us election thread

[grue]

so how credible are the threats of violence from republicans if clinton wins? at first i didnt take them seriously but after trump refused torecognize the legitimacy of clinton's victory (a veiled threat if i ever seen one) im not so sure

[grue]

and dont tell me that there's a reason for it because she's a war criminal or some bullshit, i remember the bush administration pretty fcking well

[K-Man]

I'm not worried, if that helps

[Relaps]

if Obama lived, Clinton will be fine

[Delirious Biznasty]

if Obama lived, Clinton will be fine

I was going to post something similar

[Ben]

so how credible are the threats of violence from republicans if clinton wins? at first i didnt take them seriously but after trump refused torecognize the legitimacy of clinton's victory (a veiled threat if i ever seen one) im not so sure

are you trying to ask, "is something trump said credible?"

answer: no

[grue]

no im asking is something trump said credible to his voterbase

he hinted at "resisting" clinton's election in the past and there are people around saying that they're not accepting her election

and if i dont expect him specifically to do anything, considering the current social/political climate in america - what with the violent protests and all - couldnt a trump loss instigate some reaccionary violence aswell

[Ben]

i really dont consider the republican half violent (queue articles linked to me about abortion murders, fights at trump rallies, etc)

even the idea of a righteous, aggressive and violent protest is more of a liberal thing (queue people yelling that nobody gets hurt, it's the police's fault, etc)

i think what trump means is, "she cheated to get here" (somewhat true) and he has some kind of... clever plan up his sleeve (The Trump Card) to demonstrate she cheated and therefore he is the fair victor? he doesnt, of course, but its on his list of things he can claim and never prove

demonstrate it and bring justice to the system rather than accepting it as what america wants, i mean. of course there is the popular idea that trump has just been playing a game this whole time to cook up money for his own "fair" media conglomerate (hence his criticisms left and right of the media), knowing he can get away with saying his loss is due to corruption and not to him being a loser. unfortunately, this has the side effect of giving us President Clinton 2.0- not that he cares, or she for that matter

[grue]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/26/politi...est-tweet/

I know this is someone with a big mouth my question is how relevant it is (listen to the video)

[Ben]

first im hearing of anything like that. he sounds like he's desperate and maybe even being metaphorical (in that tweet). in the video he just seems crazy

[grue]

really? well my sample is obviously biased bc i follow left-minded people but i've seen a few tweets like that, plus what people are reporting in protests. this is the first that comes from someone in an influential position that isn't Trump himself, though, afaik

[Ben]

well, id say:

-guys who tweet "we will respect the democratic system and look forward to the results" dont get on the news for it
-he's hardly influential. yes, he has power and therefore influence but he isn't like, a major spokesperson or a senator
-i hate to defend "acceptable levels of stupid violence" but, both gangs have been caught in this mess

i think that generally the statement means "this system is rigged against us. therefore, we will not follow it". that one particular guy does seem to be threatening in some weird way

[fat lesbian]

there's a huge amount of trump supporters in my parents neighborhood and it makes me really hope that trump ends up being like "haha jokes on all of u" or that this election is a fever dream

[Delirious Biznasty]

I have a lot of people around here that are voting Hillary and it makes me really hope that in the end she doesn't end up causing wwiii being like "lol you thought I was going to kill you all" or that this election is a fever dream

[fat lesbian]

tyler you know very well i don't like her either