Joy Reid tweet on the "red wedding" references

[highplainsdem]

Last edited Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

EDITING to link to another OP about another important reference by these bloodthirsty insurrectionists, the reference to the "day of the rope":

https://democraticunderground.com/100216916336

[leftieNanner]

1. Not just bloodshed

But a complete massacre.

[localroger]

2. And a surprise massacre, dressed as a celebration /nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Yep. Just as white supremacy is dressed as conservativism. nt

[mopinko]

3. never watched a single episode, but i assumed that's what they meant.

absorbed enough by osmosis to know what they meant.
not much of a code, kids.

[OMGWTF]

6. I could only watch five minutes of GOT; too much violence.

I try to keep that sh!t out of my life.

[catrose]

11. Same

[LittleGirl]

12. Same.

I don’t need that in my nightmares. Mine can be bad enough!

[boston bean]

7. It was brutal.

[lame54]

5. Red Wedding is a complete massacre

[Moostache]

8. The Red Wedding was also a surprise attack and betrayal...

The call to violence is implicit, but there are darker undertones to it as well.

The betrayal of a family in one's keep was a major shock in the Game of Thrones narrative. When one invited guests into their house and keep, they were honor bound to defend them. The Freys betrayal of the Starks in that massacre was a truly ugly thing and the violence was the headline, but the trashing of norms and mores was the larger shock and plunged the realm in the story into utter chaos for the remainder of the story.

[inthewind21]

14. yep

By Aria got her revenge!

[JudyM]

22. ... a dish best served cold...

[meadowlander]

19. And revenge on someone for picking the wrong girl.

We're all paying the price for Donalda Frey being jilted.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. K and R

[obamanut2012]

10. Scorched-earth massacre of the rightful leader, their family, and all supporters

When I heard that, I literally gasped out loud.

[yardwork]

13. Seems like a clear threat to Mike Pence.

The Red Wedding was a betrayal.

[iluvtennis]

15. Wow...thanks for the post as I never watched Game of Thrones. n/t

[calimary]

17. Same here. Never got into it.

Thanks for the background info!

[Upthevibe]

16. highplainsdem...

I've never seen one episode of G.O.T. and even I knew what the Red Wedding reference was because everyone was talking about that show....

[Ligyron]

18. Come to think of it, old man Frey does look a little like Trump.

Likes them young too.

Aria, you listening?

[Cha]

20. Deadly DumbShit Domestic Terrorists!

Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[JudyM]

21. The North remembers.