Gretna police officer suggests U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'needs a round'

Oborosen said:

Seeing would be believing in this case, and seeing as all we have are postulation at this point. Arguing about it would be a fruitless endeavor.

Because I can say just as much about the right. They'd on the whole be willing to agree that someone should be punished for actually breaking the law. Not just because they said something that hurt the other's collective feelings.

I'm not going to say that a majority of the left, actually endorse illegal behavior. But the issue simply being, that the most vocal of the majority tend to do so willingly.

Who are the ones that end up being seen the most in all of this. It's a stupid little game, all things considered.

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I think we all, left and right and in between, excuse or explain away bad behavior of our allies or presumed allies and are quick to accuse the other side of supporting that behavior by their allies. There are presumably apologists for antifa's actions and apparent philosophy (if you can call it that) and those who defend Trump's calls for violence by his supporters and government officials, but in general both sides distance themselves from that stuff.

Oborosen said:

Actually I wasn't the one who stared mentioning race.

I don't care what the man said, so long as it wasn't a direct threat, or a call to action against her. He was well within the law on this and shouldn't face punishment legally.

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I did not see any attempt to punish him legally. Did any prosecutor file charges against him?

Nickyjo said:

I think we all, left and right and in between, excuse or explain away bad behavior of our allies or presumed allies and are quick to accuse the other side of supporting that behavior by their allies. There are presumably apologists for antifa's actions and apparent philosophy (if you can call it that) and those who defend Trump's calls for violence by his supporters and government officials, but in general both sides distance themselves from that stuff.

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I've heard of the claims that Trump has made calls to violence. Though every time I ask to see the evidence for this, it's usually made up events that never happened, or it's him talking to his own supporters during a rally. That they should not hold back in defending themselves.

On the left, I've seen more than enough crap go around twitter, and even Facebook. Calling for people to take action against Trump, and the government itself. Antifa does so repeatable and receives support, while even keeping it's social media accounts untouched by moderators.

This recent attack against the ICE detention facility, the attack on Andy Ngo, and going all the way back to people getting stabbed with ice picks, and bashed over the head with bike locks. They've not fallen short on support.
Everyone to normal civilians to CNN workers have done as such. It's one of the reason I left the democratic party in 2016, because they outwardly supported such things as it helped to push their agenda.

pamak said:

I did not see any attempt to punish him legally. Did any prosecutor file charges against him?

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Not that I know of, though saying that someone should simply lose their job because they said something ugly, and not even racist in this account.

Is a pretty horrible stance to take on someone's speech.

Oborosen said:

Not that I know of, though saying that someone should simply lose their job because they said something ugly, and not even racist in this account.

Is a pretty horrible stance to take on someone's speech.

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Still, as long as there is no prosecution, it means that the consequence is not about a legal punishment. And no, it is important to have such people removed from a law enforcement job when they make comments that betray the public trust. If a person who carries a gun in his job says "stupid things" about people deserving a bullet, he should be removed!

pamak said:

Still, as long as there is no prosecution, it means that the consequence is not about a legal punishment. And no, it is important to have such people removed from a law enforcement job when they make comments that betray the public trust. If a person who carries a gun in his job says "stupid things" about people deserving a bullet, he should be removed!

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Good, I can understand that reasoning perfectly well. Now such a standard needs to be applied evenly to all actors.