Posted on 03/12/2016 2:45:46 PM PST by cornelis
Watch it for yourself. Only idiots, like the old man that sucker punched the protester, or people with Trump derangement syndrome can honestly watch that and think Trump was calling for violence.
Trump described the man as having been punching and screaming. That is highly relevant, to the point of being lying by omission to leave it out. Trump was lamenting that the other side is violent and expressing his frustration. Not calling for violence out of the blue because he was annoyed at being interrupted.
Giving details on what a provoked person does, and leaving out what provoked them in order to make the person look like an aggressor is complete and utter B.S.
>> it would be ludicrous to say that because there are tyrants and idiots out there, Trump gets a pass <<
Well, the old “two wrongs make a right” rationale has been rather common among many of FR’s Trump supporters over the last eight or so months.
Therefore, you may find yourself being flamed for implying that the reigning system of “Trumpistic Logic” is ludicrous.
The thug was being escorted out, and the old guy had absolutely no business throwing a sucker punch. He wasn't defending anybody at that point, the thug was under control. And the talk of having to kill him if he came back was over the top. I think the old guy is a bit deranged, and needs some mental help maybe. The other Trump supporters behaved themselves. Trump behaved himself. The only people out of line were the thugs and this old mental case.
It’s the head on the beer. We will be sober come November, I think.
The principle "Two wrongs make a right" is not a good defense for doing something wrong. However wrong action is context sensitive. Its wrong to tackle somebody--usually. Its not wrong to tackle them in some situations, and obvious example is if they are shooting innocent people in a theater. It is wrong to say "I'd like to punch him" out of the blue, or especially in the hopes that somebody will take that as their queue to punch someone. But it is reasonable to admit that "I'd like to punch him" if you are expressing a sincere frustration after watching somebody punching innocent people and smirking about it with pride. Just to clarify, in such a case if Trump had said "Somebody punch him"...it would be totally different. But he said it like an admission of how he felt, and the context was clear if you watch his comments on video (unless the video was edited to hide it).
Leaving off the context of what provoked or inspired action in order make something which is not wrong sound wrong...is wrong. And pointing out that the old Trump supporter who threw the punch was wrong does not make it right.
There are three wrongs here:
That guy that threw the punch was way in the wrong.
The thugs who attack and disrupt and throw punches at Trump supporters are way in the wrong.
The people who slander Trump by taking what he says out of context to make it seem like he is promoting violence or even worse has violence coming are way in the wrong (and in the latter point ironically hypocritical).
All told, that makes three wrongs--and indeed it still does not add up to a right.
Well put.
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