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Man takes sledgehammer to Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
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I always love when people bring up MLK, 99% of the time it doesn't work out well for them.
Hierophant
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dude you don't understand, white dudes who would never get harmed by fascism tell me that i should give fascists a platform to speak their mind to a large audience
Hierophant
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"i don't have an argument so i'm leaving"
That's because they only know whitewashed MLK; the guy who condemned rioting (he was neutral mostly), never blocked traffic with protests (lol), walked down Washington, made a big speech, and everyone got equal rights, and then he was killed by a racist.
Honestly speaking, looking back in my U.S. history books from high school, when it comes to MLK, it's such a small section and it never bring up anything except the feel good moments of his campiegn.
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SonicMegaDrive
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I feel bad for whoever is unfortunate to have a star right next to his.
valkillmore
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Now I actually am interested to know
Yes it is.
Well according to the report, police said the man could be charged with felony vandalism. So there's his consequences. Furthermore, the man who did this had no political agenda except the fact he's pissed off a sexual assaulter and possibly child predator is running for president. So, meh. I don't see anything major coming out of this. The slippery slope argument coming from them is unnecessary.
maquiladora
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And thats just for starters. Add to that: a dangerous racist, xenophobic, misogynist ignorant puppet of a foreign adversary working to undermine core democratic norms.
Fuck his Hollywood Star.
kavanf1
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The fact that this made international news would suggest that it impacts more than the guy who did it and Trump. We can choose to close our eyes to the ramifications of our behaviour (when it suits us), but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Already Torn
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But he made up ridiculous fantasy consequences to make that point so I'm not sure it's valid
And then he did that thing that kind of racist people always do with MLK
Oh please, there's not going to be any ramification from this, it's just a stupid star. Stars get vandalized all the time, this made big news because the star was own by someone currently running for president.
EdibleKnife
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It's a star on the walk of fame. People barely think about them until they're actually in Hollywood or see it in a movie. It's impact is making people remember that citizens who don't tolerate Trump's BS exist. Any further consequences are in your head meant to convince you that any rocking of the boat is bad and everyone should behave themselves in the face of disgusting, xenophobic rhetoric and those who spread it.
EdibleKnife
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Low how? It's a marble slab on a tourist trap with the name of a bigot, cheat and sexual assaulter on it. It doesn't need your compassion. Like seriously. Convince me as to why this act is a low blow to Trump of all people and Republicans in general in any way, shape or form.
Already Torn
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Nothing you're saying is going to have an impact because it's not well said or rooted in reality.
Don we even know that this was done by a liberal and not a moderate/conservative that's mad that their party was ruined by Trump? Do you say this same kind of thing every time somebody writes "rapist" on Cosby's star?
While I agree with your sentiment, always take the high road with low lifes like Trump and vandalism is never excusable, on the other hand, it's. a. fucking. Hollywood. Star.
It's completely meaningless. I'd much rather someone vandalised something as trivial as a Walk of Fame star than did something like firebomb a GOP Office or attempt to assassinate Trump.
Fuck Trump and fuck the guy who did this, basically.
Already Torn
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I think the genius of this is that while completely meaningless, you know this hurt Trump on a personal level more than the firebombing. It's great!
Mechanized
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Awesome! Well deserved addition to Donald's star. Now if a few more people could finish the job that would be great.
Monocle
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Yes, I think it adds an authentic touch that captures something of the essence of the honoree.
Not really, he said that this was equal to violence and it would lead into people beating upo Trump supporters on the street. Not really the same thing as 'consequences', more like wild leap of slippery slope.
stump sock
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they tend to fit very well within the general gaf theme of "avoid confrontation at any cost"
Albino_Yeti
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Does Gaf not understand the concept that not all Trump supporters are neo-nazi KKK white supremacists? Jesus people.
Ingeniero
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What an idiot.
Destroying stuff....
The Donalds star no less... I hope he gets caught.
Destroying stuff....
The Donalds star no less... I hope he gets caught.
I agree with this, generalization about Trump is huge in some places.
It's a good thing he took a hammer to the sidewalk and not Trump supporters, then.
partyphone
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of course not all. but there are a lot of them. and trump is a white supremacist himself. which begs the question: why are these good wholesome people supporting trump?
i can understand their anger at a system that has failed them but trump will make their lives worse.
Dick Justice
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They're supporting 21st Century Hitler, so quite honestly, they can get fucked regardless.
EdibleKnife
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No. But don't expect much sympathy when you continue to support a known pervert, xenophobe and bigot/bigot encourager
Cheekygrin
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damn
down to his last six horcruxes
down to his last six horcruxes
DragonSworne
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You strip that all away and you still end up supporting someone who wants to nuke the Middle East and let Russia take over the United States.
EdibleKnife
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I did forget warmonger and easily-swayed puppet. And liar. Which brings up the issue as to what these non-deplorable Trump supporters actually see in him that isn't his hatred, his bluster, his perversity, his incompetence and/or his cowardice.
stump sock
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he tells it like it is.
Baleoce
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You leave Peter out of this. We know who really did it.
God I loved that show xD
Albino_Yeti
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Speaking anecdotally, a lot of people I know that are voting for Trump are doing so less because of him and more because they dislike Hillary, want a less liberal Supreme Court nominee, vote Republican exclusively, or like his talks of rejuvenating the economy. Take with what what you will, but it's not because they want to see a white America
stump sock
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that's like driving a nail into your forehead so you don't have to go to school the next day
hey_it's_that_dog
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Can you explain what that has to do with any of this? A person vandalized Trump's symbol of success as a protest against Trump. What do his supporters have to do with it? It's not his supporters that make him an awful garbage monster, he is intrinsically awful and that happens to attract awful supporters.
Doing what? Smashing Hillary's star on the walk of fame? Or do you mean doing this thing specifically as a false flag operation?
They're still voting for him knowing exactly what he stands for. You vote an entire person and all of their policies and behaviors into office; you don't get to pick and choose.
Mechanized
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Smashing Trump's walk of fame star? That would be pretty weird.
Wikileaks just released footage of the vandal:
Of course it was an immigrant.
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