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sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:49 PM Aug 2017

I have to ask. Why would anyone do this?



And why the President of the United States Would Not Condemn This.



Take a moment and look at that first picture. The men beating him and their cohorts forming a protective shield to let it happen.

Trumps America

MAGA

This Message Was Approved by our 'Resident. He is the President of the United States and he Approved this message.

He did not condemn and hardly had a word to say about it....Actually he never even mentioned Deandre. Guess in the 40seconds he spoke on VA he did not have time...after all he had to plug his economic success before the violence in VA.

Priorities
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I have to ask. Why would anyone do this? (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2017 OP
I think they would like to kill anyone who is not a like-minded, straight, white Christian. LonePirate Aug 2017 #1
They have two. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #7
You know why. Hate. They think by harming others that shows they're better, stronger, superior. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #2
Yes. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #8
Yes :( Solly Mack Aug 2017 #13
Yup...and a hug. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #14
Becuase they're violent terrorists who long for the days of slavery and the confederacy Ninsianna Aug 2017 #3
It's BULLSHIT! sheshe2 Aug 2017 #9
It is impossible for us here to understand why people like this can possibly exist. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #4
Pure evil is looking straight in our eye now. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #10
absolutely. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #12
hmmm. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #15
why the hmmmm? NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #16
It was meant as a sad yes.... sheshe2 Aug 2017 #17
ah...sorry, just burned out. a very sad yes. thanks. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #18
Yes it is hard to wake up each day with dread. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #20
I am using the article below as a frame to make a level of sense of it. politicat Aug 2017 #5
I read a part of it... sheshe2 Aug 2017 #23
NO.NOT "trump's America", Hunny. furtheradu Aug 2017 #6
I do believe he...Mueller is on it, furtheradu. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #25
And 3 or 4 of them ganged up on him with poles TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #11
He is 20 years old. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #21
And why would anyone run over a crowd of people? cwydro Aug 2017 #19
Posted this above. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #22
Yes absolutely. cwydro Aug 2017 #24
He has blood on his hands. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #27
The answer you get from fox is that it is blm's fault. The_Casual_Observer Aug 2017 #26
Because they are just sick motherf***ing assholes. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #28
Hey, sm. sheshe2 Aug 2017 #29
Hate yuiyoshida Aug 2017 #30
There is a reason Nazis deserve to be dead. dalton99a Aug 2017 #31

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
1. I think they would like to kill anyone who is not a like-minded, straight, white Christian.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:53 PM
Aug 2017

I'm surprised that poor man lived to survive that attack. Hopefully they catch all of those perpetrators. I know Shaun King and others are working hard to identify them.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
7. They have two.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:09 PM
Aug 2017

Arrested...maybe a third. The person that made the video kicked one in the back and then they went after him. He is helping the mother identify the rest.

Good on Shaun King and others.

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)
2. You know why. Hate. They think by harming others that shows they're better, stronger, superior.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:56 PM
Aug 2017

They feel it is their right.

They do it because they have sick minds.

Ninsianna

(1,349 posts)
3. Becuase they're violent terrorists who long for the days of slavery and the confederacy
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:59 PM
Aug 2017

where they could beat whomever they wanted for sport.

Some of the MAGA brigade have moved on to saying that he provoked this beating and they were only "defending themselves", (does that look like self defense to anyone?). They also claim that the terrorist behind the wheel was reacting to someone hitting his car. I'm not sure how that would even work.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
9. It's BULLSHIT!
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:18 PM
Aug 2017

You know it and I know it!

This is not stand your ground...not even close. It is an of of control 'Resident that allowed them to take off there white sheets so now we see their faces. Now we have full frontal hatred in our face.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
4. It is impossible for us here to understand why people like this can possibly exist.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:01 PM
Aug 2017

They are essentially our opposites - especially morally.

I've been thinking on it for days now, and it just makes my head hurt - because it makes no sense from our frame of reference.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
10. Pure evil is looking straight in our eye now.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:21 PM
Aug 2017

No missing it. No looking away. The sheet is off. They exposed themselves.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
18. ah...sorry, just burned out. a very sad yes. thanks.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:36 PM
Aug 2017

it's all so hard to keep up, isn't it - just made a run through twitter....should turn this off and go to bed.

hard to wake up each day and dread the next bit of news.

g'nite!

politicat

(9,808 posts)
5. I am using the article below as a frame to make a level of sense of it.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:05 PM
Aug 2017

But... I don't have an answer other than "because they could get away with it."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/8/1687864/-Make-America-Again

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
6. NO.NOT "trump's America", Hunny.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:06 PM
Aug 2017

This is OUR AMERICA.
he..THEY..can't have it.

Thank You for posting this, & the goood Vibes I KNOW *YOU* send to Deandre, & ALL the victims of racists. Stay sweeet, & resolute, SheShe! Karma & Mueller are on the case. BELIEVE IT.💖

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
25. I do believe he...Mueller is on it, furtheradu.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:01 AM
Aug 2017

Yes. It is our America. I just hope the collateral damage is not as great as I believe it will be. Time will tell.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
22. Posted this above.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:55 PM
Aug 2017

The hate is from our 'Resident. He enabled it, applauded it and allowed the masks to come off. Let that sink in. This is the President of the United States.


sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
27. He has blood on his hands.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:06 AM
Aug 2017

The Nazis are coming to Boston on Saturday. Our Mayor said if he can't stop them he will be there to protest. I will be there if my friend is able to go.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
26. The answer you get from fox is that it is blm's fault.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:05 AM
Aug 2017

Fortunately only fox and other Nazi sites are promoting that kind of horseshit.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
28. Because they are just sick motherf***ing assholes.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:26 AM
Aug 2017

I really can't' understand hatred like this. I'm just glad that he will recover and I hope every one of these racist bastards are thrown in jail for a long time.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
29. Hey, sm.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:36 AM
Aug 2017

I do not understand it either. How can 5-10 men stand over a young man...a 20 year old boy...a child and try to beat him to death. Why?

This is 2017.

My heart breaks.

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