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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHannity: 'This Country Is Headed Towards a Civil War' If Mueller Hits His 'Big Red Button'
From Mediaite...and keep in mind that Hannity spent part of Easter weekend with Trump, having dinner with him Friday night and playing golf with him Saturday, so he probably told Trump he'd be pushing this crazy "civil war" line:
https://www.mediaite.com/online/hannity-this-country-is-headed-towards-a-civil-war-if-mueller-hits-his-big-red-button/
During his radio program this afternoon, Hannity warned listeners that a civil war could tear this country apart if Special Counsel Robert Mueller decides to go after Trump.
This country is headed towards a civil war in terms of two sides that are just hating each other and if Robert Mueller wants, theres a big red button in the middle of the table, he exclaimed. And if Robert Mueller is so pompous and so arrogant and so power hungry and so corrupt that hes going to hit the red button and hes going to ignite a battle that weve not seen in this country before.
Hannity continued, You think its, and Im not talking about a war, Im talking about, in terms of, theres going to be two sides of this that are fighting and dividing this country at a level weve never seen and youre going to basically have two sides in America, those that stand for truth and those that literally buy into the corrupt Deep State attacks against a duly elected president and thats what its going to be.
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Audio at the link.
Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)And then spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week convincing said crazy people that the other side is coming to take them away. It's going to be a shit show!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)They call it a "soft coup". A few talk very tough.
James Woods has been saying similar things.
But for Hannity to push it on national tv is treasonous. If there is blood it will be on his and Woods' hands and head as much as anyone else's.
Armed insurrection is not a valid response to legally created entities that conduct investigations ethically and reach conclusions based on facts.
We'll be arranging neck-tie parties, and to paraphrase National Treasure: "Someone has got to provide the neck, Ben."
20 posted on 2017-02-19, 8:53:28 PM by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3526929/posts?page=20#20
99 posted on 2017-08-03, 6:10:01 PM by TalBlack
If the DEMONRATS want CIVIL WAR by trying to remove Trump, THEY WILL GET ONE. AND A BIG, BEAUTIFUL AND BLOODY CIVIL WAR.
87 posted on 2017-08-03, 6:02:01 PM by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)1) When I searched for "inciting civil disobedience" I got links to a case in Angola.
2) Seditious speech is protected in the USA:
Hannity has included enough weasel words to avoid it on the basis of not "imminent" and not "likely to produce such action" (even if he is one of many encouraging it).
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)Insanity will spew hate but he will be missing in action in his little "war".
He wants the "Peons" to revolt, he wouldn't know which end of a gun to point with.
Isn't there a law against inciting a riot?.
kairos12
(12,861 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)Even if it's only nearly a homophone.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)dumbest thing I have ever viewed
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)But I'm afraid they'll take it as a challenge.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Which means Hillary Clinton should be President and tRump in jail. Except Hannity will push propaganda for the opposite of the truth if it means more power and money for him and his cronies. Power over Party over Country is their modus operandi.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)is a primary agitator.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)sfwriter
(3,032 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)orangecrush
(19,556 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)seen in this country before." The fight for civil rights was brutal. Young people were murdered. The leader was murdered and yet the battle continued. Has it been a perfect victory? No, but we have come a long ways and Hannity knows this. He just wishes we didn't.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Volaris
(10,271 posts)These dumb fuckers wanna have an armed protest because some people in this country think Christmas as a holiday has evolved beyond White Jesus.
Some of these lunatics actually went ahead and staged an armed occupation because they thought the Federal Government shouldn't get to OWN THINGS.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)He seems immune from any consequences for his fascist propaganda.
hedda_foil
(16,374 posts)blake2012
(1,294 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)cilla4progress
(24,733 posts)A threat?
Duppers
(28,120 posts)And call for a civil war over the airwaves. Isn't that calling for the overthrow of the gov't, hence treason?
He needs to be fired before it becomes ingrained in the RW idiots' brains.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Sad part is, most of them have never been in the military because they are chicken shits just like trump. The ones of us that have served and have seen combat don't care for draft dodgers and those chicken shits. We took and oath and we will allow that bunch to even attempt to do anything. The first time they fire a shot, will be their last. I'll do my part to make sure that it is.
Comatose Sphagetti
(836 posts)opining about the ease of defeating presumably unarmed "city people" in some imagined future conflict. I imagined the sentiment was similar during the Civil War and wrote this fictional letter, featuring "Confederate Pvt. Calvin Dobson, April 14, 1861, two days after the start of the Civil War:"
(Read to the tune of Ashokan Farewell, Ken Burns' Civil War theme song.)
My Dearest Bekka,
War has begun. The heritage, tradition and culture of our beloved South is threatened. Rest assured, my dear, our brave boys will not falter in our glorious defiance of the Godless North. The sanctity of this hallowed ground and the honor of our forefathers will be upheld.
Do not fear for me... Though our enemy may outnumber us, we, the righteous, have been brought up in the fields and forests and we know how to shoot. We will conquer these Union city boys; believe me.
Farewell, my love. Pray for my safe return, that I may hold you in my arms once again.
Your most loving and humble servant,
Calvin
(Calvin was decapitated by a musket ball fired by a butt-hurt, snowflake, libtard city boy at the Battle of Antietam.)
orangecrush
(19,556 posts)Bucky
(54,013 posts)1. City folks don't know how to shoot.
and
2. Chicago and New York are violence-filled hellholes.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)I was going to say "If there is a civil war and they commit violence against us, the first person I'm shooting is Sean Hannity and I won't stop until my gun clicks."
Then I realized how silly that was! It's not as if that prissy little asshole would EVER put himself in harm's way! No, he'd be cowering under his desk in the studio, screeching madly for everyone ELSE to go fight!
malaise
(269,004 posts)Wednesdays
(17,376 posts)Mueller just folding his investigation and slinking away, with his tail between his legs (and leaving several high crimes unanswered)?
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)Please reread chapter 23 from your American history text book the Civil war
kentuck
(111,097 posts)Spin it all you want, Hannity. Mueller is looking at the facts. You would be wise to not get your nose too far under that tent.
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)It means the Trump crime family knows the "big red button" is about to be pushed.
Initech
(100,076 posts)He had a hand in engineering this shit show we're living in, I mean he talks to Julian Assange directly. When Mueller pulls the plug, a whole lot of dominoes are going to fall, Hannity being one of them.
Fullduplexxx
(7,863 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Second, because only about III% of them have the belly for an actual fight. Third, because they're on the wrong side of the law and the facts. And fourth, because they are indeed half-wits, more likely to shoot each other or themselves than to do any actual damage to true citizens.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Fully fifteen percent will be sidelined by firearm malfunctions (shoot themselves or someone else) before they finish assembling. Another fifteen percent will be undercover FBI.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)uponit7771
(90,339 posts)spanone
(135,836 posts)Gothmog
(145,253 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 3, 2018, 11:45 AM - Edit history (1)
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)But with all this fearmongering being spouted out on national tv gives me pause. They are directing this s**t towards their nut case base.
Terry_M
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SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Idiots!
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SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)What in the hell would he gain other than death threats and a full thug response from Trump and any government resource that will do his bidding?
As for the threat of civil war, Sean: bring it on. I have no doubt where the US military would come down if forced to choose between Trump or their sworn duty to the Constitution.
mn9driver
(4,425 posts)I doubt he will be smart enough to stay on the right side of that line if the time comes.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)My guess: blockhead Hannity will continue to incite and foment until either Trump gets hauled away in leg irons (figuratively speaking) or there's an actual uprising by some collection of people from groups like the Three Percenters and Aryan Nation. In the latter case, I'm sure Hannity would shit himself when he realizes that no, the US Military is NOT going to join the "rebellion" and, yes, he (Blockhead) CAN be prosecuted and thrown in the hoosegow.
Bucky
(54,013 posts)Since his average viewer is 75 years old and has trouble getting out the front door, I don't think he's terribly at risk for starting a civil war, no matter how furiously he masturbates to the idea
syringis
(5,101 posts)Just to make another bunch of advertisers flying away .
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Will it be like the Tutsis and the Hutus? Will they throw me out of line at the Starbucks because I voted for Hillary?
Bucky
(54,013 posts)kairos12
(12,861 posts)orangecrush
(19,556 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)STFU
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)Like, it may be a message from another party?
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)They may talk daily.
KPN
(15,645 posts)the little prick spend Easter weekend? That's no coincidence. This was clearly choreographed.
On the up side, it also confirms how terrified they are that Mueller's got the goods on all of them. They're backed into a corner. They're desperate. Unfortunately, they'll do anything to hang on to power.
If it happens, if they fan the fires of civil unrest, God help them, they will need it. Too bad for them that God isn't on their side. Too bad for them that America is chockerblock full of real patriots -- not phonies like them and their supporters -- who will gladly risk their futures and, if need be, their lives to save our country. If it goes that far, the orange fat boy and Hannity both will end up on the wrong end of a rope.
Bucky
(54,013 posts)Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)The FBI would be knocking on the door.
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)During the intelligence investigation talking to many people involved in the conspiracy.
He then blew a cork and raged on his show about it in the period leading up to nunes made up memo.
I can't remember the exact details but there were indications he was caught talking about things that might put him in handcuffs.
One can only hope.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)That's pretty funny Hammity..
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)I don't know when they were born, but he was married in 1993.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)bully selves. Now threatening to - what - shoot guns at us? Thats what usually happens in a civil war. Maybe cannons too - woo hoo!
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)You and your doofus army. Derp derp derp.
CaptainTruth
(6,591 posts)... of defending our country & our Constitution ... I must stand & be counted. I sincerely hope we can save our country at the ballot box ... that should always be our first choice.
But if we can't? If that fails? My ancestors risked their lives, & some died, defending our Republic. How could I possibly do any less? To do less would be to disrespect & dishonor their service.
Thekaspervote
(32,767 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)You all will be lined up and shot when the insurrection is put down.
Traitors deserve death.
magicarpet
(14,150 posts).... because his hero tRdump is going down hard. This treasonous criminal syndicate is done.
sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)Q. How does insanity and company put their skivvies on?
A. With the yellow in front and the brown in the back.
🤣
[Thx to my hub for that one.]
We get in the gutter on occasion. 😱😁
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Who is he to tell the FBI how to do their job.
KPN
(15,645 posts)Scum bag Hannity be careful about making veiled threats. They may come back to haunt you, you little prick.
Sorry folks -- but this really pisses me off. Threatening civil war to protect the cartel. I just can't and won't tolerate such irresponsible language.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)He is a coward.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)sun tomorrow. Hes a one trick pony. Predicting a civil war is beyond even HIS pay grade.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)The freepers are also bullies. Maybe they SHOULD try a civil war. Theyre deluded with their thinking that theyll emerge victorious, but what the hell? A guys gotta do what a guys gotta do.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)Asshat quite a few of us Democrats aren't going to just sit back and let the mongrel hordes over run us without a fight.
We can be just as tough as he thinks he is.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I don't think I've ever even heard Mueller speak. However, that's a perfect description of degenerate donnie. Hannity is a freaking hack and there is nothing he wont defend from this repulsive piece of crap in the oval office.
Botany
(70,506 posts)"some people say" gotta get the Fox News qualifier in there
But I have no doubt that Fox News is plugged into Putin/Russia propaganda network.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And breathing with an oxygen tank.
But compression socks and Bermuda shorts would make a snazzy uniform. Especially with those red maga hats!
Initech
(100,076 posts)Their uniform will be khakis and white shirts. Their battle cry will be nazi slogans and they will carry manufactured tiki torches. They will take their ARs into Chipotle. It's going to be a shit show!
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Paladin
(28,261 posts)mahina
(17,659 posts)Consider the excellent suggestions from DUer Certainot on how to deal with this and also hate radio.
I think it's really brilliant and definitely doable.
certainot:
"13. suggestion: record an hour of her show, get it transcribed for $5/hr, get LOCAL advertisers
record the closest radio station shes on using a free trial from apowersoft mac audio recorder for instance, or using any of the many recording programs
then drag the mp3 or other sound file to the 'box' sonix.ai to get it transcribed for $5/hr (plus monthly fee $15 - 1st 1/2 free). it doesnt take long and they send you an email when it's done. they use AI and it's much faster, accurate and cheaper than anything else available 1 year ago.
then youll have a list of LOCAL advertisers with their contact info and youll be able to associate what she says with what the advertisers are sponsoring, in print, and send it to them in an email that prob has a good chance to reach the owner/boss.
similar can be done for ALL the RW hosts - local and national - all are attacking the kids when not excusing trump. and if you search the transcript for hogg, which is a very common name all over the country on rw radio, or "guns" NRA, AR-15, "second amendment" "parkland", etc there will be a lot of ammo....
and theres about a 1/5 chance or better that that station also depends on a local/state university to keep broadcasting sports on it to help attract the advertisers, most who wont know shit about ingrahams show until someone puts in in print in an email along with the ads
other benefits here:
Artificial intelligence can amp up the boycotts, democratize talk radio, doom the GOP.
http//:www.republiconradio.org It's kicking liberal butt. How to record and transcribe it. Don't let your universities endorse it."
and on Certainot's DU journal:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210313820
certainot (4,443 posts)
"Artificial intelligence has recently made it much easier and cheaper to digitize hate radio.
Talk radio is the ONLY major medium with no political counterpart to challenge it. Unfortunately 25% of Americans say they often get news from radio.
For as little as $5/hr or less (eg. sonix.ai), talk radio can now be read and searched no listening required. There are two major implications for American politics.
It can no longer be ignored.
25% of Americans say they often get their news from radio yet it is seldom if ever included in political analysis. It might as well be invisible.
For the first time in 30 years talk radio can be analyzed for patterns, repetition, content without listening to it. What 1500 think tank-coordinated radio stations are blasting across the country can finally be factored into politics and media, as opposed to getting a limited and sanitized summary on Fox News.
The Republican talk radio monopoly will fall apart.
Thousands of businesses as well as hundreds of university and professional sports teams that talk radio depends on can be directly associated with what those stations are saying, IN PRINT.
How many businesses will continue to advertise on those radio stations when they are notified that they are sponsoring NRA attacks on the Parkland student activists? How many universities will continue to broadcast sports on radio stations that deny global warming, work to defund public education, and fight efforts to lower student debt?
The myth that the 95% right wing monopoly in talk radio is a reflection of American demand for lies, hate, and ignorance will become clear.
Cost of monitoring talk radio vs $90MIL/day in hate radio messaging
If Trump, Putin, the Kochs, and the NRA paid $1000/hr for radio time that would be worth $1000 x 15hrs/day x 1200 stations = $18M/DAY or $90M/WEEK or $3.24BIL until the election.
Repetition is key for selling the alternate reality and there is huge overlap in Republican radio content. With few exceptions and some local variation they usually say the same thing in different ways so not all stations or talkers need to be transcribed.
Some talkers offer access to their previous shows as podcasts so they could be monitored retroactively.
NATIONALLY
Most major talk stations are anchored by 2 or 3 national talk shows lasting 3 hours each. Those talkers, led by Limbaugh, are the political correctness cops of talk radio. When it comes to emergencies and national issues they determine the direction and flavor of 1200 or so talk radio stations. They generally follow the same line and local talkers cannot significantly contradict them on topics like global warming or gun control or they will lose their jobs. That is a big reason why the Republican base repeats the same talking points, whether theyre called Tea Partiers or Trumpers. That is why the Kremlin social media trolling has been be so effective in the US.
Monitoring 10 national talkers x 3 hrs x 5 days = 150 hrs x $5 = $750 / week.
Thats $27,000 until the elections (36 weeks x $750) to monitor 10 major talkers.
What possible excuse does the Democratic Party and its allied organizations have for continuing to ignore talk radio?
LOCALLY
A lot of major stations give 5 or 6 hours to local talkers who reinforce national talking points and memes but also apply them to local politics when needed. Some stations have a weekend show or two. Some stations have more local/state programming. The national shows are generally always political while local talkers might use an hour once in a while to yuk it up and review the best local pizza when a major Republican scandal is breaking and they cant blame it on liberals.
5 hours of local talkers x 5 days/week = 25 hours/week x $5 = $125/week/station.
Thats $125 x 4 x 9 months = $4500 per station until the election.
Some states are dominated by a few major stations and prominent talkers connected with the GOP and allied think tanks. A few local talkers can have a huge effect on local issues and elections. The Democratic Party and progressive groups will benefit from knowing when local stations are attacking and lying about their candidates and issues. It may only be necessary to monitor a few stations in most states to know what most of them are saying.
A few of the benefits of converting hate radio into text
If Republican radio can be searched for content, patterns, and repetition
A regular sampling of major national talkers like Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, Levin, Ingraham, and Beck will go a long way to understanding and discrediting Trumps alternate reality.
It will be easier to understand what happened to the Republican Party and how people like G W Bush, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump could even get close to the White house.
Democrats can start winning messaging battles. It will be possible to see how Republican think tanks coordinate their radio stations to yell over Democratic messaging on the national and local level.
It will be easier to show the Kremlin coordinating with talk radio. Knowing what the talk radio buzz is will help identify and point out Russian trolling. Who told Trump to study talk radio in 2014 to prepare for the elections?
It will be easier to develop boycott lists of advertisers supporting hate radio. Advertisers and advertising companies will become more selective even if they are not subjected to boycotts. Many advertisers will quit hate radio when they realize the global warming denial, racism, sexism, and lies they are associating their brands with can be read and quantified. Dedicated radio advertisers may demand talk stations provide political balance. That will help democratize the well-protected talk radio monopoly, which enjoys an artificially inflated market demand.
Politicians and media will be less able to repeat Republican lies and talking points as if they represent popular opinion. When they lie they can be answered with Well, thats what Limbaugh says but
.
Political campaigns can monitor disinformation and attacks at the national and local level and respond in real time instead of playing catch up. The Democratic Party can monitor radio stations and provide Democratic candidates and their allies with analysis and alerts. Progressive groups or activists can monitor hate radio as it generates opposition or support to counter their interests.
Republican politicians, candidates, and think tank propagandists are regular guests on GOP-friendly radio stations and say things they wouldnt in more public forums. What they say can now be provided to media and used as ammunition for debates and campaign ads.
Americans will be able to determine if the outrage, wherever or whoever it is aimed at, is legitimate popular reaction, or illegitimate generated by a few think tank-coordinated blowhards with big megaphones hiding behind call screeners and getting talking points from Republican think tanks.
Republicans will be less able to attack, mischaracterize, and minimize protests. Media and politicians will be less able to ignore protestors just because a few carnival barkers with giant megaphones can yell over them.
Trump and Putin will be less able to spin national emergencies their way and will feel less confident they can get away with creating their own.
Republicans will be less able to generate support for illegal wars or anti-democratic legislation. Knowing how often a few hundred talkers on1500 stations were repeating weapons of mass destruction, deregulation will lower cable prices, unions donate as much as corporations, millions of illegal aliens are voting for Democrats, death panels, net neutrality raises internet costs, and electronic voting machines will save money, would have been helpful.
And maybe these 77 universities will finally start honoring their mission statements and start looking for alternatives to broadcast sports on.
Discrediting the talk radio gods will help moderate Republicans resist extremism and perhaps help with rational fact-based problem solving. It is not a coincidence that record setting partisanship exploded in the early 90s after Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine (87) and Republicans built and subsidized their talk radio monopoly. Thats also when ALEC finally began seeing significant success.
As the RW radio monopoly begins to break down more stations will open up for liberal talkers.
Opportunity for software developers
There is an opportunity for software developers to create an application to automate some of the steps involved. It will be useful for political candidates and organizations, media monitoring organizations, etc., to be able to plug in a few radio streams and search transcriptions at the end of the week with minimal human interaction.
And there are other countries where talk radio may be influential and where the Kremlin may also be using it."