GOP Leaders Silent After State Lawmaker Called for Rep. Jayapal to Be 'Hanged' | Common Dreams
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Top Republicans have claimed that calling Trump “fascist” or “authoritarian” is an incitement to “terrorism." But party leaders have said nothing about an explicit call for violence from one of their own.
  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
    78·
    4 hours ago

    Remember when the angry mob was gonna hang Mike Pence? And then Pence’s former boss pardoned them all?

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      60·
      4 hours ago

      Those people actually tried to overthrow the federal government with violence. And yet this guy won’t think they should be hanged, because fascists do not ever speak in good faith or care about consistency or principles. That’s why you can’t argue away fascism.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
      8·
      4 hours ago

      Look. When you word it that way…

      But they were going to hurt a lot of other people and steal the country. So net horrible

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    16·
    3 hours ago

    But don’t forget, folks…it’s all that “radical left” rhetoric that’s really to blame for all the political violence. /s

    • Doorbook@lemmy.world
      211·
      4 hours ago

      Reality is, the US legalized bribes as “donations” and “insider trading” this made both party controlled directly or indirectly by their financial interest. The GOP are happy, they don’t have to do anything, everything will be blame on Trump, and their wealth will doable while watching people suffer. And if they got back in power they will make even more money.

      Union and Worker party is they only way to make a difference.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        You’re neglecting the very real threat of Christian Fascism. Sure, almost all of them are criminally corrupt, but the most corrupt among them have a financial incentive to overthrow all the others and assume absolute control.

        The criminally corrupt are necessary for a dictatorships implementation to succeed, if they don’t possess the ability to stage an actual military coup.