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In a review of commenters posts on three pro-Trump websites, including the former presidents own Truth Social platform, Reuters documented more than 150 posts since March 1 that called for physical violence against the judges handling three of his highest-profile cases two state judges in Manhattan and one in Georgia overseeing a criminal case in which Trump is accused of illegally seeking to overturn the states 2020 election results.
Those posts were part of a larger pool of hundreds identified by Reuters that used hostile, menacing and, in some cases, racist or sexualized language to attack the judges, but stopped short of explicitly calling for violence against them.
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A Reuters examination of websites catering to the left revealed dozens of hostile comments attacking the competence and credibility of conservative jurists. The targets include U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who has issued a number of rulings favorable to the former president in his ongoing federal prosecution in Florida for misappropriating classified documents after leaving office. On Democratic Underground, a liberal site, posters have attacked Cannon as corrupt and suggested she be tried for espionage.
But a review of comments on those sites did not reveal the sort of violent language that Trump supporters use in their online posts, including suggestions that judges be beaten or killed.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-courts/
I know we're not always perfect, but I'm glad we have standards here, and I appreciate you all for doing your best to stick to them.
ms liberty
(8,665 posts)But corrupt and should be tried for espionage is actually pretty tame, comparatively
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)Right the worse stuff we say here is damn tame compared to Magas.
rpannier
(24,368 posts)Technically I can argue it's not promoting violence as they have done it safely in circus' and carnivals for many years
madaboutharry
(40,254 posts)once told me that I was her favorite grandchild. I responded Grandma, the bar is low.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)Poor grandma. A smart ass in every crowd.
unblock
(52,677 posts)I tell her she's my favorite wife and that actually means something
(my second marriage, her first)
Beartracks
(12,869 posts)==================
NBachers
(17,236 posts)PatSeg
(48,010 posts)2naSalit
(87,331 posts)The divide in values and morality between a political party and a cultish faction. DU is the one place where I feel like there's a sense of fairness and a lack of violence among comments and have access to a wide range of information.
Congrats, EarlG, you're holding the reigns to a good thing and it's getting favorable notice.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)A sad commentary on societal norms.
mountain grammy
(26,723 posts)Nah.
Celerity
(44,136 posts)mountain grammy
(26,723 posts)and I see "Do you ever think the 2016 election might have been rigged?"
well, duhhhhhhhhhhhh....
I was in DC on 1/21/2017 along with a million of my best friends. My sign said "Putin is president now" we listened to speech after speech after speech, none promoted violence, but I wasn't the only one advocating to bash heads.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)At least my cussing.
mountain grammy
(26,723 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)You don't want to hear all the bad words I know.
And when we were posted overseas we learned all the foreign bad words too.
I can cuss in a number of languages.
mountain grammy
(26,723 posts)That is such an important attribute 🤣🤣🤣. I pretty much have to stick with Yiddish. 🙄
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)My family is multicultural with Jewish close family.
I think Yiddish is the best in terms of how it sounds, the tone and body language.
They put their whole body and heart into it.
mountain grammy
(26,723 posts)niyad
(114,401 posts)"Dear heart, I swear in six languages, and I haven't even started yet." Dead silence. . .
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)A few years ago there was a Japanese family living in my neighborhood.
The father was a chemist in a Japanese owned company here in the US.
I was good friends with the wife.
Their little boy was a real pistol and one day he started cussing out his mother in Japanese.
He did it clearly because he thought I would not understand what he was doing.
But for four yeas as a child (military kid) I had lived in Japan and one of their territories.
I understood every single word he said.
I admonished him for his bad language. I was tired of him pushing his mother around.
He didn't pull that stunt again and he was careful about what he said in both English and Japanese
in front of me.
soldierant
(7,052 posts)and when their son was about five, his grandmother asked him if he wanted to learn Japanese. He was excited, and the first thing he wanted to learn was "God damn." She said there was no way to say that in Japanese (at least not exactly that, - I have no doubt actual Japanese words are many and colorful.) He responded, "Well, what the hell good is it then?" and that was the end of that.
When he told me the story I said, "well, there'll never be any question about his paternity."
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)Oh yes there are some very good Japanese cuss words that I remember to this day.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,380 posts)Fuck it, Nurse!
niyad
(114,401 posts)Thank you, EarlG, for all you do to keep this a safe, sane sanctuary.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(1,398 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)With one tied behind their backs and in their sleep.
Superb teams at work on DU.
niyad
(114,401 posts)Tom of Temecula
(1,398 posts)It is too bad Reuters didn't ask you for a comment, Earl. It would have been a great opportunity to draw a comparison between those of us concerned about the parlous state of our democracy and the violent knuckleheads who are trying to destroy it.
EarlG
(22,052 posts)Which is fair enough, since it wouldn't have added much, but for the record I said:
"While our forum rules allow for plenty of heated rhetoric, we draw the line at overt calls to violence, and Democratic Underground members are expected to follow that standard both when posting and when participating in our community moderation system. Like most Democrats, from the rank-and-file all the way up to the leaders of the party, we believe that political differences should ultimately be resolved through the exchange of ideas and the democratic process, not through acts of violence."
It was a brief, but polite and professional exchange with the article's author.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)It is remarkable that this even has to be said. But here we are.
In a political environment where violence is becoming the political norm.
I would love for Biden's campaign to issue a similar statement.
KS Toronado
(17,659 posts)Points right at the big difference between the 2 parties. Does Reuters lean left or right?
OldBaldy1701E
(5,276 posts)llmart
(15,593 posts)Articulate and intelligent and the truth.
3catwoman3
(24,226 posts)They should have used it.
Orrex
(63,358 posts)Gosh-darn restrictions!
niyad
(114,401 posts)Orrex
(63,358 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,540 posts)KS Toronado
(17,659 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,734 posts)Thanks for the thread EarlG
gab13by13
(21,734 posts)but I'm pretty sure I may have called for Cannon to be tried under the Espionage Act, not explicitly for espionage.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)I was going to try and find out.
Yes Eileen Cannot is a traitor.
BumRushDaShow
(130,943 posts)Interesting to see who monitors here though.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)Yes MIRT is up to whatever is thrown at DU.
ismnotwasm
(42,050 posts)gab13by13
(21,734 posts)I posted that I heard on Stephanie Miller that when the stolen documents trial is over that Cannon should be prosecuted under the Espionage Act.
Heard it on Stephanie Miller.
question everything
(47,721 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)As an example of DU's most extreme rhetoric.
Which is clearly not violent and within societal norms.
I know you are out there sometimes, but so I am I.
Either go big or go home.
70sEraVet
(3,604 posts)'pro-Trump' sites, DU is described as a 'liberal' site -- among a group of websites "catering to the left".
We are not dedicated to the propping up of a particular leader. We support Joe Biden, but we are dedicated to the democratic ideals of the Democratic party (and of those Independents that stand with the Democrats)!
AllaN01Bear
(19,284 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)We admire and respect our leaders, but we are not going to follow them blindly off a cliff.
AllaN01Bear
(19,284 posts)rec.
Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)We are not wimps and can fight back hard when needed.
But we draw hard lines on violence and law breaking.
wolfie001
(2,391 posts)GB_RN
(2,497 posts)😂
A quote from science fiction author (and writer of multiple Star Trek episodes, including The Trouble With Tribbles), David Gerrold and his alter ego, Solomon Short:
Stupidity isnt necessarily punishable by violence, although there are days I wish it was.
A very similar line from Laurell K. Hamilton Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.
dweller
(23,793 posts)✌🏻
a kennedy
(29,934 posts)bigtree
(86,099 posts)...all due to our community terms and the decency of our posters.
Goddessartist
(1,989 posts)and thank you EarlG!
I liked your response they didn't publish.
flying_wahini
(6,798 posts)Trolls will come.
H2O Man
(73,862 posts)Orrex
(63,358 posts)A wish that I repeat here, for the record.
Jimbo S
(2,961 posts)I have the same thoughts as you. Death due to natural causes, from poor diet and lack of exercise.
Orrex
(63,358 posts)Letting nature take its course,etc.
Sigh. Always a bridesmaid.
niyad
(114,401 posts)the same as advocating violence. Not even if I want to sell tickets!
Orrex
(63,358 posts)FSogol
(45,649 posts)Orrex
(63,358 posts)Go plaque!
ecstatic
(32,862 posts)Wednesdays
(17,598 posts)Even regarding Cannon. I'm glad DU keeps that standard.
Ping Tung
(873 posts)TeamProg
(6,535 posts)Informed
Leftish
Non-violent
Anti-fascist
Believe that no one is above the law.
Congratulations DU! Another feather in your cap.
kimbutgar
(21,364 posts)Because we might see an increase now in right winger trolls.
Hekate
(91,353 posts)MIRT is on the job just look them up and let them know.
Voltaire2
(13,500 posts)niyad
(114,401 posts)IronLionZion
(45,786 posts)yep, sounds accurate.
SpankMe
(2,990 posts)...and have to serve the rest of her career in traffic court.
niyad
(114,401 posts)was working for. She is not even competent for traffic court.
SpankMe
(2,990 posts)I guess I was being too charitable about her competency. (I can be pretty forgiving when I'm high on coffee and scones.)
I think there are a few Zoomba dance studios in South Florida that could use her massive talent.
niyad
(114,401 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,753 posts)though how we combat the current crop of right wing anger bots I have no idea.
Hekate
(91,353 posts)Renew Deal
(81,939 posts)But it's good to that they didn't find any particularly ridiculous comments other than the espionage one.
gab13by13
(21,734 posts)Why Cannon shouldnt be prosecuted under the Espionage Act.
It sure looks like some of our foreign assets came up missing, after TSF got his hands on classified documents and judge Cannon is aiding and abetting him.
tavernier
(12,479 posts)some nut with a hammer would be stalking her husband.
Paul Pelosi can testify to that.
Baitball Blogger
(46,867 posts)Certainly she should be disbarred, but to get there we would have to prove she's part of some plan to trump the legal system for trump.
gab13by13
(21,734 posts)She should be tried under the Espionage Act.
Im sure there are a few retired. Republican judges who agree.
Baitball Blogger
(46,867 posts)First time I heard of it. Maybe a DUer can start a thread to explain how that would work.
Think. Again.
(9,419 posts)...and that while mature discussion and consideration of all sides to any topic is always a good thing, bashing and snide, petty remarks to someone who disagrees with you is just giving the rightwingers what they want... a sense of "Democrats in Disarray"
This coming election is too important to scare off possible Blue voters.
niyad
(114,401 posts)lurkers, or even agent mikey (hi, mikey!).
Think. Again.
(9,419 posts)My post wasn't talking about rightwingers, besides, they're already here.
niyad
(114,401 posts)is why I responded as I did.
Think. Again.
(9,419 posts)...and your response makes perfect sense.
I responded to you too quickly and was only thinking about the hope of winning over fence-sitters, youth, etc.
Again, my apologies.
niyad
(114,401 posts)markodochartaigh
(1,226 posts)Judge Cannon is not a typical Republican judge anymore than judge Kacsmaryk. Conflating old-style Republican judges with maga-style Republican judges seems to me like conflating a Maltese with an attack-trained pit bull. Personally, I wish that the distinction was ALWAYS made between Eisenhower/Schwarzenegger/Pete Wilson corporate Republicans and the maga (or maga supporting) Republicans.
The old-style corporate Republicans are no friend of labor and no friend of the progressive policies that we need to advance the living conditions of the poor and working class, but they were USUALLY on the side of democracy.
Maga is authoritarian and not on the side of democracy.
I think that at this critical juncture there is no single more important point, and yet, the point is either ignored or simply not understood. If the US loses our democracy one quarter of our electorate will cheer and probably one third won't care, but equally appalling, probably three quarters will have no idea what happened or how it happened.
MiHale
(9,854 posts)Its really not that hard to be nice.
Ilsa
(61,722 posts)Vinca
(50,375 posts)cbabe
(3,612 posts)Phil Ochs/love me Im a liberal
https://m.
underpants
(183,315 posts)It calls for legal proceedings and not even throw her in jail for espionage or anything like that. A charge, a trial, etc.
Hekate
(91,353 posts)Irish_Dem
(49,286 posts)And it was not violent, threatening, or inappropriate.
It recommended that action be taken within the legal system.
This was the point.
duhneece
(4,143 posts)That is high praise. What we all give and take on DU will have ripples of factual information, informed opinions, civil discussions far beyond us and these times.
I love my DU family.. for almost 21 years-long enough for a newborn to become a full fledged adult.
Hekate
(91,353 posts)Even on our worst and least-civil days, we try to maintain .
SarahD
(1,439 posts)Many keyboard warrior incels out there will spend the effort to post inflamatory things. You might wonder why they would take the trouble to qualify, but they have nothing else to do. Most of them will out themselves pretty quickly, but there might be a few who are subtle enough to escape notice for a while.
NBachers
(17,236 posts)was all about.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,811 posts)Republicans seek chaos and vengeance; Democrats seek to make things better.
Only one side works to manufacture obstacles to voting.
Only one side works to take long-held rights from people.
Only one side contrives to suppress entire blocs of voters.
Only one side bans books that threaten their extreme ideology.
Only one side buys up and hollows out local media to extend their propaganda.
Only one side uses bullying and terroristic threats to intimidate election workers, prosecutors, teachers, and court staff.
Only one side tirelessly tries to defund and dismantle public education.
Only one side robs the poor to feed the insatiable greed of the obscenely wealthy.
Kennah
(14,403 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,249 posts)She shoul to should she?
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,249 posts)She should to Should she?
Well, the standard was set a long time ago by DU founders!
niyad
(114,401 posts)liberalla
(9,307 posts)rhetorically
Cha
(298,659 posts)to Save But We Have Boundaries!
TY, EarlG
Elessar Zappa
(14,208 posts)applegrove
(119,216 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,740 posts)prodigitalson
(2,506 posts)ecstatic
(32,862 posts)Cannon is corrupt.
We support law and order and right-wingers / magats don't.
Judge Cannon is corrupt.
WarGamer
(12,615 posts)"Agent Mike" knocked on Skinner's door once upon a time...
nolabear
(42,024 posts)Be aware and alert on any posts that do cross that line. We arent savages here.