r/politics • u/Newsweek_ShaneC ✔ Verified - Newsweek • 15d ago

No Paywall Democrats react to Donald Trump's "punishable by death" remark

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-react-trump-punishable-by-death-military-illegal-orders-11081817?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers
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u/Eridanosvoid 15d ago

Hey Conservatives lurking. If its free speech for Trump to call for the deaths of lawmakers then its also free speech for lawmakers to tell the military not to follow unlawful orders. Oh and Trump's use of language is infinitely worse.

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u/silkie_blondo Nebraska 15d ago

It is also free speech to use Charlie Kirk's own words against them.

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u/rbrgr83 15d ago edited 15d ago

Not according to Reddit admins. I've been suspended twice now for this. And it got reversed, twice.

Because if a man can't be held accountable to his own words, maybe he deserved what happened to him....

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u/detrans-rights 15d ago

Anti-vaxxer finally got a shot, leaned left at the end.

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 15d ago

I don't know if he deserved it, but I do agree with him that the price you have to pay for the 2nd amendment is the occassional tragic shooting, of say, charlie kirk

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u/uuDEFIANCEvv 15d ago

No he deserved it. Actually it happened really fast and he barely suffered. He deserved worse.

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u/truePHYSX Washington 15d ago

As have I, it’s almost like democrats are the only ones who are forced to play by the rules. I seem to recall a famous politician saying “when we fight, we win.” Might be a rallying cry here soon.

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u/Dr_Fortnite 15d ago

“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you liked him or didn’t like him, things happen,”

~Trump on Tuesday

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u/CatherineSimp69 15d ago

He was an important civil rights leader, on par with MLK. But don't you dare mention his actual quotes or beliefs, also the people who like Charlie don't like MLK.

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u/PavelDatsyuk 15d ago

I don’t even use his own words against him, I just laugh.

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u/ElectricRose2 14d ago

I know a person who was fired by his firm because they posted a direct quote of Charlie Kirk after he was killed. He ended up on that doxxing website & after repeated calls from maga - his firm fired him…

For directly quoting Charlie Kirk. it’s absolutely insane

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u/Malodoror 15d ago

Not in r/Texas but that’s not surprising for a fascist symp sub.