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riversedge

(70,246 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2024, 11:10 PM Apr 15

Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), just tweeted that people inconvenienced by demonstrators should "take matters into your own hands."



A United States senator, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), just tweeted that people inconvenienced by demonstrators should “take matters into your own hands.”

A few minutes later the tweet was edited.









https:/twitter..com/DonnaEdwards5/status/1780056246038516137






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Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), just tweeted that people inconvenienced by demonstrators should "take matters into your own hands." (Original Post) riversedge Apr 15 OP
"Throwing them off the bridge into the water" would be murder/homicide, FYI. RockRaven Apr 15 #1
He seems to have very broad support all around. n/t Marcus IM Apr 15 #2
This isn't Cuba under Castro. BannonsLiver Apr 16 #22
Please provide these facts of protestors. Marcus IM Apr 16 #24
"These facts of protestors" BannonsLiver Apr 16 #25
Nope. No mention of machined gunned protestors buried in mass graves Marcus IM Apr 16 #32
So you don't believe Human Rights Watch either? BannonsLiver Apr 16 #33
I'll avoid the sarcasm since it appears to be lost in the language differences BannonsLiver Apr 16 #34
My hero? Oh please. Stop attacking and trolling me. You know nothing about me. Please stop. Marcus IM Apr 16 #35
Certainly, the Republican Party has the support of the protesters. yardwork Apr 16 #29
What d'ya s'pose people inconvenienced by Tom Cotton should do? lastlib Apr 15 #3
Not very lawyerly of Tom Cotton. Frasier Balzov Apr 16 #4
Uh. Yeah. Look. Takket Apr 16 #5
Tom Cotton seems to not understand one thing... jmowreader Apr 16 #6
what a total worthless piece of shit gopiscrap Apr 16 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 16 #9
I wouldn't be surprised if someone intentionally run over the protestors sakabatou Apr 16 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 16 #11
I believe that the ACLU calls them "hit and kill bills" - now legal in some states after the death of Heather Heyer Rhiannon12866 Apr 16 #12
I didn't know that LeftInTX Apr 16 #13
I learned about that in Mary Trump's second book Rhiannon12866 Apr 16 #14
hmm.... bdamomma Apr 16 #23
Are they a problem in Arkansas? LeftInTX Apr 16 #10
He is a coward who wouldn't do squat. I wish US laws were stronger on inciting violence. gembaby1 Apr 16 #15
Right ActRaiser Apr 16 #18
What is the difference between these asshats blocking the bridge bottomofthehill Apr 16 #16
Christy was engaged in political corruption. Voltaire2 Apr 16 #30
Cotton is one miserable old SOB Blue Idaho Apr 16 #17
A cry for traction. Kid Berwyn Apr 16 #19
You know the really sick this about this Takket Apr 16 #20
you see where this is leading mnmoderatedem Apr 16 #21
wait are you saying that Cotton meant this 'metaphorically'? Voltaire2 Apr 16 #28
Just yesterday read someone here suggesting cutting arms or legs and not chains. WarGamer Apr 16 #26
They desperately want a civil war. Voltaire2 Apr 16 #27
I'll keep that in mind if I'm dying of cancer and am held up by a Nazi protest. brewens Apr 16 #31

BannonsLiver

(16,398 posts)
22. This isn't Cuba under Castro.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 11:54 AM
Apr 16

These protesters won’t have hoods placed over their heads and shot for their political opposition to Dear Leader like Fidel and Co. did back in the day.

Marcus IM

(2,212 posts)
24. Please provide these facts of protestors.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:11 PM
Apr 16

Otherwise I'll take your comment for what it's worth, like many other uninformed and preposterous claims you've made about Cuba.

BannonsLiver

(16,398 posts)
25. "These facts of protestors"
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:21 PM
Apr 16

I’m not sure what that is supposed to mean, but are you saying they have been kidnapped and machined gun and buried in mass graves like Castro did in the utopia of Cuba? I don’t think that happened.

It did happen in Cuba though. Here’s the noted western imperialist organization Human Rights Watch outlining it all.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/11/26/cuba-fidel-castros-record-repression



Marcus IM

(2,212 posts)
32. Nope. No mention of machined gunned protestors buried in mass graves
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 01:54 PM
Apr 16

As per usual, your over the top fabulation like "western imperialist organization" is useless.

But, thanks for the link.

Marcus IM

(2,212 posts)
35. My hero? Oh please. Stop attacking and trolling me. You know nothing about me. Please stop.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 02:35 PM
Apr 16

Plus, you know nothing about Cuba.

Now, please leave me alone.

yardwork

(61,661 posts)
29. Certainly, the Republican Party has the support of the protesters.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:25 PM
Apr 16

The more they encourage people not to vote for Joe Biden, the more likely they make it that Republicans will have complete control.

And then all protests will stop.

lastlib

(23,251 posts)
3. What d'ya s'pose people inconvenienced by Tom Cotton should do?
Mon Apr 15, 2024, 11:32 PM
Apr 15

If we're inconvenienced by demonstrators, could we just throw Tom Cotton into the river and scare the demonstrators?
(I know, that's a terrible thing to do to fish........)

Takket

(21,581 posts)
5. Uh. Yeah. Look.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:18 AM
Apr 16

Regardless of how you feel about this type of protest I think we can all agree that we shouldn’t murder people for blocking traffic.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
6. Tom Cotton seems to not understand one thing...
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:34 AM
Apr 16

Too much "taking matters into your own hands" will cause the protesters to start taking matters into THEIR own hands...which will, eventually, start the civil war the GOP seems to dream of.

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
7. what a total worthless piece of shit
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:50 AM
Apr 16

he has no redeeming value, but then again neither does any other conservative or republican

Response to gopiscrap (Reply #7)

sakabatou

(42,159 posts)
8. I wouldn't be surprised if someone intentionally run over the protestors
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 01:02 AM
Apr 16

with the perpetrator saying, "Tom Cotton said I should take it into my own hands."

Response to sakabatou (Reply #8)

Rhiannon12866

(205,552 posts)
12. I believe that the ACLU calls them "hit and kill bills" - now legal in some states after the death of Heather Heyer
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 02:13 AM
Apr 16

During the protest of neo-nazis marching in Charlottesville.

bottomofthehill

(8,335 posts)
16. What is the difference between these asshats blocking the bridge
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 02:55 AM
Apr 16

And that enormous asshat Governor Christy and his team blocking traffic at the GW. Hint, nothing. They are both assholes.

Voltaire2

(13,078 posts)
30. Christy was engaged in political corruption.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:28 PM
Apr 16

He used government resources to block the bridge for his political gain. That was a corrupt act. Hint: political protests and government corruption are not the same.

Takket

(21,581 posts)
20. You know the really sick this about this
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 08:20 AM
Apr 16

If you kill someone and say Tom Cotton told you to, he will suffer NO repercussions. You will bear the full repercussions of that killing yourself.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
21. you see where this is leading
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 10:15 AM
Apr 16

someone will take it literally, severely injure or perhaps kill someone, go to prison for their crime, and Cotton will suffer no repercussion.

A la trump and Jan 6.

Voltaire2

(13,078 posts)
28. wait are you saying that Cotton meant this 'metaphorically'?
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:24 PM
Apr 16

I thought we reserved that level of bullshit for explaining away biblical horrors.

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