# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/82 "2012-06-07T17:41:18Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > And if you go to the United States, you’ll probably find more violent rhetoric among Republicans than among Democrats. > > This seems unremarkable to me. I agree. And if these claims had been presented as simply “having more” or “having an edge,” I suppose I’d have said nothing. But in previous threads, the claim has been “orders of magnitude” more from the right than from the left. It’s this that I disagree with. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/83 "2012-06-07T17:58:38Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I agree. > > And if these claims had been presented as simply “having more” or “having an edge,” I suppose I’d have said nothing. > > But in previous threads, the claim has been “orders of magnitude” more from the right than from the left. It’s this that I disagree with. There is no possible way you are ever going to prove or disprove this by posting “gotcha ya!” style posts every time some left-winger says something obnoxious. Even if you designed a study with rigorous parameters looking for specific word usage and analyzing which phrases were used more often by Republicans or Democrats, you’d still wind up getting into arguments with people about whether or not your methodology was correct. This is not a winnable debate and IMO it’s kind of a silly thing to get worked up about. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/84 "2012-06-07T18:05:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So what? So what for anything on this messageboard? We’re shooting the shit, to use the violent metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/85 "2012-06-07T18:08:44Z")
Ever notice how when you say “Shoot the shit”, bunch of Republicans duck their heads? Reflex, probably. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/86 "2012-06-07T19:19:09Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > So what for anything on this messageboard? We’re shooting the shit, to use the violent metaphor. I think you missed the target. ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/87 "2012-06-07T19:24:21Z")
> [@Syrio\_Forel](#): > > Well, that’s the “new civility” for you **Bricker**. > > Stay classy, liberal fascists. Aaaaand, a poster supporting **Bricker** is banned within the hour. I guess they were not following board rules. If I were **Bricker** , I’d be embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/88 "2012-06-07T19:30:09Z")
In my opinion, people vent like this a lot. Doesn’t matter if they have a D or and R on their voter registration card. It isn’t surprising. I’m only concerned when the so called leaders of the party make threats, veiled or otherwise, against their opponents. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/89 "2012-06-07T19:47:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Aaaaand, a poster supporting **Bricker** is banned within the hour. I guess they were not following board rules. If I were **Bricker** , I’d be embarrassed. Wait – wasn’t the whole lesson of this that random idiots’ activity cannot be imputed to the causes they support? If I should be embarrassed over this, then you should be embarrassed over the Twitter content. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/90 "2012-06-07T22:27:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Aaaaand, a poster supporting **Bricker** is banned within the hour. I guess they were not following board rules. If I were **Bricker** , I’d be embarrassed. With only one post too, which is rather telling. If I were **Bricker** , I’d be annoyed by the association, not embarrassed. Also, if I were **Bricker** I’d probably be better paid. ---
**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 8, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/91 "2012-06-08T02:53:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Aaaaand, a poster supporting **Bricker** is banned within the hour. I guess they were not following board rules. If I were **Bricker** , I’d be embarrassed. …that the board rules weren’t written to exempt **Bricker** supporters? Honestly, I don’t know where you’re going with this. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/92 "2012-06-08T03:09:24Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I know Bricker has retracted, but it’s worth restating that the online shenanigans of a handful of poorly-educated, poorly-informed lefty anons is \*nothing \*compared to the outright bullshit pulled and/or publicly condoned by right-wing politicians. There is no equivalence to be had, although logic has never stopped Republican pundits from trying. I’m not even sure how many of those people would really even qualify as being “lefty” as opposed to simply people who hate Scott Walker or hate Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/93 "2012-06-08T04:13:12Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Just some examples: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjvyj\_\_P2Ag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjvyj__P2Ag) > Democrat Representative Louise Slaughter claiming that GOP is like Nazis…" Fortunately this [link](http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/30/longtime-white-supremacist-to-serve-on-penn-county-gop-committee/) refutes that silly allegation. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/94 "2012-06-08T06:35:29Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And if these claims had been presented as simply “having more” or “having an edge,” I suppose I’d have said nothing. > > But in previous threads, the claim has been “orders of magnitude” more from the right than from the left. It’s this that I disagree with. So we know it’s more - we’re just debating the price. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/95 "2012-06-08T10:18:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So we know it’s more - we’re just debating the price. ER… Yes. I agree that, if for no other reason that gun rights are a right wing issue, more credible comments about violence come from the right. I don’t agree it’s a landslide. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/96 "2012-06-08T12:55:55Z")
Well, I guess as soon as someone suggests a way to categorize a threat as specifically right-wing or left-wing (I assume someone like Jared Lee Loughner, a schizophrenic, can’t be treated as either, so we’ll have to filter those ones out) and a way to count the number of threats, and a line of demarcation between the merely “more” and “landslide more”, we can begin a serious debate. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/97 "2012-06-08T14:31:37Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, I guess as soon as someone suggests a way to categorize a threat as specifically right-wing or left-wing (I assume someone like Jared Lee Loughner, a schizophrenic, can’t be treated as either, so we’ll have to filter those ones out) and a way to count the number of threats, and a line of demarcation between the merely “more” and “landslide more”, we can begin a serious debate. Well, get busy. I want a draft proposal ready by next week. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/98 "2012-06-08T14:41:25Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > And if you go to the United States, you’ll probably find more violent rhetoric among Republicans than among Democrats. I don’t see how making unproven assertions helps the debate. If you can’t back up what you say, don’t say it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/99 "2012-06-08T15:18:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Well, get busy. I want a draft proposal ready by next week. You know how it is: first you have to apply for the research grant… ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338/100 "2012-06-08T15:36:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And thanks for stopping by. > > I swear, it’s like the Internets can read my mind. Every time I start to toy with the idea of signing up to Twitter - just to follow a few people I’m interested in, mind you - something like this comes along to remind me that the world is full of the sort of illiterate morons I come to this board to avoid. > > So thank, **Bricker**. You’ve saved me from my own folly. Actually Gyrate I enjoy twitter.. i don’t go to trends and all of that shit.. I simply follow the 120 people I find interesting.. (sports, news, a couple of musicians) and leave it at that. The racist tweets concerning the hockey game.. I learned that on Yahoo.. this Gov Walker shit.. I learned it here in the Pit.. Twitter can be as big as you want it to be and vice versa. small.. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-tweets-threaten-gov-walkers-life-family/624338.md?page=4)