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anonymous says

For what it's worth here in the heartland and Pence's home state we have just the opposite attacks taking place.

Please post if you can find any.

I'm around the corner too in San Carlos and this story coming from Woodside is disturbing.

Part of the problem is that the overwhelming majority of people teaching these kids in schools here are very left wing. Their teaching angles, whether voluntary or not, are having an effect on these impressionable kids.

Anyone should be able to support any candidate for any reason without fear of physical violence. I hope the punishments here are severe.

rando says

anonymous says

For what it's worth here in the heartland and Pence's home state we have just the opposite attacks taking place.

Please post if you can find any.

I doubt he will be able to post much of Trump supporters attaching anyone. Outside a few well publicized anti Semitic and racist instances of graffiti, there's nothing but a bunch of fake attacks(with no video or police reports to back it up) posted by internet trolls.

The folks at /b are having a field day.

anonymous says

@Patrick. Here is one from the other day. There are many more taking place. While I was watching the news covering this, the minister in the article was shouted at with slurs & insults during his interview with the reporter by someone in a passing car.

In VP-elect Pence's hometown, students face 'Build that wall!' taunts. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/11/vp-elect-pences-hometown-students-face-build-wall-taunts/93648774/

Words vs physical violence.

Although pretty damned stupid unless they factually know that the other kids are illegal, which I highly doubt.

anonymous says

Give it a time - give it time. While I enjoy living here this state has it's drawbacks and open mindedness and tolerance are not on the top of the list in a large portion of the state. There are times this state makes Florida look normal for some of the stuff that goes on here.

The problem with your statements is that the leftists are already committing multiple acts of physical violence.

And on the word front...I've already been characterized as someone who's okay with physical violence against blacks and gays...simply by voting for Trump. Now that's shit straight out of 1984

There are plenty of incidents of violence towards trump supporters YET USA Today reports uptick in "hate/racist crimes"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/12/post-election-spate-hate-crimes-worse-than-post-911-experts-say/93681294/

smaulgld says

There are plenty of incidents of violence towards trump supporters YET USA Today reports uptick in "hate/racist crimes"

Violence based on politics should be classified as hate crimes and punished accordingly.

ThreeBays says

Just wait if Trump actually does half of what people fear.

If Trump solves the Islamic problem, i will call him a successful President.

So, Patrick, this is all wrong, on both sides. However, Trump could be Caligula with nukes. No need to compare him with Hitler. We have Caligula! :)

ThreeBays says

Your article is entirely about violence and hate crimes BY Trump supporters, not towards them.

Yes, My point is that the MSM is reporting crimes BY trump supporters and ignoring crimes AGAINST Trump supporter

anonymous says

Gropey - same thing happening here as for labels based on voting. You may have read this from a few days ago - I grew up not too far from Menominee. There is a whole lot of "Menominees" around here and you don't have to of any particular skin color or anything else - just different.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-wisconsin-stout-student-saudi-arabia-killed-n676101

There is nothing good going on from either side right now and no leadership from either side as well calling for end to the protests and violence. If this country is going to get "unified" somehow - leadership from both sides need to step up and fast.

Thankfully all of the foolishness has yet to appear in the cities on the north side of 465 in any substantial fashion other than name calling - so far.

Wait a cotton picking minute...How do you know this was a hate crime let alone motivated by Trump?

I'm eager to find out what the punishment will be for the offenders.

ThreeBays says

The violence is bad. The protests are good. They should save the Trump voter flogging till after he fracks up America.

The protests are entirely funded. That is not good.

BayArea says

I'm eager to find out what the punishment will be for the offenders.

There wont be. All those cities...the police are barely enforcing order. Might have something to do with the fact that the protesters are organized and paid for by groups founded by George Soros, and ironically, the future political careers of Mayors of those cities relies on.....George Soros.

If this were your daughter, how would you as a parent handle this situation?

BayArea says

If this were your daughter, how would you as a parent handle this situation?

Sue the other girls parents.

anonymous says

Have you ever been to Menominee or spent any considerable amount of time in the Upper Peninsula or the surrounding areas ? If so we can discuss the finer points of the overwhelmingly intolerant (in so many ways) area that it is and always has been. Where would you like to begin - the abject poverty, lack of any meaningful employment for most young people, being a really great "meth" hub for the Midwest - along with good old southern Indiana but I think Indiana is still ahead on the "Meth" production.

As to if it was or if it was not motivated by "Trump" that will never be known. I did find this interesting however - pay close attention to the website.

muslim student from the middle east.. In a Redneck town. Should we victim blame him for this? How much is Trump to blame for inciting hate? Repubs in here will say Trump is not to blame and try to point at other things. May not even be a hate crime but we probably will never know because I don't expect Menomone...

So lets just make things up out of thin air? This thread had a specific intent and you posted an article that neither fits in that specific intent, nor does anything to counter it.

Dennis Baughn says

Trump advocated forceful deportation, restrictions of free travel, restrictions on free trade, forceful government intervention with regards to women's reproductive health, and a host of other intrusions into civil liberties.

@"Dennis Baughn" You are not being very convincing because you're ignoring the realities which led to the backlash:

"Trump advocated forceful deportation" -- Yes, of illegal immigrants. People who willfully broke the law. He has never advocated deporting legal immigrants.

"restrictions of free travel" -- Yes, for people from terrorist-prone areas. America has no obligation to let anyone in at all. It is not their god-given right to come here, is it? Such restrictions, especially for Saudis, could well have prevented the 9/11 attacks.

"restrictions on free trade" -- Yes, because "free trade" is merely a code word for "exporting jobs to countries without labor or environmental laws and far lower wages". Are you in favor of the wholesale destruction of all labor laws and environmental laws?

"forceful government intervention with regards to women's reproductive health" -- Please find me his official position on abortion. I don't see it at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions

"host of other intrusions into civil liberties" -- Please list them.

So Dennis, you apparently advocate:

* mass law-breaking
* turning a blind eye to terrorism
* the elimination of labor rights for American workers
* the elimination of environmental laws
* and a host of other intrusions into civil liberties