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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115476: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:15:10 PM

I feel like this is only going to get worse with time.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#115477: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:15:24 PM

Like with all the mass shootings, I've become desensitized to hearing the things Trump's followers have done.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115478: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:16:04 PM

By the way, if the OP is gonna be stickied, can it please be updated to the current election?

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#115479: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:16:24 PM

The more of a bad image he gets the more likely it is he'll be blocked from the nomination.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#115480: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:16:44 PM

Yeah, I was gonna mention that.

I sorta like the idea but I'm so certain it fits.

Oh really when?
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#115481: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:16:56 PM

It looks like there's a chance the header might be Accidentally Accurate this year too.

Shawnsummer7 Since: Jan, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#115482: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:32:16 PM

I find the protests justified, although this decade is looking more and more like the 1960s in my opinion. Anyone else notice the similarities?

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#115483: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:47:18 PM

[up] Where are all the hippies?

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#115484: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:49:17 PM

Speaking of Trump rallies, I understand he canceled an appearance here in Cincinnati for this Sunday, in favor for one in Illinois.

A curious decision, to say the least - isn't Ohio a critical state for him? You'd think that he'd want to spend as much time here as possible, unless he's considers Cincinnati a sure thing one way or the other?

Oh God! Natural light!
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#115485: Mar 11th 2016 at 7:50:08 PM

So, what's all this mischigotz about Trump mean?

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#115486: Mar 11th 2016 at 8:02:45 PM

Hello President Trump. Art of the Deal replaces the Bible as most well read book in history. Trump stumps everyone. "You're Fired" becomes the new way of see you later/goodbye. America becomes great again. Anyone not white is lynched.

You know, the usual.

Shawnsummer7 Since: Jan, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#115487: Mar 11th 2016 at 8:04:00 PM

[up] [up] Basically instead of just one protester for Trump to toss away there had to be thousands there who are angry with Trump, disrupting the event in the process. It was like an organized thing. No one was hurt but the event was canceled out of fear of the situation getting worse.

They appeared to be Bernie supporters, they were chanting "Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!" after the rally was canceled.

Just wait for the conventions.

edited 11th Mar '16 8:05:47 PM by Shawnsummer7

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#115489: Mar 11th 2016 at 8:16:07 PM

Has anyone considered the possibility that the whole thing might have been staged? I wouldn't put it past Trump to pull a publicity stunt like that.

edited 11th Mar '16 8:16:27 PM by pwiegle

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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Shawnsummer7 Since: Jan, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#115491: Mar 11th 2016 at 8:33:56 PM

Trump wouldn't stage anything that would make him look "weak" in the eyes of his supporters.

[up][up][up] It would seem so [lol]

edited 11th Mar '16 8:40:00 PM by Shawnsummer7

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#115492: Mar 11th 2016 at 8:45:43 PM

Just read the CNN article, and went near apoplectic when I read this bit.

Trump also blamed the media for what he saw as an overinflation of the evening's problems. And he said most incidents involving protesters are tame and in control, saying that he has been "very mild" with those who disrupt his events and that his events are gatherings of "great love" that are interrupted by unruly, violent people. Trump, however, did say he hoped "my tone is not that of causing violence."

This coming from the man who, back in November, opined on whether a protester should have been roughed up. His supporters picked up on the rather obvious subtext of that statement, and he hasn't done jack shit to denounce any of it.

And more recently, he brought a pair up on stage that had ripped a sign away from a protester to publicly thank them and let them say a few words. And most recently, he's defended his supporters throwing punches because the protesters are obviously "bad dudes and have done bad things", and "These are people that punch, these are people that are violent people!"

And yet the facts are arrayed against him, especially considering the most recent (as of my typing this) reported incident where a protester, already being led out by security, got sucker-punched in the mouth by a supporter who later told Inside Edition that he'd happily do it again and that "Next time we might have to kill him".

edited 11th Mar '16 8:50:51 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#115493: Mar 11th 2016 at 9:02:02 PM

[up] Trump supporters are American Nazis.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115494: Mar 11th 2016 at 11:11:19 PM

Trump talks with really small words and simple sentences. Sometimes you get the impression he's talking to children... or morons.

Thought I might bring this up on the new shooting (ugh):

edited 11th Mar '16 11:32:12 PM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#115495: Mar 12th 2016 at 12:04:57 AM

How possible is that someone will be killed (or there will be a riot?) during an election rally this Election Campiagn?

Keep Rolling On
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#115496: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:11:07 AM

I'd be shocked if it hadn't happened already.

As for the Trump rally, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that once Trump saw that his rally woudl be overshadowed by a counter protest he cancelled to rally and claimed that it was over "security concerns"., thus regaining control of the narrative.

It's just like when he quit the one Republican debate, instead of turning up and loosing he loudly didn't turn up and got control over the narrative.

edited 12th Mar '16 1:11:31 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#115498: Mar 12th 2016 at 2:58:09 AM

[up] **** Trump. Most of my favourite video games are from Japan, sushi is tasty, and there is some Anime I enjoy too!

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#115499: Mar 12th 2016 at 3:26:05 AM

Not to mention without Japan we have no ability to project any serious power in Pacific.

Which means Russia and China get free run of the place.

Oh really when?
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#115500: Mar 12th 2016 at 4:14:09 AM

[up] Which Trump won't mind. He'd probably let Hawaii, Alaska and Guam go as well.

Keep Rolling On

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