# Which Party Has the Mobs? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828 "2018-11-01T10:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/61 "2018-11-01T21:04:16Z")
Of course Democrats show the highest potential for creating a mob. Republicans are more geographically dispersed and do not participate in large scale alcoholic binges like the Democratic college mob fodder. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/62 "2018-11-01T21:05:07Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > It’s like you are all monkeys howling and beating your fists at the other tribe of monkeys, in order to build up your sense of superiority enough to attack. And, of course the other tribe of monkeys is doing the exact same thing. > > It is obvious to me that Bernie Sanders does not his supporters shooting at Congressman, that Black Lives Matter leaders don’t want policemen shot, that Democratic leaders don’t want people punching or trying to knife their political opponents, and don’t really approve of having their opponents’ headquarters shot up, etc, etc. > > Similarly, I don’t think Trump wants anybody shooting up synagogues, running over protestors, mailing bombs or any of that shit. > > This is one of these that is not a political problem. It is a human problem. There is a certain percentage of nuts who are going to react violently and stupidly in support of whatever it is that they care about or served as their justification. > > Why on earth would you care which is side is currently in the lead for having the biggest nuts? Why would you stand on this? What will you do if next week somebody on the left commits a bigger and more atrocious act? Will you concede that the right has the moral high ground because they are less violent? > > This kind of thinking is so fucking incredibly stupid it literally makes me ill. > > Why is it that somebody has to be better? Why do there have to be these tribal lines where one side are the good guys and one side are the bad guys? We literally live in the best times there have ever been in perhaps the most free society that has ever existed and we all basically agree on 90-95% of everything. > > The violence is a function of the heightened political rhetoric raising the temperature. The higher the temperature the more violent nut jobs feel justified. > > If you want to be a good guy, if you want to be a good citizen, than you need to lower the temperature. You need to think and say nice things about people you disagree with and force yourself to see them as worthy equals, especially when the disagreement is severe fundamental and felt deeply. > > As a whole we are acting like those two monkey tribes, howling and jeering within our respective groups to build ourselves up and make our opponents look small. > This is supposed to be a message board of critical thinkers. Your just acting like monkeys. Stop it. Rise above your primate instincts. You are not better, more righteous, less violent or anything else. You are just more jabbering monkeys adding to the noise, raising the temperature. > > Lower the temperature. > It’s important. These things get out of hand really fast. A lot of people could get killed. > > In this respect, do not be on the side of the right or the left. Be on the side of those who are trying to focus on the bonds of commslity and who are lowering the temperature of the overheated hyperbole and political rhetoric. “Why are you all so mad that the side I agree with is actively killing people on your side? Why can’t we all just get along?” We’re not talking about nuts - we’re talking about terrorists. Why do you insist on siding with Y’all Qaeda? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/63 "2018-11-01T21:09:33Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I wish Dick Guindon’s cartoons were available on the Web - he had one where a man was telling his wife “I’d be much easier to get along with if you just always did what I want” (or words to that effect). I’ve said for _years_ that the world would be a better place if everyone would just shut the hell up and do what I tell them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/64 "2018-11-01T21:12:56Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Of course Democrats show the highest potential for creating a mob. Republicans are more geographically dispersed and do not participate in large scale alcoholic binges like the Democratic college mob fodder. You really are _aggressively_ fucking stupid, aren’t you? Is the condition painful, or more like your skull is shot full of lidocaine? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/65 "2018-11-01T21:14:34Z")
[Numbers as of July 5, 2018.](https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/) Click and scroll. I’d be curious to see what this would look like from the other side, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/66 "2018-11-01T21:23:43Z")
For those who don’t want to click, the number that Breitbart came up with is 632 “acts of media-approved violence and harassment against trump supporters”, whatever that is, exactly. :rolleyes: If we count every post/writing/interview from just Milo Yannapolis (sp?), Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones and Donald Trump, I bet we get more than 632 of the same, providing anyone can make sense of the category. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/67 "2018-11-01T21:24:31Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > [Numbers as of July 5, 2018.](https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/) Click and scroll. > > I’d be curious to see what this would look like from the other side, as well. Well, first you’d have to find the left-wing equivalent of breitbart, so… good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/68 "2018-11-01T21:25:47Z")
Monkeys and simians, heed my screech! The honest thing to do is admit that the other tribe has some moves that work. Quit being so proud and do a little monkey see, monkey do! If these little rhymes are so persuasive, make our own. What do you think of: Republicans are terrorists, Democrats are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/69 "2018-11-01T21:29:36Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > [Numbers as of July 5, 2018.](https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/) Click and scroll. > > I’d be curious to see what this would look like from the other side, as well. Got anything reputable? I don’t read bullshit from white supremacists. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/70 "2018-11-01T21:30:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You really are _aggressively_ fucking stupid, aren’t you? Is the condition painful, or more like your skull is shot full of lidocaine? See. Not a mob. Just an angry fat guy. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/71 "2018-11-01T21:42:12Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Of course Democrats show the highest potential for creating a mob. … Potential mobs. They sound scary. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > … Republicans are more geographically dispersed and do not participate in large scale alcoholic binges like the … Kentucky Derby or any Nascar- hell any racing- event. Dumbfuck. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/72 "2018-11-01T21:49:03Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Of course Democrats show the highest potential for creating a mob. Republicans are more geographically dispersed and do not participate in large scale alcoholic binges like the Democratic college mob fodder. Proof the Tea Party didn’t exist and was a fabrication of the Conservative Media. After all, if the Republicans are too geographically isolated to come together in a mob, they can’t come together with teabags on their hats to protest [del]Black people in office[/del] taxes which aren’t that high, historically speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/73 "2018-11-01T21:53:29Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Got anything reputable? I don’t read bullshit from white supremacists. Well, then, you might as well put magellan01 on ignore. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/74 "2018-11-01T21:57:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Potential mobs. They sound scary. You have to wear rubber-soled shoes around them. They’re always looking for a path, you just don’t want it to be through you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/75 "2018-11-01T22:01:24Z")
I was just thinking to myself about how long Scylla was going to last. Then he goes and quits on us because we use facts and he doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/76 "2018-11-01T22:20:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Madmonk…or mad **monkey**??! Shit, this is all your fault! I wish I could believe it was. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/77 "2018-11-01T22:31:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Potential mobs. They sound scary. This isn’t the first time a republican has had a hard time distinguishing between potential things and real things - it comes up in the abortion debate all the time. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/78 "2018-11-01T22:35:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Potential mobs. They sound scary. > > Kentucky Derby or any Nascar- hell any racing- event. > Dumbfuck. Oh ok. So when Republicans get drunk, they behave like civilized individuals and don’t burn cars. Thanks for the correction, bud. > [@Derleth](#): > > Proof the Tea Party didn’t exist and was a fabrication of the Conservative Media. > > After all, if the Republicans are too geographically isolated to come together in a mob, they can’t come together with teabags on their hats to protest [del]Black people in office[/del] taxes which aren’t that high, historically speaking. Smedium political rallies are not mobs. Throngs of drunken vandals and rock-throwers are mobs. Real deal modern mobs are manifested in densely populated areas. College post-game celebrations, urban riots, and urban “protests” are the key sources of mobbery in recent American history. Please point to a recent specific event in which a Republican mob formed. Let’s say we go back 10-20 years. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/79 "2018-11-01T22:36:45Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > This isn’t the first time a republican has had a hard time distinguishing between potential things and real things - it comes up in the abortion debate all the time. Hmm. I identified it as a potential thing, so how did I fail to distinguish. Please send smarter party hacks. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828/80 "2018-11-01T22:43:19Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Please point to a recent specific event in which a Republican mob formed. Let’s say we go back 10-20 years. Seems there was a little disturbance in Charlottesville a year back or so. You might have heard about it. And anyone who believes all college students are Democrats has obviously never been in a fraternity. They’ve even been known to get drunk occasionally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828.md?page=5)