Entry 2374, on 2024-11-13 at 17:55:14 (Rating 4, Politics)
Summary
Before moving on, I want to discuss the response to Trump’s victory in the US. After Biden's win, Republicans faced criticism for not accepting the results and using violent language. However, similar behavior has appeared among some Democrats after their loss, despite not being highlighted in mainstream media. I've noted various examples of extreme comments and reactions that display irrationality and hate. For instance, some accused Trump supporters of attacking Harris based on her race and gender, which isn't generally true. Others expressed dangerous thoughts online, calling for harm against Trump supporters or even threatening violence and death. Some remarks suggested a dangerous social climate and exemplified hostility, not tolerance. There have been extreme accusations against Trump and violent rhetoric that reflects a lack of rationality. Ultimately, these instances show that some on the left aren't necessarily kinder or more rational.
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Before I move on, I need to make one more post about the Trump victory in the US. When Biden won at the last election, Republican supporters were criticised for their failure to accept the result and for their violent and hateful rhetoric. But we haven't heard of a similar attitude from the Democrats after their defeat, have we? Well, we might not hear about it in the mainstream media, but it's out there, big time!
So I thought I would list a few I have come across (without specifically looking for them). I apologise in advance for some of the language used, and for the irrational, revolting comments made. Here are some examples...
Here's a mild one: "Trump won dirty with lies about the economy, racist and sexist attacks on Harris, and transphobic hate." I don't recall seeing any of that. Everyone (including myself) who criticised Harris did it because she was incoherent, disorganised, and untruthful, not because of her sex or race.
This one is just paranoid. A person posted on TikTok, crying because she thinks she will wake up a slave after Trump won. The delusion is incredible. No one is going to be a slave. I wonder if she knows it was the Republicans who were tha main party behind freeing slaves in the US.
Another post on TikTok contained an insane, unhinged rant against Trump supporters calling them pedos, Nazis, fascists, racists, etc. She says she would kill them (Trump supporters) but they're not worth going to prison over because they're dirt. I suspect this moron would come off second best if she took on most Trump supporters, but despite the hateful rhetoric, hopefully she would never try to carry out the threat.
Here's some advice from an X user: "If you know a maga Republican Nazi, hurt them, punch them, fight them, harm them, make them hurt. It's because they are Nazis they are awful human beings and they deserve to be killed." I always though explicit calls for murder like that were illegal, but there were no consequences for this that I could see.
A woman who thinks her parents voted Trump said: "Take me out of the will. I never want you hear from you again. I don’t feel safe being in a relationship with you." People who disagree with your politics aren't evil (well, some probably are, but not because they disagree with you), they're just people with a different view from you. She should try to be a little bit more tolerant, like the left used to be.
Another unhinged leftist told a Trump supporter: "I want you to find yourself in a Princess Diana car accident." Before that she had approached his server at a restaurant and told them not to serve him. Again, a hateful statement, wishing an political opponent had a fatal accident. This is how "kind" the left has become!
Democratic Party member, AOC worried that Trump might "jail political dissidents or legislative opponents" in his upcoming term. No, that's what the Democrats do to people they disagree with. She seems to have got a bit confused.
Then there are the claims that Trump is not a legitimate president. A young woman encouraged her friends to "seduce Trump voters so that their marriage is destroyed". Looking at some of these people there chances of success with seduction seem slim... which they aren't!
Another said: "If you voted for Trump I hope you can fight (with a threatening gesture)". As I said above, I doubt whether these people could ever carry out their threats of violence, but sometimes even empty threats result in real world consequences.
Another TikTok user (there seem to be a lot of nutty people there) called on women to divorce their husbands, and suggests if they can’t, they should poison them. Presumably she assumes that all men voted Trump, and so death threats are fine.
A person suggested the most effective form of protest was to "put a mask back on", meaning people can't see your face when you do something suspicious, plus you might get better health. I always though that masks were a badge of identity during COVID, more than a genuine health intervention. Maybe this confirms that.
Now we get onto some more troubling behaviour: One young woman (almost all these people were female) appeared on a video, waving a knife around and shouting "f*ck Donald Trump". What happened to all that "joy" Kamala was talking about?
A minor celebrity (I had never heard of) encouraged "Resistance against Trump and Republican policies. First mourn, then fight. Give him hell. Make his presidency impossible." Why not wait to see what he policies he actually implements and resist specific examples which are problematic? This attitude of "if it's Trump, it's evil" is just completely irrational.
A UK politician claimed "Donald Trump is killing thousands of Americans... He has no place in the White House. He's an embarrassment, and he should be ashamed of himself... He's an absolute disgrace." Trump organised the production of the COVID vaccine which (arguably) saved many lives, and no wars started while he was president. How is he "killing thousands"? Maybe thet's Obama you're thinking of.
A young "lady" had trouble accepting the result. She couldn't understand how Trump had won, and was now an election denier. She claimed there was "no way Trump got the f*cking popular vote, the presidency, the house, and senate." As I said in a previous post: so unaware.
I could give you hundreds more examples of deranged rants but this last thing is a sad example of where irrational comments turned into real world violence. A man of 45 killed himself, after also killing his wife and 2 sons, over Trump winning. The media have to take a lot of responsibility for driving people insane.
So never let anyone tell you the left is more fair, kind, rational, or understanding. Many of them are totally feral, unhinged, and totally irrational.
Comment 1 (7772) by Anonymous on 2024-11-15 at 10:46:29:
Do you remember when Trump lost at the previous election how his supporters went even more insane than this? Stop pretending this only affects the Democratic Party supporters.
Comment 2 (7773) by OJB on 2024-11-15 at 11:03:51:
Yes, I did say at that time that, even if you think there was good reason to doubt the result, Trump and his supporters should have just conceded for the good of the country. I fully agree that the extremes on both sides are pretty nutty. But the Dems see themselves as the moderate and reasonable side of politics. Clearly, they aren't.
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