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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJill Wine-Banks: Say This Not That
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Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
Let's start a new #SayThisNotThat thread. Add yours:
1. Insurrection not protest
2. Sedition not protest
3. Mob, riot not protest
4. Domestic terrorist not protester
5. Criminal (gun, spear, attempted kidnapping)
6. Incitement of Insurrection not free speech
Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
Let's start a new #SayThisNotThat thread. Add yours:
1. Insurrection not protest
2. Sedition not protest
3. Mob, riot not protest
4. Domestic terrorist not protester
5. Criminal (gun, spear, attempted kidnapping)
6. Incitement of Insurrection not free speech
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Jill Wine-Banks: Say This Not That (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
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Hekate
(90,749 posts)1. Excellent start. Bookmark this, add more, & send to news agencies & public officials. nt
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)2. Insurrection
Not a constitutional crisis
MontanaMama
(23,333 posts)12. I heard Constitutional Crisis
on MSNBC tonight...load of crap.
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)3. Insurrection
Not a first amendment protest.
txwhitedove
(3,929 posts)4. Terrorist, not patriot.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)25. Also, traitors, not patriots.
mopinko
(70,154 posts)5. hand cuffs, not zip ties.
Zip tie guy sounds like a carnival ride.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)14. Law enforcement calls them flex cuffs.
mopinko
(70,154 posts)24. which doesnt ring the same bell as handcuff w the rest of us.
flex cuffs sounds like it could be a new thing in pants.
Cha
(297,409 posts)6. Exactly Rt TY!
JHB
(37,161 posts)7. incited not addressed
Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)8. K&R...nt
Dem2theMax
(9,652 posts)9. K&R. nt.
niyad
(113,474 posts)10. Insurrection, not melee.
czarjak
(11,285 posts)11. Christian not Christian
Rebl2
(13,535 posts)15. Definitely
moonscape
(4,673 posts)16. Trump terrorist not antifa. n/t
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)17. I'm in favor of adding "treason" and "coup attempt" to that list.
I'm not in any kind of mood to split legal hairs over the use of the word "treason," after an element of Trump's failed "coup attempt" was an intentional attack on our nation's Capital.
Kid Berwyn
(14,933 posts)18. Domestic Terrorist / White Supremacist
Dont believe in democracy or equality.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)19. Rabid Vermin, not patriots.
Violent mob insanity, not protest.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)20. It is important to have an appropriate and accurate lexicon.
In all fields of endeavour, but especially in something so current and of such critical importance.
mountain grammy
(26,636 posts)21. Attempted violent overthrow of our government
not protest.
sandensea
(21,643 posts)22. +1
And with presidential collusion - not "encouragement," as many in the media prefer to say.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)23. Mobster, not president