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[Ernest]

Something tells me that wasn't Trump that made that tweet. It seems to clam and reasonable compare the one he made minutes afterward.

Agreed.

I posted this in the OT thread, but to anyone who believes that first tweet was written by Trump, I've got a bridge to sell you. It's mealy-mouthed, calculated, and deliberately crafted to skirt up to the edge of condemning the white supremacists while still giving enough cover to allow the white supremacists to interpret it as a condemnation of the counter protests. In fact, Richard Spencer is doing just that. But look at the syntax, the word choice, the verbiage. That's not how Trump speaks/writes. Those are not his words. They are Bannon's or Kelly's or God only knows whose, but not Trump's.

The second tweet -- the one where's he says "I'm really super busy Making America Great Again, but oh yeah, I'll give an 8-year-old's response to the violence as an afterthought tacked on to the end of a tweet justifying why I ignored the white riots for nearly 24 hours" -- that one is all Trump.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

 

[Teggy]

ON MANY SIDES ON MANY SIDES ON MANY SIDES GET FUCKED

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Jnco jeans, no shirt

 

[Poodlestrike]

Polos and khakis are like de facto office attire if it's a relaxed environment. Unless they're really lazy and let you wear jeans.

Most engineering environments I've been in (mechanical engineering) let you wear jeans 'cause the expectation is things will probably get messy, at some point. Rules are different for managers tho.

 

[Diablos]

HAHAHAHA HE CANT SAY THE NAMES OF TWO DEMS

 

[aspiegamer]

I pray this starts a "white people can be terrorists, too" debate in the coming days-- We've needed it for decades-- But the US clearly isn't ready to blame the privileged for anything quite yet. The national tone comes from the top, and we're going nowhere if the President can't even be bothered to care in the slightest.

 

[Hubbl3]

"Both Sides" and a MAGA dog whistle. Fuck off Trump.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Jnco jeans, no shirt

Socks, shoes and a smile. The only way to be in public

 

[Wilsongt]

So one confirmd dead due to a possibly scared white person in a car, and looking at some various Facebook posts, this was a "peaceful protest" until BLMs got involved.

We need a reset.

 

[Diablos]

This bill seems like a good thing

Trump bump incoming

 

[whyamihere]

This bill seems like a good thing

Trump bump incoming

Oh fuck off

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This bill seems like a good thing

Trump bump incoming

What bill?

 

[VendettaRed07]

I remember a thread that asked last year if it would be better to elect someone randomly out of the phone book. Most people were hesitant and thought the phone book was too big of a risk

They were wrong. A random phone book selection could not have picked someone any worse, pathetic and ill equipped to do this job than this mother fucker

 

[Diablos]

Oh fuck off

Dude

Trump just became president today

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I pray this starts a "white people can be terrorists, too" debate in the coming days-- We've needed it for decades-- But the US clearly isn't ready to blame the privileged for anything quite yet. The national tone comes from the top, and we're going nowhere if the President can't even be bothered to care in the slightest.

Dylan Roof should've been the start of that, but we got a bunch of people saying he was just mentally ill instead. Maybe things will be different since this dude went after more than just black people, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Prepare to hear a shitload of conspiracy theories over the next week, I'm sure the usual suspects are already getting their infographs in order.

 

[Teggy]

Thank goodness there is video

TaylorLorenz
Anyway several police officers at the station here think the guy running people down wasn't malicious. They said the driver was scared
2:53 PM · Aug 12, 2017

 

[whyamihere]

I've never hated anyone more than Donald Trump

 

[Holmes]

I'm hoping Trump goes soon so things can calm down and go back to as normal as possible, but I won't soon forget this time and how everyone felt.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Thank goodness there is video

Bullshit.

 

[Wilsongt]

Thank goodness there is video

Fuck.

Off.

Your first response to "I'm scared" should not be to slam on the gas peddle and ram into people.

 

[Teggy]

I've never hated anyone more than Donald Trump

I mean, Hitler is up there. And that kid in Robocop 2.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Fuck.

Off.

Your first response to "I'm scared" should not be to slam on the gas peddle and ram into people.

And kill someone. There has been a confirmed death.

 

[nature boy]

And you just know Fox News is going to up the ante on the whataboutism to justify the "many sides" BS

 

[whyamihere]

I mean, Hitler is up there. And that kid in Robocop 2.

I didn't live through hitler.

 

[Wilsongt]

I didn't live through hitler.

I hate to tell you, but.............

 

[aspiegamer]

"Both sides" after an ACTUAL terrorist attack by one side. Unfuckingbelievable.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

And you just know Fox News is going to up the ante on the whataboutism to justify the "many sides" BS

Gonna get a double dose of Clinton emails/Benghazi, Obama dividing us, and lots of videos of brown people committing violence until this blows over.

 

[Diablos]

I still can't get over how he had to make someone else name the two Dems who helped get the VA act passed

jfc

 

[Suikoguy]

I hate to tell you, but.............

Ghosts post on neogaf confirmed.

 

[Sibylus]

Full-on Nazi president.

 

[tbm24]

Thank goodness there is video

Who's surprised? They are afraid of black people on the regular, got guy spooked the same way they do. Only this civilian had a car instead of their preferred gun.

I'm hoping Trump goes soon so things can calm down and go back to as normal as possible, but I won't soon forget this time and how everyone felt.

Trump leaving office won't do anything to bring things back to a sense of normalcy. This shit is bigger than Trump. This won't be the last time these kinds of people show up to protest armed with make shift shields ready to attack Innocents.

 

[Wilsongt]

Ghosts post on neogaf confirmed.

Boooooooooooo.... I come from a past of economic stability and being able to walk into a company and get a job within a couple of daaaaaaaays ooooooo

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I cant think of a way of slowing down white supremacy without using the same BS idea that Trump uses about censoring the media, ugh. That's obviously crossing the line though.

Fuck you fox and you fucking reddit trolls.

 

[Sibylus]

I cant think of a way of slowing down white supremacy without using the same BS idea that Trump uses about censoring the media, ugh. That's obviously crossing the line though.

Fuck you fox and you fucking reddit trolls.

Censor the nazis.

 

[skullmuffins]

I cant think of a way of slowing down white supremacy without using the same BS idea that Trump uses about censoring the media, ugh. That's obviously crossing the line though.

Fuck you fox and you fucking reddit trolls.

twitter, reddit, or facebook can voluntarily decide to not permit hate speech on their platforms. it's not really censorship for a company to enforce a code of conduct.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I cant think of a way of slowing down white supremacy without using the same BS idea that Trump uses about censoring the media, ugh. That's obviously crossing the line though.

Fuck you fox and you fucking reddit trolls.

Maybe it's time we had started having a conversation about hate speech laws instead of pretending that treating what these hate groups say as valid speech won't lead to consequences like this.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

I'm almost speechless. The sheer ease of making a respectful comment betrays Trump's innermost intentions. That took deliberation.

Maybe it's time we had started having a conversation about hate speech laws instead of pretending that treating what these hate groups say as valid speech won't lead to consequences like this.

There lies orwellian nightmare.

 

[Basileus777]

Maybe it's time we had started having a conversation about hate speech laws instead of pretending that treating what these hate groups say as valid speech won't lead to consequences like this.

Sounds good until states implement laws banning protests against police. Hate speech laws are also mostly unconstitutional anyway and that is backed unanimously by the current supreme court.

 

[jack_package_200]

twitter, reddit, or facebook can voluntarily decide to not permit hate speech on their platforms. it's not really censorship for a company to enforce a code of conduct.

Even if its the smallest of concessions especially after today, known Alt-Right favorite Carl Benjamin/Sargon of Akkad was banned on Twitter and his videos on youtube demonetized.

Its not much but it is something.

 

[Mutanthands]

Ana Navarro always brings the fire. Call it what it is.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Sounds good until states implement laws banning protests against police.

Protests against police are inconsequential anyway. Think bigger: official state doctrine, imprisonment for discourse, mandatory praise of state leaders, "official" histories.

 

[aspiegamer]

I'm stealing this from over the one of the OTs. This happened in the United States. In 2017. But both sides, everyone!

 

[shadow_shogun]

Ana Navarro always brings the fire. Call it what it is.

Spiting nothing but. I wish a lot more repubs were like her.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Have no idea why I'm even thinking of this right now, but I'm assuming HBO is gonna have to pull the plug on a certain upcoming project now.

 

[royalan]

Have no idea why I'm even thinking of this right now, but I'm assuming HBO is gonna have to pull the plug on a certain upcoming project now.

One would hope so.
My Twitter feed has been so woke today.

 

[whyamihere]

Pretty sure this many sides speech is going to be remembered long after Trump is gone.

 

[Suikoguy]

It would not pass the 1st amendment check.

But it is possible to outlaw confederate displays and speech, much like how Germany dealt with their horrid past. Relegate it to textbooks and nothing more.

Slate had this thought a few years ago:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...y_historic_symbols_should_we_do_that_too.html

Codifying it as an amendment would be the way to go about it, being fairly explicit in its definition and making it VERY difficult to change.

 

[nature boy]

Brian Klaas‏Verified account
@brianklaas

Trump's week
✓Threatened nuclear war.
✓Threatened Venezuela.
✓Thanked Putin for expelling US diplomats.
✓"Many sides" after neo-Nazi murder.

.

 

[Veritigo_X]

A car intentionally driving through a crowd of people at 40mph killing a person is called "violence between protesters and counter protesters" by the Trump administration. Fucking hell.

Hallie Jackson @HallieJackson
I asked the White House what @POTUS meant by "on many sides." The response, from a WH official -->

https://twitter.com/HallieJackson/status/896469910116847616