Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”
by guscost on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:35PM
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Urging supporters to go to the capital “peacefully” using that explicit qualifier. You still have a point, but be transparent about it.
Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”
by BobbyJo on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:34PM
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Just because he followed up with "peacefully" later doesn't negate him saying 'fight like hell'. I mean, most of the problematic things Trump has said have been followed/preceded by things intended to make them look less problematic.
I wasn't intentionally leaving anything out though, I took that quote directly from the Times.
Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”
by guscost on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:25PM
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The Times intentionally left that out. Notwithstanding earlier inflammatory language, this is the exact quote:
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard today.”
You may believe that the word “patriotically” was a dog-whistle, but none of the headlines characterized the statement correctly.
That being said, his incitement Wednesday was actually pretty explicit. From the Times: Trump said "If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore" before urging supporters to go to the capital. Sounds like a pretty powerful incitement from a sitting President.