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(90,304 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The Massacre in Massacre Mitch is an adjective, not a verb. Hope that clears up any lingering confusion. Nobody is advocating for the massacre of Mitch (Can you even "massacre" one person?); it's a descriptor befitting Mitch's intransigence in considering any reasonable regulation of firearms. It seems there are quite a few citizens who can't handle firearms responsibly; when that happens in practically any other sector of our society, government steps in with regulations so as to limit irresponsible behavior and to provide a legal framework for stopping or prosecuting those who insist on being irresponsible.
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)to beat McConnell soundly at the ballot box in 2020. Just like in football when you beat a team 63-0, it's a massacre.
zaj
(3,433 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)I doubt anyone, except McConnell's campaign, thought the word meant to do McConnell physical harm.
zaj
(3,433 posts)Trump can make the same argument about invasion.
We all need to be able to reflective about violent rhetoric. Not only are we creating a possible danger, we are undermining our argument that the GOP needs to rachet down theirs.
We can't excuse our people and be credible in our criticism of Trump or Republicans.
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)political opponent's name on it, isn't inciting violence? Twitter should have suspended the account right then.
MontanaMama
(23,296 posts)was suspended after he retweeted pics of his Team Mitch Minions choking a cut out of AOC. Massacre Mitch is a nickname Mitchy got because of his refusal to do fuck all to stop our daily gun massacres in America.
trueblue2007
(17,194 posts)diva77
(7,629 posts)tweets too)
BigmanPigman
(51,568 posts)Anti-McConnell protesters were yelling profanity so why is McConnell being blocked and not the protesters? I am not saying I want the protesters blocked...I support them. What am I missing?
I assumed he was being blocked over the white dudes in Team McConnell shirts pretending to choke and grope a cardboard cutout of AOC...
"Ocasio-Cortez confronts McConnell over photo of men choking cutout of her..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell-photo-cutout?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Not good for anti-MConnell people to do this.
Takket
(21,529 posts)but i think blocking person A for calling our bad behavior by person B is pretty silly. i also think they should have been banning the people involved in the photo of AOC's cardboard cutout being assaulted.