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Does Trump incite violence?

In April he tweeted "Free Michigan"
In October he said militant groups should "stand by".

Irresponsible wording at best.

Now we see a poll indicating that Americans are twice as likely to be unopposed to violence as their means of gaining political domination as was the case a year ago.

And the FBI uncovered a paramilitary plot to kidnap Michigan's governor. Breaking news.

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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

You can easily tell who has been indoctrinated by the MSM and left wing propaganda. They all regurgitate the same narrative and talking points.

The worst is how they assume everyone thinks and believes the same things they do. Then they get shocked and appalled that someone could believe things they've been trained to believe are unacceptable, racist, sexist, violent, and offensive.

SW-User

@SumKindaMunster And so where is your evidence that these people have been indoctrinated by the MSM and left-wing propaganda?

Or is that what you choose to believe? If so, you're as "indoctrinated" as they are.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SW-User Why its right here in this post snarly. See how she assumes that what she posts is true and shared by everyone? Even though its just her opinion?And how she provides contrived, one sided evidence culled directly from the MSM to support her position?

[quote]Or is that what you choose to believe? If so, you're as "indoctrinated" as they are.[/quote]

That's always a possibility...one distinction I can make is that I accept that I could be absolutely indoctrinated and everything I believe is false...but I accept and know that about myself, where as you and others like you can't accept that you might be wrong and you are being lied to....

SW-User

@SumKindaMunster [quote]In April he tweeted "Free Michigan"
In October he said militant groups should "stand by".
[/quote] This is not her opinion. It's fact. Unless Trump's Twitter account was taken over. It would explain a lot... But it is irresponsible wording at best.

You can argue about the poll.

But the FBI did uncover a plot to kidnap the Governor.

Or are you saying that everything the MSM tells you is false (especially if it paints Trump in a bad light). I doubt that. That would mean that MSM around the world are ALL in cahoots with each other, working together to promote false narratives.

Nope, they're in it to make money just like everyone else and are in competition with each other. Therefore they are essentially independent sources all coming to (roughly) the same viewpoint.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SW-User [quote]This is not her opinion. It's fact. Unless Trump's Twitter account was taken over. It would explain a lot... But it is irresponsible wording at best.
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It's her opinion that those tweets influenced others to act. Considering it "irresponsible" is opinion as well.

[quote]Or are you saying that everything the MSM tells you is false (especially if it paints Trump in a bad light). I doubt that. That would mean that MSM around the world are ALL in cahoots with each other, working together to promote false narratives.[/quote]

I'm not saying everything they say is false. I used the word "narrative". They use misdirection, and highlight certain issues, words, phrases and report on the same issues. While I wouldn't use the word "in cahoots" it is very VERY obvious they promote the same narrative.

[quote]Nope, they're in it to make money just like everyone else and are in competition with each other. Therefore they are essentially independent sources all coming to (roughly) the same viewpoint.
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The same viewpoint...yeah that's what I am saying, the same narrative, the same worldview, the same focus on the peccadilloes and issues that the left cares about, framing them in a way to promote the same worldview, the same narrative. The absolutely do this, you don't see it because you agree with it, and have been indoctrinated by it.

By doing that, they make their product palatable to you and like minded individuals and they can sell you their narrative along with all the ads they promote with it!

SW-User

@SumKindaMunster But not all MSM has the same narrative. They're not all left-leaning by any means. I may be Irish but I live in the UK, and the two most popular papers - the Sun and the Daily Mail - are right-wing. All media has an agenda; they skew facts to greater or lesser extent to appeal to their base. I think the best you can do is watch and read reputable papers and news channels that nonetheless have conflicting viewpoints. You would need MSM to do this so that you can avoid the rabid right and left-wingers on both sides.

Also, no one, NO ONE in this world is capable of being completely objective. We ALL have our biases. I have bias because I am a passionate environmentalist, and what angers me the most is that the environment has become a political issue, particularly under Trump, who wields enormous power. That's why I can't stand his politics. It shouldn't be like this. We are all HUMAN, we are ALL people on the planet, and ALL interdependent. The environment should not be something separate from us – we are ALL in the environment. It is [i]where we live[/i].