(August 7, 2018 at 4:44 pm)Aroura Wrote:(August 7, 2018 at 12:26 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Personally, I do not know of any prominent conservatives agitating protesters or liberal public figures that have been intimidated publically, or notable conservative pundits defending such behavior. Maybe some of the more left-leaning AF members could provide some examples to further the conversation.
My friend, you really are out of touch. You think harassing people is a one sided political behavior? You could easily find it if you bothered to even look. I mean, I'm aware that liberals also engage in terrible behavior. What kind of bubble do you live in where you do not see the other side?
See conservatives harassing actress Kelly Marie Tran off of twitter with their anti-SJW diatribes and telling her to kill herself (and then defending the diatribes by saying, hey, she never said that was why she quit twitter! As if that was a defense of being a bullying asshole).
Jesse Waters of Fox News regularly harassed numerous writers at HuffPo. Even ambushing them.
See Trump himself harassing every famous liberal who has ever spoken publicly about their dislike of him. Even mildly.
Jeesus, basically EVERY conservative pundit right now that defends Trump, is defending someone who regularly harasses and bullies those of his political opposition.
+1
Harrassment spews from both ends of the political spectrum. Pretending that it only comes from one side is disingenuous.
Most of us regular citizens don't condone or encourage harassment, even when it's from the political side that we identify with. I get out there and march in left-leaning protests, etc but I've publicly rebuked extremist behavior from the political left.
On an interesting side note - Smithsonian Magazine did a story about "The Schoolgirls Who Shattered Segregation" in the American south in the 60s. I was surprised that one of the girls said when she was in elementary school when Kennedy was assassinated, many in her (mostly white) school were happy because they resented that Kennedy sent in federal troops to enforce desegregation.
Think about that - citizens with views that were so entrenched against the president that they were happy he was killed. And this was 55 years ago.
So, Neo, the issues you raise aren't all that new.
-Teresa
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