And rightly so. The consequences of what she said were foreseeable, just as in Trump's case. It is rough justice to have different outcomes when only 1 of the 2 ends in violence, but sometimes, when violence has been done, rough justice must follow.https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1359238637683146758 …
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"Two people played with matches, we only punished the one who actually set an accidental fire" may not be perfect justice, but it is how things often work in the real world.
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Jeremy Bentham is rolling over in his grave. Also Steve Scalise nearly died...
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Yes, and if there had been something preceding that shooting that was more like the 2-month campaign of word & deed that led up to Jan 6, I'd have been willing to abandon my usual presumption that we don't hold politicians responsible for violence by their followers.
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Joe Biden said Republicans want to put black people in chains. Democrats claimed for months that Republicans were putting children in cages. That doesn’t count?
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No. If, say, the shooting had followed Bernie Sanders inviting his followers (including Hodgkinson) to a rally a block from the softball game, told them the Rs were right down the street about to steal democracy, you'd be...part of the way to the same thing.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @BlueBoxDave
Dan, I cannot believe you are willingly ignoring the Whatabout clause of the 12th article of the Constitution
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"Whatabout Maxine Waters" is a fair question to ask about Marjorie Taylor Greene's mouth & whether the next House majority should punish her similarly. But Waters is not a reasonable comparison to Trump.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @BlueBoxDave
I will weep no tears for Maxine Waters if that happens. But as you say, it is irrelevant to the question at hand here.
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