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Fomenting violence has become the GOP go to it seems.  

“People parrot what Kevin McCarthy is saying when they call and make the threat,” Swalwell told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday’s broadcast of “Deadline: White House.”

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Swalwell had told and “publicly broadcast” to McCarthy that his rhetoric “leads to threats to me, my wife, our kids,” he said to Wallace.
“Recently someone said that they were going to rape and kill my children and they were using the language that Kevin McCarthy was using so there is a cost to this,” he added.
But McCarthy “doesn’t care” and instead just “wants to focus on, you know, carrying out the vengeance that he has promised in this corrupt bargain,” he claimed, alleging McCarthy “won’t even stop and talk to me when I have tried to talk to him.”

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McCarthy stripped Swalwell of his committee positions and called the California Democrat a “security threat” due to his link to a suspected Chinese spy.

But pay no attention to the known russian spy who infiltrated the nra and other high gop circles. >

swalwell bad, santos good - gop >

Need some accountability laws here.  Threats are 'real' and should have consequences. >

Indeed.  The attack on Paul Pelosi a prime example of the violence due to venom and hate that has become common language among the GOP and its water carriers like Fox News.  Not only that but the lies purported as truths used to amplify it.  Trump led the way in coarse and hate on a new level of public messages from a political leader.  
It is time for some long overdue changes.
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They know. And they're smirking about it. They're counting on good people to play by the rules and not fight back. >

Just bc we play by (and within) the rules against known cheats, does not mean we can't fight back.
Edit: my point is that if you compromise your principles bc the other side is willing to do so, you've already lost. >

Your version of fighting back won't work if you only play within the rules when your opponents can stop you from making new ones. >

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.”  In this passage Sun Tzu uses the metaphors of Heaven and Earth to represent the moral and physical capacities of the conflicting parties.  In particular, it is noteworthy that the GOP has no endgame.  Their lack of morality (Heaven) precludes victory. >

That is not what Heaven and Earth mean. Sun Tsu literally explains what those phrases mean in the art of war. 
Sun Tsu even includes moral law as its own thing to be measured, unrelated to Heaven. 
"Heaven signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons."
"Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death." >

Insightful.  I appreciate your reply.  I have absorbed Art of War in bits and pieces over the years, so excuse my misunderstanding. >

No problem. If you only read the quotes it's easy to interpret it in a million ways. 
It isn't very long, and it is worth reading all the way through. The gist is largely get information, apply your strengths, know your weaknesses, and manage your logistics. >

I have pushed people on this sub to read Machiavelli and Sun Tzu for years with a less than tepid response, as if I was pushing a war narrative or that's the only thing they are good for. The books are more than war/ruler "manuals", they are strategy guides that can be useful in today's politics when dealing with such extremists on the right, you can see the proverbial battle play out in real time (or even ahead of time) and understand what they are attempting and then be much more prepared for their culture war maneuvers. >

The ability to rant against pedos in one breath and threaten to rape and kill specific children in the next  basically sums up the GQP at this point. SMH >

It’s like that top Q conspiracy theory guy that turned out to be child molester living in a trailer. He was in This Place Rules. >

That was such a good set up by Andrew. Interview the dude, get him to solidly choose the hill to die on, then bring out the court records to rug pull the guy. When he pulled out the documents, that was the most nervous Andrew looked throughout the whole documentary. >

It's a real shame Andrew chose to be a shitty person too. Can't really bring myself to watch the doc after all that's come out, but it sounds like solid work.
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What has come out? >

Sexual harassment/assault allegations >

Link? I haven't heard about this. >

Article here, also added to my original reply. Thought it was more common knowledge, my b >

nbd for not including the link.
It's such a shame that he did those things. But, I'm glad he's seeking help, and his apology didn't consist of "I'm sorry your feelings were hurt" bullshit victim blaming apology that we usually get from folks who do these things. >

Nah, definitely big deal. Help only does so much, the people he assaulted have to live with it for the rest of their lives. >

A GOP candidate just shot up a bunch of Democrats homes. This is not an isolated incident >


This is not an isolated incident

But, hey, here's 30 more stories about cops running a train on another cop instead! >

But the stories are all going to be centered on how bad the woman is. Also, cancel culture somehow! >

I mean, they're all bastards, but homegirls been getting DRAGGED on the internet and especially black Twitter in a way I haven't seen since Rachel Dolezal >

This week happens to be the 25th anniversary of that time that Bill Clinton cheated on his wife.
It's worth going back and listening to Monica Lewinsky talk about this type of online bullying. Lady has some informed opinions on how gender impacts the fallout of this type of scandal. >

I remember reflexively disliking her because of the persistent narrative and me being only ~18 and ignorant. She was fucking railroaded and seems like a perfectly decent person who was just in over her head and victimized over and over by her 'boyfriend", her "friend", and then the entire media apparatus and public opinion. >

And they call themselves Godly 🤮 >

Point taken ! >

Democrats: "Man we really hate Republicans we need to vote in more Democrats in next election."
Republicans: "We really hate Democrats, lets try and kill them."
Both sides are not the same. But hey, Republicans, keep calling yourselves patriots, or something. >

For real though. I always think of that Mad Men scene with Don in the elevator and a guy is laying into him for being a piece of shit. It’s obvious that this man is consumed with hate of Don and has thought about him constantly. ~~He finishes and Don doesn’t even look at him~~ he finishes by telling Don he feels sorry for him and Don replies “I don’t think about you at all.”
And that is Democrats and Republicans >

Wait you mean it's not normal to put out multiple flags of your favored politician all year long, even after they lose? >

Youre supposed to hang them on your lifted pickup so its already terrible fuel efficiency drops even further. >

Don't forget the silly coded messages plastered all over it so they can chuckle to themselves for being SO clever.