It's incredible that our institutions of gov, WH, Congress, DOJ, and big media are corrupt & all we do is bitch. Pitchforks and torches time pic.twitter.com/8G5G0daGVN
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) October 15, 2016
Yesterday, we took a look at the frightening views of Trump fanatics, who believe absolutely that every single journalism source is lying, that voter fraud is not just for real, but happening before any voting, and these believers are happily talking about assassination and bloodshed. This is a continuation of that story. Now that singular ass Sheriff Dave Clarke is on board, hollering for a mob. I am feeling physically stunned at this point, as if someone whacked me with a bat, attempting to recover my wits and make sense of the scene in front of me. How in the hell can most of us just be sitting here, an audience to this absolute insanity happening in front of our faces? No, I don’t know what to do either, but I am frightened. I grew up in the counter-culture, in a tumultuous time of great change, but for the most part, it was change for the better. The better of all people. The same cannot be said now. We have people who want to go backwards, and indulge in full scale colonial assault, again.
Most of the grumblings and musings of rebellion have come from everyday Trump voters, but on Saturday, Trump surrogate and Milwaukee Sheriff David A. Clarke, an elected law official, tweeted that it’s “pitchforks and torches time” with a (stock) photo of an angry mob.
I guess Clarke figures he’ll be one of the “good negroes” who will be happily accepted by Trump and the mob he’s trying to incite. A Sheriff calling for riots. Are we sure this isn’t 1984?
Via ThinkProgress.
Weird choice for a photo.
There are a couple of rolling pins and a marionette being wielded.
I doubt Clarke bothered to pay much attention, just grabbed whatever came up in a Shutterstock search. Probably paid for it with taxpayer money, too. I also doubt Clarke gave much thought to the likelihood of a Trump fan mob having so many people of colour in it.
It’s people like Trump, Koch brothers, Robert Mercer, Rupert Murdoch, Sheldon Adelson and their ilk that did the legalized corruption and reaped the benefits.
Ice Swimmer:
Oh yes, but those people are admired by Trump and his fans. They are the Brave Sir Robins who were unafraid to tell the truth, oh my yes!
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Uh, is speaking (while black) the word “bitch” allowed in Milwaukee these days?