Posted on 06/08/2016 7:00:46 PM PDT by jazusamo
A writer for the Huffington Post is defending his recent op-ed that "a violent response” is the “logical” approach to stopping presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Jesse Benn wrote in the op-ed titled “Sorry Liberals, A Violent Response To Trump Is As Logical As Any,” posted on Monday, “[T]here’s an inherent value in forestalling Trump’s normalization. Violent resistance accomplishes this.”
"These denunciations of violence from anti-Trump protestors rest on the misguided view that the divide Trump’s exposed is a typical political disagreement between partisans, and should be handled as such.," he wrote. "This couldn’t be further from the truth. Trump might not be a fascist in the 20th century European sense of the term—though many of his supporters are—but he might represent its 21st century US version."
"Violent resistance matters. Riots can lead to major change," Benn wrote. "It’s not liberal politicians or masses that historians identify as the spark underlying the modern movement for LGBTQ equality. Nor was it a think piece from some smarmy liberal writer. It was the people who took to the streets during the Stonewall Uprising."
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Is this a threat against the Republican Nominee, Donald J Trump? Should the SS be contacting this person who is suggesting physical harm against Trump?
“My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.” — Ps 120:6-7 KJV
Inciting others to commit felony crimes is also a felony.
Subverting/conspiring to subvert the democratic political processes of the united states is also a felony.
They need to be arrested.
Don’t worry...the dept of injustice will get right on it.
These sorts of idiots have always been out there, but in the old days they wore sandwich boards and ranted at passers by on the street corner.
What’s worth raising an eyebrow over is the Huffington Post giving this sort of incendiary rant the stamp of approval by allowing it on their website.
If I may don my tinfoil beanie, I’d almost say it looks like the the left side of the Uniparty is getting ready to unleash the thugs, and the right side will claim that it’s proof that racist Trump is so unacceptable to an element of our fair citizenry that he must be replaced as the nominee for our own safety.
It’s going to be an interesting Summer.
Jesse Benn must go to the pen. No compromise.
With the crap that Benn is saying, he should run for president in 2024. Haha. Let’s see if this crap he says on HuffPo gets him anywhere. What a shame. I’m not a fan of violence, but if Mr. Benn wants this, I fear for this country. I worry if this country can survive by now and 2024. If anarchists want revolution, they’ll get it.
Best. Election. Ever.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander!
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“Well Michele Fields can show them how to do fake violence, like yanking yourself to the floor and stuff.”
And if Michelle Fields can’t, her boy toy Ben Shapiro can instruct them.
To quote the Magic Mulatto: “If they bring a knife, you bring a gun”. Get in their face and don’t back down.
This whole summer will be sad. Olympics will be boring as hell (Zika virus-no one is watching). I rather go to Japan for the summer than to see the hell that will be on the streets this August and it’s only June 8.
Yep. We now know how our forefathers felt.
I’d bet Jesse Benn would run like a rabbit in real life.
What’s the old saying - what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If violence is to be condoned against Trump, then violence should be condoned against SWMNBN.
I am inclined to support your way of thinking !!
Before the HuffPost writers start up a violent resistance, they had better take into account who they are up against. Lots of gun owners
"Spineless twits like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are destroying our country."
Spineless twits like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are have destroying have destroyed our country.
Fixed it for ya'
People need to face up to the fact that the state of affairs in this nation is such that we have to get down to the bare metal to get America back.
If she’s from HuffCr*p, I KNOW she’s lying.
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