# Angry Tweets Threaten Gov Walker's Life, Family **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338 "2012-06-07T00:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/21 "2012-06-07T01:32:09Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Hmmm. > > Well, maybe this is literally manufactured outrage. If so, I certainly withdraw the claim. I’ve tried that format for four or five more of the names listed, and none exist. That’ll teach me to believe a single source. I still contend that violent imagery and threats are not limited to the right. But this is not the proof of that claim, because ethos evidence seems to be completely made up. I apologize. Please disregard. ETA: even if the accounts are suspended, and the tweets are real, I have come to believe this is weak sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/22 "2012-06-07T01:34:50Z")
No, google the usernames. There are or were twitter accounts linked to those names. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/23 "2012-06-07T01:44:37Z")
That were _all_ banned in the last 12 hours? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/24 "2012-06-07T01:48:28Z")
It’s not the crime; it’s the coverup. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/25 "2012-06-07T01:49:44Z")
“Angry tweets.” Heh. “Angry tweets.” Hee hee. I’m sorry, I want to stay on topic. I don’t think anyone should threaten anyone else over political opinions. I _definitely_ don’t think birds should knock down his house. “Angry tweets.” Hahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/26 "2012-06-07T02:10:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That were _all_ banned in the last 12 hours? I didn’t say that, no. There are or were accounts. Some of them are still there. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/27 "2012-06-07T02:10:47Z")
Perhaps they’re referring to shooting a “walker”, instead of Walker. Zombie killers instead of haters. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/28 "2012-06-07T02:16:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, that fifth guy only wants to shoot him in the leg. That seems pretty reasonable, to me. Yes and “Tj Fucked Yo Bitch” isn’t expressed any homicidal intent. It’s possible that his tweets of _“AND If Scott Walker Got A Wife Imma Fuck Her Face—”_ and _“NBS I Know What School Scott Walker Son Go To—”_ are his clumsily articulated way of saying he admires Governor Walker’s wonderful family and wishes he was in a similar situation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/29 "2012-06-07T02:19:41Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > I didn’t say that, no. There are or were accounts. Some of them are still there. I thought somebody had said upthread that none of them worked, sorry. I just tried the last half-dozen, though, and they either didn’t exist or the quoted tweets did not appear in their feed. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/30 "2012-06-07T02:19:46Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I’ve tried that format for four or five more of the names listed, and none exist. > > That’ll teach me to believe a single source. > > I still contend that violent imagery and threats are not limited to the right. But this is not the proof of that claim, because ethos evidence seems to be completely made up. > > I apologize. Please disregard. > > ETA: even if the accounts are suspended, and the tweets are real, I have come to believe this is weak sauce. Those people just deleted their accounts when they started to get all the negative feedback. The same thing happened when a black hockey player from the Washington Capitols scored a goal to eliminate the Boston Bruins from the playoffs. [Twitter was full of racist tweets.](http://espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/7858832/2012-stanley-cup-playoffs-joel-ward-washington-capitals-not-letting-racist-tweets-ruin-biggest-goal) It is weak sauce, though. Twitter is full of dumbasses and stuff like this is to be expected. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/31 "2012-06-07T02:41:13Z")
I hereby state that I do not condone the sentiment behind these tweets. And just in case, I also do not condone sentiment expressed in…well, _any_ Youtube comments that may also be made. ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/32 "2012-06-07T02:50:15Z")
I’ve heard that threats against the POTUS went up about 4 times as soon as Obama took office. I’m not saying right-wingers _in general_ are more violent; they’re not. Look at Stalin and Mao. However, the right wing in the USA is waaaay more dangerously violent than the left wing. Who owns guns more? Conservatives. Who has a general fascination with and near worship of all things military? Conservatives, generally speaking. It’s just not even close. Bricker, why don’t you just give up? Who on earth do you think you’re convincing? There are enough smart, well-informed, unbiased people here to make your efforts to spam conservatism completely useless. Aren’t there some video games you can play? Maybe there’s a crusty conservative lawyer message board somewhere you can go participate in, or something. The SDMB isn’t buying your schtick. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/33 "2012-06-07T02:56:09Z")
I thought we learned in the robocalling thread that if something appears to have been perpetrated by one side, it’s obviously a big scam perpetrated by the other side to make the first side look bad…? ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/34 "2012-06-07T02:59:57Z")
I was actually able to find about 5 or 6 (I didn’t check all of them) - and with the exception of one they appeared to be teenagers in high school. The thing I found most interesting about these carefully harvested selections is that they are almost without exception written in ‘ebonics’ … I wonder why _that_ might be. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/35 "2012-06-07T03:07:49Z")
Since the threatening Tweets are being [investigated by law enforcement](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/police-investigating-death-threats-gov-scott-walker-recall-victory-article-1.1090894), it would not surprise me if Twitter removed the offending tweets or twitter accounts as soon as they became aware there was a legal issue pending. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/36 "2012-06-07T03:16:54Z")
Another lame gotcha attempt. Give it up already. Remember that **Bricker** is considered the smart conservative here, And then consider what that tells you about conservatism in general. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/37 "2012-06-07T03:17:07Z")
Judging by the number and tone of the tweets, I’d say Walker’s approval ratings are rising. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/38 "2012-06-07T03:20:33Z")
Is this a cheep knockoff of the “Angry Birds” game for the iPod? “Angry Tweets”. Ha! In other news, jerks are still jerks. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/39 "2012-06-07T03:24:54Z")
I’m more upset that TJ fucked my bitch. I shouldn’t have had to find out this way. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/40 "2012-06-07T03:29:09Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Remember that **Bricker** is considered the smart conservative here, And then consider what that tells you about conservatism in general. His willingness and ability to consider (and **admit!** ) that upon review they may not be 100% legit earns him major points in my book. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338.md?page=3)