Subj : Re: "Cultural Terrorism" To : Aaron Thomas From : Jeff Thiele Date : Fri Nov 04 2022 23:31:48 On 05 Nov 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following... AT> JT> AT> He's a mentally ill illegal immigrant. Have any sane, American AT> JT> AT> "conservatives" done any political violence lately? AT> JT> Are you perhaps forgetting about 1/6/21? AT> It's been almost 2 years. What else? That is relatively recent, historically speaking. But we have national elections every two years, so you shouldn't have to wait long. AT> JT> Pelosi's attacker was indeed an illegal immigrant (a Canadian who AT> You say "indeed" like you know for sure. Neither of us know for sure. AT> We're just parroting stuff we heard on TV. I haven't seen his passport. AT> Have you? His identity is known, as is his country of origin and his means of entering the US. You would know that if you consulted real news sources. AT> JT> mentally ill is debatable. Is someone who subscribes to unsubstantiat AT> JT> conspiracy theories despite the evidence presented to them mentally i AT> Honestly, that is not a factor. Doctors don't ask questions about AT> "subscriptions." The "subscriptions" in this case are belief systems. But you knew that. You're just trying to dodge the question because you don't like the answer. AT> JT> Whether or not he is mentally ill, politicians and other people makin AT> JT> publicly-accessible statements need to acknowledge that there are AT> JT> mentally ill people out there who could take their rhetoric literally AT> JT> There's absolutely no need for that kind of rhetoric in our society, AT> JT> except to get people riled up and primed for violence. AT> That's why you should tell Joe to suck it for telling people "if ya take AT> the vaccine you won't get covid." Mentally ill people might take that AT> old cracker seriously and end up suing. No, it isn't. Biden's statement, while inaccurate, is not an example of violent rhetoric. But you knew that. You just can't find any examples of Democrats utilizing violent rhetoric. Jeff. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32) * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26) .