Trump's call for a "bloodbath" was literal -- let's not waste time pretending it was ambiguous

[Nevilledog]

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/19/call-for-a-bloodbath-was-literal--lets-not-waste-time-pretending-it-was-ambiguous/

When Donald Trump declared "If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath" during his rally speech in Ohio Saturday, two things were immediately and obviously true: That is a threat, and it's a literal one. No honest person could dispute that just hearing the snippet of the quote, in which Trump articulates, "It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country." Presented in the larger context, there can be zero honest doubt that this is a call for real-world violence.

In the same speech, Trump celebrated the January 6 insurrection at length, calling the people who ransacked the Capitol "unbelievable patriots" for attempting to steal the 2020 election for him. He also underscored the fascist ideology he was espousing by declaring that immigrants are "not people," and sneering, "But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say." One doesn't need a doctorate in history to recognize this blunt dehumanization is typically used to justify genocide and hate crimes. Frankly, most people who stoke racist violence tend to be more subtle than Trump with the dehumanizing rhetoric.

We don't need to guess why Trump is doing this. As with the riot he incited on January 6, he views the threat of MAGA violence as a way to intimidate potential opponents into backing down. I think he's wrong. His threats will make most people more determined to stop him. The one problem, however? Many, if not most, Americans are not hearing about Trump's unsubtle promise to rain more violence down upon the country.

As with Trump's "Mein Kampf" comments or his routine use of Hitler-esque rhetoric accusing immigrants of "poisoning the blood of our country," Trump's violent rhetoric just doesn't seem to break through. The small flurry of political coverage he gets isn't loud or sustained enough to penetrate the blanket of ignorance draped over most voters, who just don't read the news regularly enough to catch these stories. Part of how Trump hides his fascist violence in plain sight is, ironically, by being so relentless with it. He says vile things so regularly that it has been normalized. While most Americans have no idea, it's "old news" to a press that runs on novelty. For them, "Trump is being violent again" has become dog-bites-man stuff.

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. And maybe some or a few republicans are disavowing these sorts of comments or remarks, but I haven't

seen any yet.

Should any violence occur, go grab him and throw him in jail, despite the lack of so-called evidence pointing to him, since he's so careful to not get tagged w/ verbal or written evidence of him telling his thugs to do violence on the rest of us. The only reason any violence occurs is him, for him, etc.

If A says or infers anything, and then B happens, thus A=B.

Throw his damn ass in jail and let him rot in jail, w/o the ability to text or whatever, and work out the kinks in his jail term, or whatever, and put this terrorist away for good. I am tired of his mouth, I am tired of his threats, I am sorry for those that his thugs, at his urging (and no one else (e.g., the root cause of all of the violence to begin w/)) hurt and still are suffering. He still hasn't paid for this crime, claiming that he's immune to rain down death and destruction on fellow Americans because he lost an election.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. tfg obviously has forgotten that his own mother was an immigrant.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

3. There was a WTF thread here on DU, right after dump's "bloodbath" rant w/many posters "trying to set

the record straight" for Dump. - WTF! The posts all had something to do with "it was about the auto industry". And of course the obligatory "we libs are better than this" (God, I hate those).