# Murdering reporters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 29, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973 "2018-06-29T03:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/41 "2018-07-02T04:27:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cafe Press is selling a t shirt that advocates the lynching of reporters. > [https://www.cafepress.com/mf/111668790/rope-tree-journalist-some-assembly-requ\_tshirt?productId=174945352](https://www.cafepress.com/mf/111668790/rope-tree-journalist-some-assembly-requ_tshirt?productId=174945352) Not just tees. [For the little deplorable in your house.](https://www.cafepress.com/+rope_tree_journalist_some_assembly_req_baby_hat,174945264) Actually they only show the last part of their slogan, so possibly it’s only a disturbing comment about the baby. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/42 "2018-07-02T04:33:36Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > and the press LETS him get away with it. How so? The press challenges his lies\*, he doubles down, his tribe cheers louder, he gets more adoration. It’s pointless for the media to feed the frenzy further - especially when there’s a new lie to repudiate. \*I’m not one who advocates the press using that term routinely. It’s unprofessional and just eggs him on. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/43 "2018-07-02T05:29:05Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > Not just tees. [For the little deplorable in your house.](https://www.cafepress.com/+rope_tree_journalist_some_assembly_req_baby_hat,174945264) > > Actually they only show the last part of their slogan, so possibly it’s only a disturbing comment about the baby. Both your and **Rick Kitchen’s** links go to a generic Cafe Press page, no specific merchandise shown. Think the kill reporters stuff got scrubbed? What exactly did it say? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/44 "2018-07-02T05:34:20Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Both your and **Rick Kitchen’s** links go to a generic Cafe Press page, no specific merchandise shown. Think the kill reporters stuff got scrubbed? What exactly did it say? Still working for me. It says: ‘Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required’. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/45 "2018-07-02T05:41:39Z")
And amplifying information suggests that the design was submitted last December. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/46 "2018-07-02T05:43:18Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Still working for me. > > It says: ‘Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required’. Ugh. Couldn’t find it on CafePress. Googled the phrase and found a story about Walmart pulling from their stores after complaints, a few months ago. Also found it offered for sale at Teepublic. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/47 "2018-07-02T06:27:05Z")
I saw it. I’m not sure if I can report it and get it pulled. I’m _far_ more bothered by that shirt than I would be by shirts (or bumper stickers) threatening to lynch a politician. As obnoxious as it is to casually threaten the life of a sitting politician, being a potential target is something I’ve come to see as a fair price for power. Maybe that’s wrong of me. Attacking journalists as a class is a whole other level of evil. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/48 "2018-07-02T16:23:54Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Attacking journalists as a class is a whole other level of evil. Whether the people advocating it have thought it through or not, attacking journalists is an attempt to render the people deaf and blind. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/49 "2018-07-02T18:07:48Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Whether the people advocating it have thought it through or not, attacking journalists is an attempt to render the people deaf and blind. And stupid, don’t ever forget stupid. Which ties in with the “Education” department’s initiative to gut public education, with a special focus on critical thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/50 "2018-07-02T19:00:46Z")
I contacted CafePress and they washed their hands of the whole thing and said they’re not responsible and don’t plan to do anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/51 "2018-07-02T21:22:45Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Never expected to see a comment like this from Bricker. But it is true. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/52 "2018-07-03T12:16:27Z")
Headline says pretty much everything: [Annapolis Mayor Says President Trump Denied Lowering Flags to Honor Capital Gazette Victims](http://time.com/5328851/annapolis-mayor-president-trump-capital-gazette-shooting-victims/). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/53 "2018-07-03T15:04:30Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Headline says pretty much everything: > [Annapolis Mayor Says President Trump Denied Lowering Flags to Honor Capital Gazette Victims](http://time.com/5328851/annapolis-mayor-president-trump-capital-gazette-shooting-victims/). Apparently not everything. [https://www.google.com/amp/www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ac-can-white-house-flag-half-staff-20180703-story,amp.html](https://www.google.com/amp/www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ac-can-white-house-flag-half-staff-20180703-story,amp.html) ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/54 "2018-07-03T15:22:52Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Dana is making the deep philosophical point that if somebody gets curb-stomped, nobody suggests banning curbs. Hey, the only way to stop an NRA member with a curb is a good guy with a curb. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/55 "2018-07-03T16:52:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Apparently not everything. Fair enough. It seems that it was just a short delay so they could do everything strictly by the book as trump administration is wont to do. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/56 "2018-07-03T17:55:47Z")
FTR, Cafepress has removed the offensive shirts even though they told me they would not. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/57 "2018-07-03T18:13:45Z")
Good. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973/58 "2018-07-03T19:05:37Z")
Seeing my previous post I think it’s snark was pretty invisible. So: not one second I believe that trump initially had any intentions to let flags to be lowered. Somebody on his staff saw how it would be seen by the public and made it happen. Then WH made up their usual lies. ( Also as a European I can’t open Loach’s link, but googling told what it probably says ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973.md?page=2)