Friday, March 11, 2016

Ashley Parker, Riskiest Political Act of 2016? Protesting at Rallies for Donald Trump

Ashley Parker, Riskiest Political Act of 2016? Protesting at Rallies for Donald Trump:

Despite pre-event disclaimers urging peaceable conduct, Mr. Trump’s tone often seems to encourage aggression. The candidate has berated security guards for not ejecting protesters quickly enough.

Last year, he suggested that a man wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt who was beaten and kicked may have deserved it. In February, as a protester was being removed from an event in Las Vegas, Mr. Trump said, “I’d like to punch him in the face.” And in Fayetteville on Wednesday, as people kept interrupting him, Mr. Trump lamented the “good old days” when, he said, protesters would have been treated more harshly.

Indeed, the disruptions have become as much a fixture of Trump rallies as the chants to “build the wall” and promises to “make America great again” — so routine that aides prepare for them, the candidate anticipates them and his crowds are instructed in how to handle them.

‘Make America white again!’

Closer and closer to outright fascist behavior.



from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/140854722417

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