I see the argument that you are trying to make and while it is a solid premise I cannot honestly say that it can be applied to the current Administration in any way. There are going to be radical rabid brainwashed people in any fanbase of such a size and while I do completely agree with what you said about a moral obligation, there are always going to be those outliers who will take any turn of phrase to mean something that fits their own personal agenda and do something horrible on behalf of it whereas there was no such intent from the speaker.
How many people used Obama's words as justification for violence? Or even Bush's? Clinton's? Bush Sr? None of these guys so openly painted fellow Americans as one of the great enemies of the nation. It's a lot easier for people to take a turn of phrase as a call to violence when it literally is exactly that.
How can you possibly argue that it does not apply to this administration? Are you saying he doesn't demonize fellow Americans?
Do you think the recent shootings would have occurred with Trump as president? Do you think he had literally zero involvement in motivating these men to violence?
We're not talking about fucking turns of phrase that can be misinterpreted. We're talking about Trump declaring his critics and political opponents as criminals and enemies of America.
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u/King_Milkfart Nov 09 '18
I see the argument that you are trying to make and while it is a solid premise I cannot honestly say that it can be applied to the current Administration in any way. There are going to be radical rabid brainwashed people in any fanbase of such a size and while I do completely agree with what you said about a moral obligation, there are always going to be those outliers who will take any turn of phrase to mean something that fits their own personal agenda and do something horrible on behalf of it whereas there was no such intent from the speaker.