FReeper seems to advocate mob violence against Obama

[LBJDemocrat]

I can hardly believe my eyes, but here it is: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170573/posts?page=33#33

It speaks for itself. The thread is about the Deputy Defense Secretary issue.


Edit: Some people here think that I'm exaggerating because the word "lynch" isn't used, but the FReeper's language suggests either a lynching or a violent revolution. Note the winking smiley. Here it is:


"There arent enough real men or real patriots in Congress to impeach him.

This will be a pitchforks and torches event.

;-)

After selecting a blatant tax cheat- a crook, to head the Treasury Dept., absolutely nohing will surprise me about this corrupt administration."

[Muttocracy]

1. contact Secret Service

http://www.secretservice.gov/contact.shtml

[NYC_SKP]

31. Say it ain't so, Joe!

Name change? Awww, I liked JoeIsOneOfUs!!!

I'll try to remember to associate your new name with your great posts of the past. :hi:

:toast:

[Muttocracy]

36. aw, you're the second person making me feel like I shouldn't have but

after Joe the Plumber and Joe LIEberman I wanted rid of the Joe. Plus I don't agree with Biden on everything, and it's just too long.

[NYC_SKP]

37. I like Muttocracy...it's a new day...

But I still get melancholy thinking about some of the threads you started, more than a few giving a heads up to some live coverage and other good ones.

Don't feel bad!.... :pals:

[trumad]

2. I didn't see the word "Lynch".

[LBJDemocrat]

3. Pitchforks and torches?

It has a certain connotation, just like ovens and nooses.

[northernlights]

8. and the phrase gets used on DU

all the time!

[LBJDemocrat]

10. And that winking face means nothing?

Come on, now.

[trumad]

21. Sorry--- not quite the same meaning...

[asdjrocky]

4. I didn't see the word lynch.

We're goint to sound like a bunch of chicken littles if we run to the Secrect Service for everything the freepers say. Most of them are harmless mutants living in their moms basements. Get worked up about the things that really matter.

[Muttocracy]

5. I didn't visit the link (refuse to give them hits) but yeah, shouldn't contact them for nothing. nt

[emilyg]

7. You're right.

[Shiver]

14. The Secret Service investigates all threats made against the President.

[asdjrocky]

16. Yes they do.

And let's all be sure to point out every single nutjob out there. Let's make sure, that is someone every looks at President Obama sideways, that we run to teacher about it.

Gawd, there is real work to be done here.

[Shiver]

23. I want all legitimate threats to be investigated

Is this a legitimate threat? I don't know. But I want the Secret Service to at least be aware of it, and any like him, just on the off-chance.

[asdjrocky]

28. You should read your own sig.

[Shiver]

29. Hmmm

You make an excellent point... I am forgetting one of the principle aspects of Discordianism... "The human race will begin solving it's problems on the day that it ceases taking itself so seriously."

On the other hand, as a Discordian, I am forbidden from believing anything I read... quite the conundrum... I must consult my pineal gland.

[asdjrocky]

30. Shiver, I will discuss things with you anytime you want.

It's a rare thing these days when two people here on DU speak to each other rather than yelling. Thank you for the humorous and thoughtful response.

[Shiver]

32. I don't believe in anger or yelling

It's bad karma. I'm also willing to admit when I may have said something a little rashly, acted impulsively, or was just plain wrong.

And when it comes down to it... I'd rather be funny. :D

[asdjrocky]

33. We are kindred.

No one ever died from the funny.

[Shiver]

34. Unless you count this joke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3zCQzZx68

:rofl:

[asdjrocky]

35. My Gawd, I forgot all about that, and I walked right into it.

Well played.

[jpak]

6. Calling Agent Mike, Calling Agent Mike, Freeptards need your attention on Server X

That is all.

:D

[inthebrain]

9. Why do people even bother reading what those losers have to say?

Their hero is gone and I'm glad not to hear from these idiots.

[pipi_k]

11. some famous torches and pitchforks scenes

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TorchesAndPitchforks


that had nothing to do with racism


the others are right...the word "lynch" isn't used.


OTOH, the use of the term pitchforks and torches makes me think of a bunch of ignoramuses out to kill their own personal "monsters" living in the castle.

[JenniferJuniper]

12. There are threats - veiled and not so veiled - over there all the time.

This one is pretty tame.

[gristy]

13. I don't see any benefit in re-posting that crap here

Call the Secret Service and be done with it. http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml

[LBJDemocrat]

15. To discourage it

If I don't publicize it, they won't learn to stop.

[pipi_k]

18. Well......

Honestly, I really don't think they're going to stop just because you (or a hundred others maybe) are posting that stuff here, but I do support your right to post it here. Mainly for the weird entertainment value...

:7

[inthebrain]

19. How is that going to stop it?

What gets posted here does not affect the real world. Much less the people here or other sites.

Playing key board warrior is a fruitless pursuit.

Besides, I'd rather these asshole keep their uglyness out in the open. It appears since the Obama win they've started to show their true colors. The down side of that is even some Democrats have done the same.

None of it pretty.

I'd rather they speak what they have to say and not be intimidated from being an honest about it.

[cali]

17. dog, we're collectively hypocrites

Do you know how many pitchfork and torches posts there were here about bushy?

[LBJDemocrat]

20. No; actually.

I don't remember them.

[cali]

24. well, there were lots and lots of them.

you're being quite the alarmist here. leave it be. this shit becomes stupid tit for tat, too easily. there is no real threat to President Obama there, at all.

[pipi_k]

22. Thank you...

I was just about to say that same thing myself.

How many DUers got reported to the SS by other DU members for saying the same, or worse, about Bush?

[cali]

25. welcome. this kind of alarmist stuff isn't helpful

and the hypocrisy sucks.

[Abq_Sarah]

43. That's because

Dissent is patriotic. Until your guy is elected, that is. ;)

Seriously, can you imagine freepers protesting anywhere but in front of an abortion clinic? They're just not "take to the streets" type of people.

[Two Americas]

26. role reversal

This is amazing to watch. A little while back, we were talking about torches and pitchforks. Now they are. They were calling us dangerous, now we call them dangerous. They were calling for having us turned over to the authorities, now the shoe is on the other foot. A little while back, they were defending "collateral damage" and "acceptable casualties" and going on about the need to go get those terrorists, whatever it takes. Now people here are. A little while back they were saying that our president knows better than we do, and that we need to support him and not criticize. Now people here are.

[PoiBoy]

27. A pitchfork and torches event..!!

sorry... couldn't resist.. :hi:

[pipi_k]

38. hahahaha....looks like a pitchfork and torches event

for that crowd would be hotdogs on sticks over a pile of burning newspapers



:7

[Jennicut]

39. "Corrupt administration"....ha,ha,ha Bush's was the worst ever

in terms of corruption. These idiots thought Bush would be so much cleaner then Bill Clinton. Laughable, so laughable.

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

40. How about a little fairness?

Clicking the link reveals that this is a comment posted by a blogger in response to a Free Republic article.

Attributing these comments to Free Republic is no less unfair than attributing this comment to DU as a whole.

Assholes will be assholes, but let's blame the source, not their forum.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Yeah, I was just thinking the other day how we just don't appreciate the really good Freepers

It's almost like there's a reason or something, you know?

:crazy: :silly: :crazy:


Edited to add: Freepers should take the next four years off and go back to what they really love; laying down with the beasts in the fields and their closely related kinfolk in sin.

[LiberalPersona]

42. They've been advocating it all during his

campaign, I'm not surprised they still are during his presidency too.

[and-justice-for-all]

44. Send it to the FBI...nt

[mwb970]

45. Um, this is actually kind of moderate for FR.

We talk about pitchforks and torches all the time too, and we're not assassins. The phrase is usually used to mean "make a big public fuss" rather than "kill him". But who knows what's in the heart of a Freeper?