I didn’t put words in your mouth. I said how it appears. That’s my opinion
Saying what they did (whether you think it accomplished anything or not) is sedition and talking about punishable by death, all caps, etc, after all the talk months ago about political violence and rhetoric, from the most powerful person on earth with a fanatical following, including about a senator who’s wife was shot in the head at a rally, is wild. And the reason your response made it appear the way it did is you spent 75% of your post talking about the Dems, and sort of ho hum about that wacky Trump going over the top again. It just normalizes it. And it is not normal. It should not become normal.
Anyway, I don’t think you’re a bad person or anything, but you consistently downplay things that Trump or his administration does and try to compare it to things that are just not comparable.
(I have said before I didn’t serve but truly have a great respect for those who did)
it only seems as if I downplay things about trump because you guys get so far out in your criticism of everything Trump does. You (generic) know that he talks in hyperbole - the best, the greatest ever, never been done before - and yet act as if every time he says it he really means it.
It's kind of like when, during the campaign, he said he would get prices down on day 1. Anyone and everyone who has any modicum of intelligence knows, or should know, that a president has no such capability.. Yet, folks get concerned when prices didn't go down on day 1.
Politicians - both parties -say things that have little meaning or reality. You know it, I know it. The border is secured, no undocumented migrants are on Medicare, no undocumented migrants are receiving SNAP, no one unauthorized is voting in elections...we all know these statements are not true, why get upset when a politician says the opposite. They know it's not true too, but it plays well for their voting base.
aaMaybe I was around this stuff for too long and have a jaded opinion of the process. But, I have to admit, when I read Trump's comments about the punishment by death, I knew is was just statement and wasn't/isn't going to happen.
So, you didn't serve, I have no problems with that. But re read my previous post on chain of command.
And, just so you know, you are 100% right in that I'm not a bad guy. I'm a wonderful human being, smart; world traveled; played in politics here and in numerous foreign countries; met Presidents, ministers ,elected officials all over; plus many jobs in the business world., many involving politicians (company I worked for sold munitions and other items of national security not sold "off the shelf").
And, just so you know, not that you don't already, politicians throughout the world say things just like Trump, although not as harshly They all have a base that they have to "feed or keep warm"
So, do you really think that the 6, I believe, will be punished by death? In 2025? come on, that comment does not even warrant conversation. Why make it such an item? Oh, trump should not have said it...trump shouldn't say a lot of things, Why get upset by it?