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EarlG (21,997 posts)
DU is mentioned in a Reuters article today
Trump blasts his trial judges. Then his fans call for violence
In a review of commenters’ posts on three pro-Trump websites, including the former president’s own Truth Social platform, Reuters documented more than 150 posts since March 1 that called for physical violence against the judges handling three of his highest-profile cases – two state judges in Manhattan and one in Georgia overseeing a criminal case in which Trump is accused of illegally seeking to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Those posts were part of a larger pool of hundreds identified by Reuters that used hostile, menacing and, in some cases, racist or sexualized language to attack the judges, but stopped short of explicitly calling for violence against them.
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A Reuters examination of websites catering to the left revealed dozens of hostile comments attacking the competence and credibility of conservative jurists. The targets include U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who has issued a number of rulings favorable to the former president in his ongoing federal prosecution in Florida for misappropriating classified documents after leaving office. On Democratic Underground, a liberal site, posters have attacked Cannon as “corrupt” and suggested she be tried for espionage.
But a review of comments on those sites did not reveal the sort of violent language that Trump supporters use in their online posts, including suggestions that judges be beaten or killed.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-courts/
I know we're not always perfect, but I'm glad we have standards here, and I appreciate you all for doing your best to stick to them.
https://democraticunderground.com/100218947608
I think PCIntern lives in the Philadelphia area.
The first time you watch the Hammock Guy demanding his right to hammock on a bus you might think he is just an annoying jerk. That was my first impression which is why I have replayed the Hammock Guy's performance. By the second viewing, there is a good chance your antagonism towards the Hammock Guy will change from annoyance to growing admiration along with strong doses of amusement. And the more I watch the Hammock Guy the more I admire him despite my initial impression. Oh, and I also laugh harder each time I watch him defy authority and assert his right to hammock in the bus.
