I have trouble being terribly sympathetic to Trump in regards to the Kathy Griffin thing when he's inviting Ted Nugent, who threatened to assassinate Obama, to the white house for dinner.
Personally I don't really care, everyone knows neither of them is really a threat to the president so people are just outraged because they think it's gross. My response - the head used by Kathy Griffin looked like shit, should have made a better effort to get a better prop. Amateur hour over there.
Originally posted by snowdragonnope. for one, theres no outpouring of support for gifford's antics. yet trump invites someone who did worse (threaten to shoot the president on multiple occasions) to the Whitehouse, and conservatives beam with approval. of course its a double standard and of course you are deliberately missing the point. have fun doing that.
Yeah except thats a troll comment when in reailty we bot.h know lefties are constantly pulling bullshit as well.
The Left. The Right. Polarised political standing is an epidemic. Each side has always had its devoted followers but a successful democracy relies on the people staying true to their own ideals and values for accurate representation. No these bullshit sheep who alter their opinions or ignore trespasses against their original opinions out of devotion to their preferred political party.
Do yourself a favour stop being sheep, use your guns to overthrow the government and bring back a more competitive political landscape that might have a race between more than two dominant parties.
Re: Trumptards and double standards on sensitivity
Originally posted by carthage
I went to Rebel media today and onto Kathy Griffin's Twitter to see that a bunch of Trump supporters were complaining about her Trump beheading picture. Alt-right/MRAs/Trump supporters seem to have a weird double standard, they call people snowflakes all the time but when you go onto Griffin's twitter they're all butthurt and overly sensitive about the joke. This isn't the first time as if some of you recall the Alt-right were also incensed by the Dear White people Netflix trailersIn short, why do they get a pass calling people snowflakes but then get butthurt about social commentary/jokes from comedians?
See, when I first saw that picture of Kathy Griffin with Trump's bloody head, I thought she was just holding up one of her bloody tampons. It's big enough to be one of hers.
It's like Kathy wants to try to outdo Trumpers in sensitivity because she is going to be giving a press conference today to talk about the "real" meaning of what she did and also talk about the "bullying" from the Trump family towards her.
It's like this is a Special Snowflake-a-thon. Who will take the gold medal?
Originally posted by Henry_Pym
Is the double standard that the left cried about this when it happened to Obama and now it isn't a big deal? Remember when they wanted to label the Tea party a domestic terrorist organization for hanging Obama in effigy.
No one is really defending Griffin's actions, she was fired for her stupid joke, you Alt-Right retard (I know, redundant).
Originally posted by Robtard
No one is really defending Griffin's actions, she was fired for her stupid joke, you Alt-Right retard (I know, redundant).
Well back in 2013, the Left went ABSOLUTELY berserk over a local rodeo clown. The rodeo clown was performing at the Missouri State Fair and he was wearing a mask of then-President Obama with an announcer saying, "We're going to stomp Obama now." The clown replied, "Hey, I know I'm a clown. He's just running around acting like one. Doesn't know he is one." And of course the media went out of their mind as they compared it to a KKK rally. Even the lieutenant governor of Missouri condemned the act and the rodeo clown was fired...even though he'd did the same routine in the passed dressed up as other presidents including George W. Bush.
But now today the same people who demand trigger warnings for anything that might offend anyone; the same people who believe that there is a "rape culture" that pervades America in all aspects of life; the same people who say that President Trump has incentivized a culture of political violence across the land; are largely silent about Griffin's antics. Why? Because political violence is no longer taboo in the United States. It's just another tactic to utilize when useful and denigrate when others engage in it.
That sentiment expresses itself on both sides of the political aisle. When Montana House candidate Greg Gianforte allegedly body-slammed a reporter, prominent conservatives including talk-show host Laura Ingraham demeaned his victim as a wuss and championed Gianforte as a sort of stalwart man's man. When leftists attacked Trump rallies during the 2016 election cycle, the media attempted to paint them as defenders of the common good against Trump himself.
The overused phrase "cycle of violence" is often used by the press to refer to situations in which an aggressor acts violently and somebody defends him. But we've entered an actual cycle in violent political rhetoric, whereby the vileness of the Left provokes a direct response from the Right, and vice versa.
And it's getting worse.
If you spend all day proclaiming that you're in a "civil war" with other Americans, that you're part of the "resistance," it's only a matter of time until you become willing to look the other way at violence itself. If Americans aren't your brothers and sisters, if we disagree, then they will quickly become your enemies. Kathy Griffin may think it's hilarious to hold up a bloody head of the president of the United States, but she's tearing away at the social fabric far more than President Trump. And those who back her play are helping to provoke their enemies to respond in kind.
Jim Carey had her back! I'm sure Bill Maher will bring it up tonight on his show as well.
Apparently she is being investigated by the secret service.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1285364-170602063.html
“I am not afraid of Donald Trump. He is a bully,” Griffin said.
She's certainly correct in that assertion.