(06-22-2020, 08:15 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: This is not really a thread in which I wish to participate, but that seems like an odd defense. Praising someone for doing anything is exactly encouragement.

Here's a quote from her tweet: 

Quote:Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID

Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud.

How is that not encouragement? Look, it's one thing to encourage kids to get out there and vote. It's another to encourage them to disrupt processes that affects an opponent's campaign. Only the left has this advantage. No one on the right would be able to do something remotely similar. It's a double standard of the highest order. I know some of you guys don't like Trump, but there needs to be a modicum of decency with regards to the processes we have in place and free speech. This is an area we used to find agreement. 
I think it's telling that now that the left has full control of most institutions, they are doing everything they can to stifle disagreement. It's a preview of what's to come, and AOC represents the worst of it.

Give me a [BLEEP] break. This pales in comparison to the misinformation and data mining by the Trump campaign social media outfit (and their foreign  allies). There was no stifling of disagreement, they just out-trolled the Troll-in-Chief. The rally was first come, first served. Even if 98% of 1 million registrants didn't show up, there would be more than enough to fill the arena. According to the Tulsa FD 6200 people showed up. You can't blame the 12,800 shortfall on a lack of decency on the left. If you think the Left has control over social media, you aren't paying attention.

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