Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.
The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.
In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.
Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.
Oh ffs.
On the other hand:
The fact is, is Trump wins, things will go from ACCEPTABLE to REALLY BAD internationally. From where I'm watching here in Australia, Biden is doing plenty.
**AND DEFINITELY VOTE PEOPLE, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE PLANET. **
Do not listen to these Right-Wing nutjobs who are relying on discouraging people from voting next election.
There's a lot to respond to here. I'll go point by point.
There are so many issues to unpack here. Trump's base is a reactionary, anti-establishment movement, clearly. This should be expected in a society that is ran by and for an elite class.
I'm online quite a bit and I haven't noticed many Trumpers idolizing Putin, but I wouldn't care if they did. It's within their rights. The notion that Putin is trying to overthrow our government is unfounded at best. I have yet to see any credible evidence of Russian interference. This strikes me as a McCarthyism Revival that only seems to work on liberals.
As for the claim of not only a coup, but a second coup: I don't think that a reasonable person believes that an angry mob storming a government building would have a snowballs chance in hell at actually carrying out a coup. This isn't the 17th century. You don't just take over a building today and expect to be able to control the country.
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of what little foreign policy decisions he made. I did like that he pulled out of Syria, however.
Okay? Biden is too. It feels like you're under the impression that I support Trump, which I never claimed to.
Yeah, I agree that Trump is racist and a generic fascist strongman. This isn't a revelation. I assume that the subtext is that Biden isn't a fascist? We'd disagree on that. Biden and Trump certainly have different styles, but they both seem to embrace the deep state and the dictatorship of capital.
I'm not even sure how you got to this thought process. "Whataboutism" has completely lost its meaning at this point. I don't think you appreciate the gravity of our political situation. Politicians work for the ultra wealthy. We don't live in a democracy. They aren't going to do anything that would jeopardize the elites' position in society.
I agree. I like the LGBT community as well.
I it's difficult to draw a line between Trump and Tate directly. I personally think it's a larger reactionary movement in society, and Trump and Tate are symptoms of a larger societal sickness.
No comment here, I'm not familiar with this topic.
Reducing drug prices, especially at the paltry scale Biden negotiated for, is a measly concession that doesn't challenge the underlying power structure of Big Pharma's racketeering. Drug production should be nationalized.
Ah, you're Australian. I was thinking "this person must have been born yesterday" for many of my responses lol. I mean no offense. I can't say that I know another country as well as you the US, even with the corrections I've offered.
Yeah, medical coverage for all should be table-stakes.
I think this was about Hunter Biden? I honestly didn't follow that story too closely. I recall it dealt with the Biden family's racketeering, selling political favors, etc. The court system is highly politicized in this country.
Nepotism is everywhere in our society. We are a far cry from a meritocracy.
The opioid epidemic in the US predated the Fentanyl crisis. The opioid epidemic came from the systemic over-prescription of opioids to treat pain. The industry was aware of the dangers, but ignored them and profited as 500,000 Americans died of overdoses over a couple of decades. Doctors eventually stopped prescribing opioid which caused people to seek opioids off the street, which was far more dangerous, even before fentanyl made its way into the streets.
The great financial crisis can also be attributed to the rise in opioid use as many Americans lost their houses and livelihoods. It was an incredibly dark time for the working class.
The government didn't do anything to help citizens and families who were suffering. The Sackler family owned the main drug company responsible for producing the prescription opioids that killed so many people. They also bribed doctors to prescribe the opioids at a massive scale.
The Sacklers got a slap on the wrist and that was it.
I don't know about this, but it doesn't sound significant, especially considering the amount of oil he allowed to be drilled in Alaska.
EVs make sense in some climates, but they come with their own environmental and socioeconomic problems. The minerals used for batteries are extracted by slaves in Africa and the mining process isn't good for the local ecosystem. I need to read more into this.
IMO this is a case of treating a symptom instead of a root cause. Mass shootings are happening because our society is fragmenting. People are overworked, precarious, and have no access to healthcare or mental healthcare. Fixing healthcare and worker's rights would alleviate the crisis. I'm not even a gun-owner, but I never want to be in a situation where our fascist government has guns and citizens can't own guns.
Allowing for substantial oil-drilling is a funny way of going about this.
He reduced the rate of inflation. He still printed 30% of the US' money supply, which has predictably led to significant inflation.
"Acceptable" is subjective, I suppose. I don't find our government acceptable in the slightest. Anything short of democracy is tyranny.
Please understand that our media companies (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.) are state propaganda. Our elites fall into factions that struggle for political power, which is evident in the ostensible differences between, say, Fox and MSNBC, but both companies are merely propaganda mouthpieces for the ultra-wealthy.
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I hope you don't think I'm right-wing at this point. Notice my username.
Consider: the US Government deserves to be overthrown.
By... Religious facists?
I agree in the most basic way: get wall st power out of government. Buuuut the Republicans are not the way.
Consider that doing so is like a toddler having a temper tantrum.
What are you doing to fix politics? You're not starting a political party, you're not doing anything meaningful, you're not trying to get into office
You don't even have any real suggestions on how to fix things or who should be in charge
Being a keyboard warrior isn't helpful at all if you feel that way.
I do at least the bare minimum, and that is not voting for the parties of capital. That is a bar even liberals, the lowest of the low, can't clear.
Most people aren't (social?) fascists like you though and don't find genocide "ACCEPTABLE"
Unfortunately, facts don't matter to most people. Humans are emotional first. You say a bunch of stuff that clashes with their beliefs and group membership, and you hit a fight or flight response. They're not going to listen because losing group cohesion tells the brain you're going to die alone in the desert.
Think about how you feel when someone contradicts something you're emotionally invested in. Your favorite band sucks. Most people aren't going to calmly evaluate the situation.