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    MCgrease08

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    With how turbulent things have gotten lately, I think it's time for a thread to discuss and keep tabs on incidents of politically motivated violence or threats of violence.

    These types of incidents tend to come from the fringes of both ends of the political spectrum, but let's face it, lately it seems to be coming overwhelmingly from the left.

    This topic had the potential to get heated or touchy, so let's try and keep things rational as to not cause too much heart burn for the mod staff.

    Here's one to start. A guy in California made what boils down to an assassination attempt on a GOP congressional candidate. He was unsuccessful because he tried to stab the candidate with a presumably cheap or crappy switch blade.

    http://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...rested-after-trying-to-stab-gop-congressional

    September 11, 2018 - 05:50 PM EDT
    Authorities: California man arrested after trying to stab GOP House candidate
    BY MORGAN GSTALTER 120

    A California man was arrested after he allegedly tried to stab a Republican that is running for Congress with a switchblade.

    Law enforcement responded to the possible knife attack around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday at the Castro Valley Fall Festival, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday statement.

    Farzad Fazeli, 35, of Castro Valley, reportedly insulted the GOP and then approached “a political candidate” at his booth in an “aggressive manner,” the statement said.

    The San Francisco Chronicle has identified the candidate as Republican Rudy Peters, a Navy veteran who is running against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) in the state's 15th District.

    Fazeli allegedly pulled out a switchblade-style knife and tried to stab Peters, but the knife malfunctioned.

    There was a “physical struggle” between the two men before Fazeli fled the scene.

    You may recognize the name of the Dem candidate, Swalwell. He's the guy that came out with the "F**k the NRA" campaign ad a few months back.
     
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    MCgrease08

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    Another incident from today in which someone behind a Democratic Socialist account posted a tweet threatening to shoot up a pro Trump rally being held at a DC hotel tonight.

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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...tml?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490
     

    actaeon277

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    Do antifa people ever smile?

    They wear mask. How would we know?
    They say it's to "protect their identity".
    Though, if they had the problems they thought they did, they'd just get shot in job lots.
    Pretty sure Hitler or Stalin wouldn't have been concerned with their "identity".
     

    MCgrease08

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    Wow, this guy's a
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    real doozy. Sure he's just some rando on Twitter, but this type of calls for violence are getting more and more prevelant. I reported these to Twitter and tagged the FBI and Secret Service.

    This is just a small selection of the dozen or so screenshots I took from his account. You can see more here. - https://twitter.com/Vanasdalan/status/1049637059936342017

    Sorry for the massive sreenshots. Just getting them up to Imgur was a pain in the butt. I didn't want to spend the time to resize them all.

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    T.Lex

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    Is this a thread about actual violence or talking about violence? If its the latter, well, yeah, then Twitter links will abound.
     

    printcraft

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    Is this a thread about actual violence or talking about violence? If its the latter, well, yeah, then Twitter links will abound.


    So, do we post older stories or just post from today (October, 9, 2018) forward?
    Because we could fill several pages from 2016 forward pretty easily.
     

    T.Lex

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    Dude was quiet from 2013 - to August 24. (Although, in 2013, he appears to have been a fan of The Voice.)

    What's the over/under on how long before his account is alleged to have been hacked?
     

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    Having been around during the 60s and watched things get ugly, I think most of these unhappy folks are going to remain in cyberspace.
     

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    Is this a thread about actual violence or talking about violence? If its the latter, well, yeah, then Twitter links will abound.

    Depending on what you say online, you can garner some federal attention.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/mis...-accused-of-threatening-federal-judges-2010-3

    The allegations against Turner stemmed from Turner's statements that Posner and Easterbrook, along with their fellow justice William Bauer (Bauer also testified), deserved to be killed for their ruling that upheld a Chicago gun ban.


    Does not seem to be of an altogether different character from what has been said about Justice Kavanaugh in the last view days.
     

    T.Lex

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    Absolutely. Words have meanings, and consequences.

    I thought we already had threads dedicated to people saying/typing attention-getting things, motivated by politics.

    But this thread seemed focused on actions.

    I remember the murder of Lefkow's husband. :(
     

    MCgrease08

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    Why is this guys twitter still up? I thought they had "safeguards" against threats and activity like this?

    Or is that only for one group? Rhetorical.

    https://twitter.com/tommccurdysr

    I reported 10 of his posts this a.m., something that is very rare for me. In 9 years I have only reported 2 other posts, including one directed at Dana Loesch.

    I really have no interest in being the thought or word police, but this guy is so blatantly over the line I felt the need to report it. We'll see if twitter does anything about it.
     
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