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Halloween parade float depicts shackled Harris being dragged

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Bowerbird, Nov 2, 2024.

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Is this acceptable?

  1. No and should be condemned

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  2. America has to tone down the rhetoric

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  3. It is just a joke get over it

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  4. I thought it was funny and there should be more

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  1. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

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    Is this acceptable??

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/pennsylvania-halloween-parade-harris-float

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    Video here
    https://www.kjct8.com/video/2024/11/01/parade-float-depicts-harris-chains/
    Apologies have been made

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...halloween-parade-mount-pleasant-pennsylvania/

    But the question remains - is this acceptable? Is this a normal level for political rhetoric or is this a new low? I have added a poll to see what the response will be because I fear the Overton window keeps drifting further down
     
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  2. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They are telling us who they are. If you aren't sure what that means, watch the MSG rally.
     
    Lee Atwater, Nov 2, 2024
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    The rhetoric needs to be toned down, but it would be acceptable if it were an effigy of Trump, so don't act all outraged over it.

    People on the Left and anti-Trumpers have publicly called for Trump to be shot and no one in the Left had a problem with it. Trump even got shot and the Leftists tried to claim it was staged.

    It's too late to start worrying about the rhetoric, now.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 2, 2024
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    Perhaps you should look at your rhetoric and I mine, because that is something we can control.
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It's the same old "lock her up" mindset which literally defines Trump and his loyalists.
     
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    My comments are harmless, bro.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 2, 2024
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    Does that mean you're opposed to the indictments against Trump? There's a lot of "lock him up" coming from the Left.
     
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    Way better than being shot at
     
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    The drama… headlined as being dragged by a float. It’s more like being shackled and detained. When I opened this I was expecting to be dragging by the neck or something like that. She is in cuffs big deal.
     
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    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What a perfectly trumpian answer.
     
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    Reality sucks right. She won’t tone done the rhetoric that has gotten him shot at so cry me a river that she is depicted as a prisoner (not being dragged)
     
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    But HAS there been an effigy of Trump?
     
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    The indictments were brought AFTER going through the legal system. Every time “Lock him up” chant started at a Harris rally she shushed it. She has taken the higher moral ground - but then that was not hard
     
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    Reminds of me of the countless hanging effigies of Obama during his presidency.
     
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    Oh yes… because this is depicting a hanging now lol. First she was being dragged and now she’s being hung. She’s walking while being shackled. Far from either. Trump has been shot, something her or Obama never had to go through.
     
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    Of course not, MAGA is depicting their Pied Piper's fantasy, they think they are at a WWE " pro" event. They are easy fodder for Carnival Barkers.
     
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    Yep, a Tea Party/Koch Bros staple.
     
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    I didn't say she is being hung, I said this stunt reminds me of the hanging Obama effigies.

    No one received more death threats than Obama. The hate was real, but he didn't cry and whine about it.

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    Yeah, a threat is more serious than being shot… play it down while you play Kamala walking up as being dragged. And somehow a picture of Kamala walking while being shackled reminds you of hangings.
     
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    Yes, such displays brings back the memories. The hate is being expressed through symbolism, - it doesn't matter if its hanging, burning, boiling, or being dragged in chains. It's the same message.

    And let's not forget hanging Mike Pence effigy, and the chants to hang him.

    Not sure why you are trying to make it about Trump. He was shot by a fellow Republican.
     
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    They tried to hang Mike Pence, dude. And Harris's rhetoric had nothing to do with that shooting attempt . . . unlike the Trump supporter who tried to assassinate FBI agents.
     
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    I think that is the difference - Trump is mocked whilst others are threatened in effigy

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    Reality sucks, right?

    Blaming her for the shots taken at trump is.........well.........a trumpian distortion of reality.
     
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    Don’t forget Cesar Sayoc and his pipe bombs. Then there was the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-michigan/index.html

    H    as Trump EVER taken responsibility for his actions - you know like normal adults do?
     
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    Not to mention the Bundy standoff and many, many more. Actually, scratch that . . . TWO Bundy standoffs. This stuff gets weirdly swept to the side when the right does it, for some reason
     
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