Many of Trump’s cabinet picks have been swatted or have received bomb threats. Site:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6kj383k4ko. And Musk has named several people he would like to remove
from the government and now these people find themselves being harassed. Site: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-targets-federal-employees-harassment-doge-1235183987/. And there are the election workers prosecuted
by Giuliani, the parents of the Sandy Hook children and several other.
More or less, I’ve been hearing for years now how one reason the Republican leadership suck up to the MAGA is fear of being physically attacked. They summoned their demon and can’t control it.
Sorry, missed the edit window. Here is my entire post:
Many of Trump’s cabinet picks have been swatted or have received bomb threats. Cite: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6kj383k4ko. Musk has named several people he would like to
remove from the government and now these people find themselves being harassed. Cite: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-targets-federal-employees-harassment-doge-1235183987/. There are the election workers falsely persecuted by Rudy Giuliani, the parents of the Sandy Hook children and so on. It doesn’t seem to matter if you are on the right or left of the political spectrum.
Image that I have had a bad day and I’m doing my grocery shopping with a sour look
on my face. Some fool pulls out his phone, snaps my photo and posts it on twitter with a stupid comment like “Liberal crying that Trump won”. Someone else who I barely know adds a comment: “I’ve seen that guy, his name is X. L. Lent!”. Within a matter of a few hours I’m getting nasty phone calls, threats against me or my family or who knows what else.
Is this our future? Is this what we are turning into?
Yes. We’ve decided to put fascists into power, and that’s how fascists act.
Pretty much. Upvotes and thumbs-ups are shaping minds more than actual substance.
It’s still a lot better than the past. We no longer sentence people to be exposed in the stocks while the public mock them and throw rotten food. That was all legal then. Swatting and harassment are against the law.
Persecuted, not prosecuted.
Thanks Monty. I have updated my last post using the correct word.
The rate of abusive harassment waxes and wanes. It is hard to measure, but I think it is currently waxing.
I wonder if it is too late for government officials with the word climate in their job title to change it. Probably it is, even though I suspect the word climate might not always be needed. Should it be replaced with the phrase “severe weather?”
Before I retired, I liked having a vague job title so I could jump on whatever was most needed. It is a shame that that now may be a necessity.