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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVox Suspends Editor For Encouraging Protesters To Riot At Trump Rallies
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By Allegra Kirkland PublishedJune 3, 2016, 3:03 PM EDT
A deputy editor at Vox was suspended Friday after firing off a late night tweetstorm advising Donald Trumps detractors to riot if the presumptive GOP nominee visits their cities.
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The statement did not mention the length of the suspension.
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Rensins dozens of tweets came after the violence that broke out outside a Trump rally in San Jose, California, on Thursday night. He argued that getting into physical altercations with and throwing food at Trump supporters leaving the event were fair responses to a candidate who has repeatedly been labeled a fascist and "existential threat" in the press.
Rensin advised other Trump opponents to carry out similar acts of civil disobedience if he holds rallies or speeches in their hometowns.
Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot, Rensin wrote in one tweet.
Again: You cannot tell people over and over that somebody is an existential threat to them and then be appalled when they act like it, he wrote in another.
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Vox Suspends Editor For Encouraging Protesters To Riot At Trump Rallies (Original Post)
BootinUp
Jun 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. And damned well they should have. Political violence only help those it is raged against.
All they end up being is a promotional video that supports the candidate.
840high
(17,196 posts)2. Good.
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)3. The editor should be facing criminal charges.
romanic
(2,841 posts)4. Vox did something right for once.
*golf clap* Anyone, left or right, who encourages a riot deserves to get called out for being stupid.