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McConnell's campaign suspended from Twitter (Original Post) Gothmog Aug 2019 OP
NICE !!! uponit7771 Aug 2019 #1
Mitch's campaign manager? A word? gratuitous Aug 2019 #2
"Massacre" used in this context means DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #6
BS, no excuse for "invasion" or "massacre" in this climate. zaj Aug 2019 #9
It's just alliteration with McConnell DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #10
What we think it means doesn't matter... zaj Aug 2019 #12
But posting a picture of a headstone with your DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #3
Hmmm. I was hoping that Moscow Mitch's account MontanaMama Aug 2019 #4
it isn't locked. McTurtle's campaign account account is up and running. trueblue2007 Aug 2019 #5
I'm confused - not understanding the reasoning behind the suspension (and I read the diva77 Aug 2019 #7
I don't get it. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #8
Yeah, not getting this. cwydro Aug 2019 #14
the tweet should have been deleted.... Takket Aug 2019 #11
The GOP Senate campaign is pissed at twitter Gothmog Aug 2019 #13

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Mitch's campaign manager? A word?
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:01 PM
Aug 2019

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)
6. "Massacre" used in this context means
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:03 PM
Aug 2019

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.

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
10. It's just alliteration with McConnell
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:54 PM
Aug 2019

I doubt anyone, except McConnell's campaign, thought the word meant to do McConnell physical harm.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
12. What we think it means doesn't matter...
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 09:07 PM
Aug 2019

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)
3. But posting a picture of a headstone with your
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:01 PM
Aug 2019

political opponent's name on it, isn't inciting violence? Twitter should have suspended the account right then.

MontanaMama

(23,296 posts)
4. Hmmm. I was hoping that Moscow Mitch's account
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:01 PM
Aug 2019

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.

BigmanPigman

(51,568 posts)
8. I don't get it.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:08 PM
Aug 2019

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

Takket

(21,529 posts)
11. the tweet should have been deleted....
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:57 PM
Aug 2019

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.

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