Uh

And to be perfectly fucking honest, that comment reflects more of this anti-democratic bullshit the country's been going through since 2016

When the president wishes war upon another country, it's serious
When a citizen does the same, who the fuck cares

"impeach trump" "get him out of office"

So there are clear differences when authority comes into play

Sry I meant to say civilian*

and now demanding duly elected congress members just fucking leave

saying "i think X" is not a threat to do X regardless of authority

@Fresh if Hillary Clinton openly stated she wants to bomb China, you'd be worried

and now just a casual reference to a bullet

it can be a thinly veiled sort of threat if you like but you should really try to convince me that that particular quote was meant to carry that intent

Oh god

Authority means nothing to you huh?

both sides of the aisle need to take a fucking reality check and learn how elections fucking work

it does, but what does authority mean to change the context

omg

don't like who's there? vote them out next time

I have repeated the argument multiple times

none of this "impeach" shit

"there are differences"

what is the difference specifically

If Hillary Clinton said she wants to bomb China, you'd be freaking out right now, you'd be posting it everywhere

Russia, more likely

Authority changes things very significantly

what if she just said "I think China should be bombed"

You'd still freak out

it would still make news and she'd still recieve rebukes

like lindsay graham just singing "bomb bomb iran"

This is why democracy works, because we hold people with authority accountable. If we stop doing this, it all falls apart.

or whoever it was, I think it was graham

in that case she might have the legal resources to do so

and is in a position in which she is supposed to enact what she thinks "should" happen

the officer saying something should happen has neither of those qualities

Wrong

Police officers hold power over civilians

yeah policemen legally assassinate congressmen all the time bro

What a rebuttal

and it supposed to enact his own policies on the world

that's his job description

So if every police officer said the same thing suddenly about politicians

They just all started messaing on their FB page