

Trump on Libya in 2011:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive...en-and-now.php

Sure enough. He bought the whole impending genocide garbage hook, line and sinker.

He's extremely naive or unsophisticated on so many things. His extent of knowledge is limited to what the MSM is saying, which is just about always the opposite of the truth. About the only thing that redeems him is once he finds out, after the fact, that it was BS, he reverses his opinion and sides with the truth. Not a great consolation but better than the people who do know (politicians, State Dept) and are responsible for the lies.

[nikcers]

Trump on Libya in 2011:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive...en-and-now.php

Sure enough. He bought the whole impending genocide garbage hook, line and sinker.

He's extremely naive or unsophisticated on so many things. His extent of knowledge is limited to what the MSM is saying, which is just about always the opposite of the truth. About the only thing that redeems him is once he finds out, after the fact, that it was BS, he reverses his opinion and sides with the truth. Not a great consolation but better than the people who do know (politicians, State Dept) and are responsible for the lies.

Trump profited from that $#@!.

Trump June 5, 2016, 9:41 AM

“I was never for strong intervention,” Trump said. “I could have seen surgical [strikes] where you take out [Moammar] Gadhafi and his group.”

He is just an idiot or he is expecting us to be idiots. That's what we did in Libya, which left a huge power vacuum. Trump likes to have his cake and eat it two, he likes to have it both ways. Trump is an neocon, who changes his policies multiple times in one week like Bush did when he was asked about Iraq.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee recently acknowledged that he made a deal with Gaddafi in 2011 to allow the Libyan leader to set up a tent on Trump's estate while visiting New York. The deal eventually fell through, though it still netted him "a lot of money,"

[AZJoe]

At a rally Monday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that if they happened to see protesters getting ready to lob a tomato, they should “knock the crap out of them.

Trump says throw out the protesters trying to shut down rallies, and knock out anyone trying to throw tomatoes. Therefore it is OK for mobs to violently assault anyone in the street thought to support Trump. There is the Zippy logic again for you.

Well Obama says its Ok to drone assassinate people anywhere in the world. So because Obama advocates drone assassination then by Zippy's logic that would mean it is Ok for mobs to violently assassinate anyone thought to be an Obama voter.

[Bossobass]

It occurs to me that a rather central question is being ignored.

..to wit:

Q. Why should I care that Trumpkins are being assaulted (supposing that's in fact what's happening)?

Why should anyone care what you think about anything? (HINT: They shouldn't, and don't) More hubris about nothing ^^^.

The assaults are an attempt to intimidate and scare people who go to hear Trump. They're meant to stop the speech that the left doesn't approve of and thinks should be prohibited (see link in the op). The reason you should care is the same reason you should care when anyone's rights are violated - it may be you and/or the liberty movement next time. Of course, there's also empathy for others.

This^^^ should be obvious to everyone, especially the pseudos who have been polluting this forum for months. Advocating the Brown Shirts tactic is the indication of how low this discourse has run.

There's a whole lot going on in both sides- look it up.

C'mon, man… I expect more than this ^^^ sort of blind, lame stab.

Yes, obviously.

...when one looks at the policies he's advocated.

...the immensely stupid masses of the GOP.

…meh.

L.
O.
L.

Wow^^ Into yourself much?

Name me one policy issue where Trump is better than Hillary.

AUDIT THE FED…. d_u_h.

[hells_unicorn]

So, that's a prediction. You sound so sure about the outcome. I'm not just due to the fact that Trump cannot control his own mouth and there is bound to be more drama and him stepping in more piles of his own creation. I always thought it was his election to lose and sometimes it looks like he's hell bent on that. I'll join you in the popcorn as the action unfolds over the summer. It might not just be the Dem convention. There's a good chance the traveling protestors will head to Cleveland, too. It remains to be seen if Bernie's free sh/t army will be brought to heel. They could be because Bernie will tell them they need to suck it up and vote for Hillary to stop Trump. Trump campaign is dreaming if they think they're gonna pick up Bernie voters. Might have been possible a few months ago but not now. I read at the Democratic Underground and they hate Trump's guts. Bernie people also love Elizabeth Warren, a.k.a., Pocahontas, and she's on the anti Trump warpath for the party. I don't think Trump can resist getting into a Rosie O'Donnell/Megyn Kelly style sh/t flinging contest with her and he won't win it.

None of this really matters. Elizabeth Warren is basically a joke outside of far-left conclaves and a solid chunk of Bernie Sanders supporters hate Clinton enough that they'll either stay home, vote 3rd party, or may even jump on the Trump train because of his protectionist rhetoric. At this juncture, it doesn't really matter what kind of sh/t flinging contest does or doesn't happen, Trump's base of support is so firmly locked in and committed that, as in his own words, he could go out and shoot somebody and they'd still support him.

Barack Obama won election and re-election by playing to the base stupidity of John Q. Public, his ideology didn't really register with most people apart from the Daily Kos/Democratic Underground types (ergo, the fanatics). Trump has already proven himself extremely adept at manipulating the simple-mindedness and ignorance of the voting masses, and he may well pull off a 1980 Reagan vs. Carter landslide without spending nearly as much money as Hilldog does.

At this juncture, I'd say Trump running away with this thing is more a historical fact waiting to occur rather than a prediction, the prediction part is by how many states is he goes to clean house. Mind you, I'm not voting for Trump and I'm nowhere near happy about him being president, I'm simply calling it as I see it.

[FindLiberty]

I'm looking forward to the entire Trump POTUS experience...

Imagine the greatness; all the best words will be used!

Buckle up! The four year wild ride for Lady Liberty will begin immediately after his inauguration.
He should start by firing five thousand flunkies and hiring fifty replacements by February first, 2017

"Oh yes, there will be blood".

[Ender]

C'mon, man… I expect more than this ^^^ sort of blind, lame stab.

Sorry Bosso- I've quoted several articles on this issue but it only seems to reap anger. Just trying to keep things a bit more tolerable.

[Zippyjuan]

Trump says throw out the protesters trying to shut down rallies, and knock out anyone trying to throw tomatoes. Therefore it is OK for mobs to violently assault anyone in the street thought to support Trump. There is the Zippy logic again for you.

Well Obama says its Ok to drone assassinate people anywhere in the world. So because Obama advocates drone assassination then by Zippy's logic that would mean it is Ok for mobs to violently assassinate anyone thought to be an Obama voter.

So they are droning protesters now, eh? I was saying neither side is innocent. Do you expect a candidate who tells supporters at his rallies to attack those who peacefully protest it is OK to beat them up to be a peace loving president?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ru...-idUSKCN0VH1QO

Riot police detain forex mortgage protesters in Moscow


Riot police broke up a demonstration by holders of foreign currency mortgages and detained around 10 people after protesters briefly blocked the road in front of the country's central bank in Moscow, a Reuters witness said on Monday.

Around a hundred protesters gathered outside the bank to demand their loans be converted to rouble mortgages from dollar and euro ones or that their repayments be recalculated using a different rouble exchange rate to take account of the Russian currency's sharp fall in the last 18 months.

Protesters have previously targeted the banks where they first took out their mortgages.

Their plight undermines President Vladimir Putin's claim to have overseen a consistent rise in living standards in the 15 or so years since he came to power. That is uncomfortable for the Kremlin in a year when Russia holds a parliamentary election.

The rouble has lost over half its value against the dollar since September 2014 due to falling prices for oil and Western sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.

The protesters, who are paid in rouble but repay their loans in foreign currency, chanted "Putin, help!" targeting their wrath at the central bank. A Reuters witness saw some of them dragged into police vans.

The central bank in January 2015 advised banks to convert their clients' dollar mortgages into rouble ones using more favorable exchange rates.

[susano]

So they are droning protesters now, eh? I was saying neither side is innocent. Do you expect a candidate who tells supporters at his rallies to attack those who peacefully protest it is OK to beat them up to be a peace loving president?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ru...-idUSKCN0VH1QO

What does the economic warfare being waged against Russia have to do with any of this?

Anyway...

Other than ONE guy who punched out that Bernie guy at the Trump rally, the people attending Trump rallies haven't done one damn thing to any protestors, nor have they tried to stop anyone from going to rallies of their own choosing. You and Ender trying to spin it otherwise are not being truthful.

Peaceful protestors, my ass. Assaulting people minding their own business, damaging their cars and blocking roads is not peaceful. You sound like Victoria Nuland saying the protestors on Maidan were peaceful while we watched them setting people on fire with Molotov cocktails. It wouldn't surprise me to see that with Trump protestors this summer and I'm sure there will be people here to say "both sides are guilty".

I don't care how much you hate Trump or his supporters, they have first amendment rights and the right not be assaulted.

[twomp]

What does the economic warfare being waged against Russia have to do with any of this?

Anyway...

Other than ONE guy who punched out that Bernie guy at the Trump rally, the people attending Trump rallies haven't done one damn thing to any protestors, nor have they tried to stop anyone from going to rallies of their own choosing. You and Ender trying to spin it otherwise are not being truthful.

Peaceful protestors, my ass. Assaulting people minding their own business, damaging their cars and blocking roads is not peaceful. You sound like Victoria Nuland saying the protestors on Maidan were peaceful while we watched them setting people on fire with Molotov cocktails. It wouldn't surprise me to see that with Trump protestors this summer and I'm sure there will be people here to say "both sides are guilty".

I don't care how much you hate Trump or his supporters, they have first amendment rights and the right not be assaulted.

Typical Trump supporter BS. Hypocrite or Liar? You decide.

WATCH: Trump Supporters Attack Two Men For Quietly Sitting with Protest Signs

During a campaign rally Wednesday night, Donald Trump‘s supporters once again decided to get aggressive with a couple of people who were not there to support the mogul. What was their egregious transgression? Sitting down, making no noise, and holding a pair of signs in their laps with messages contrary to the plutocrat’s narrative.

Video from the incident shows two men sitting at Trump’s rally in Lowell, Massachusetts. One man’s sign read “America’s Already Great” a take on Trump’s catchphrase, and while the other never fully appeared in frame, Boston.com reported that it read “God Bless President Obama.”

While the video does not seem to show the men overtly attracting attention to themselves, two Trump supporters began accosting them, with one saying “Shut your mouth,” and the other going “You’re at a Trump rally? Ditch those! Ditch ’em!”

Shortly afterwards, the two men reached over to tear apart the signs while other onlookers joined the fray.

While the men protested that they did not start the confrontation, they were soon after led away by police at the event. Trump took notice of the fight towards the end, saying “Friend or foe, I don’t know.”

This, of course, is not the first time Trump’s audiences expressed satisfaction at dissenters being piled on. Previous incidents included a #BlackLivesMatter activist coming under attack, and a separate protester getting calls to be lit on fire.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch...protest-signs/

edit: I bet I can find more instances of this happening. Despite the claims of the Trump supporters that they are just victims... booo hoooo hoooo.... tears...

[Ender]

Typical Trump supporter BS. Hypocrite or Liar? You decide.

WATCH: Trump Supporters Attack Two Men For Quietly Sitting with Protest Signs



http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch...protest-signs/

edit: I bet I can find more instances of this happening. Despite the claims of the Trump supporters that they are just victims... booo hoooo hoooo.... tears...

Yep. I had actually posted about how the Chicago "riots" were started by Trumpers because they were angry when Trump cancelled and took it out on the protesters. Up to then there had been no violence- the cops had told Trump it was peaceful.

[r3volution 3.0]

Name me one policy issue where Trump is better than Hillary.

AUDIT THE FED…. d_u_h.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/20..._bailouts.html

Back on September 30, 2008, Donald Trump was asked by CNN's Kiran Chetry what he thought of the plan to bail out failing banks. What he told her:

Well, I think it would be better if it passed. I'm not sure that it's going to work. A lot of people are not -- you know, it is trial and error. This is very complicated. This is more complicated than sending rockets to the moon. Nobody really knows what impact it's going to have. Maybe it works and maybe it doesn't. But certainly it is worth a shot...

On October 19, CNN invited Trump back on and asked him, for some reason, to give world letter grades on how they'd handled the crisis.

BLITZER: All right. Henry Paulson.

TRUMP: I would give him an A.

BLITZER: Really?

TRUMP: I'd give him an A. And I know a lot of people are saying, oh, this and that. But the fact is, he came into a mess. He didn't create the mess, and he's helping us get out of the mess.

BLITZER: So if Obama were elected, you would advise him to keep Paulson on the job?

TRUMP: I wouldn't necessarily. He's got his own people, and he's got some very, very smart people with him. But I think Paulson I would give an A, because he really took something very strong -- now, you could say the UK came up with the first plan -- but Paulson's the one that got us there in the first place in terms of the concept.

BLITZER: The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Ben B., as you call him.

TRUMP: I think that he has -- was a little bit late on the draw, but he's come around strongly, and I would give him a B-plus. A good, strong B-plus. Look, I mean, these people inherited a mess. And they weren't necessarily to blame for it and they're trying to fix it. I would say that Ben was a little bit late, and based on the lateness, but I'm not sure there's -- you know, if he was earlier, I'm not sure if it would be any different. So I would give him a B-plus.

http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/...-donald-trump/

As I reported yesterday, at various times Donald Trump has had hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from Citibank and Goldman, some of which have been repaid, some of which were discharged in bankruptcy when Trump's Altantic City casino went belly up. By Trump's own standard, Citibank and Goldman own him, too.

But of course, it's much worse than that for Trump. As a twitter user pointed out, according to Trump's most recent financial disclosures, he has hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from virtually every bank on Wall Street. Here is a copy of the form.