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by mistermann 1996 days ago
I'm sorry but this is silly (and I'm a "Trump supporter").

> He explicitly did not call for violence.

Effective communication need not be specific. Surely you possess this knowledge, but might it have been in "cold storage" at the time you wrote this comment?

> It seems like you want people silenced if they question the official narrative.

Reality is often not as it seems. Often it is even the exact opposite of how it seems.

> Do you know how often I've seen Republicans called Nazis? Or evil? Or that they need to be eliminated?

"Truthy", but orthogonal. Two wrongs don't make a right (or so "they" say).

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Right before he was banned from Twitter, didn't several of his tweets specifically and emphatically urge protesters to avoid violence and respect the police presence?
Perhaps. Were they received by all participants? How were they interpreted?

These are humans, not robots.