05-27-2017, 05:43 PM
(05-27-2017, 01:03 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-26-2017, 03:09 PM)Galen Wrote:(05-26-2017, 12:07 PM)Eric the (insult redacted) Wrote: Apparently less than half of the apparent 700,000 registered voters voted, and most of them voted early. So this result was due to many Montana citizens not voting in a special election. Their only recourse now, if they want to have someone other than a thug represent them, is to recall him, if they can. Polls also show that they still approve of the thug in the White House who inspired Gianforte's behavior. This also needs to change, if Montana is to join the civilized world again.
Given the current reputation of the mainstream media beating up that reporter was probably helped him get elected. Newspapers have been on life support for some time and these days only the geezers watch TV news.
When political violence becomes normal, democracy dies. Political violence seems incompatible with any libertarian essay that I have ever seen.
Hypocrite! You have outed yourself.
Indeed he has, and not for the first time. Liberty and democracy are impossible without a free press. Those Trump supporters and other right-wingers like Galen are upset at the press because it tells the truth and because it wants answers to important questions, like the one which that reporter asked. Fascists like Trump, Gianforte and Galen do not want the truth to be told. It must be suppressed, violently if need be. It is "the enemy of the people." Deception has been a YUGE part of the right-wing, trickle-down, "free market economics" corporate fascist agenda for a long, long time now. It has been the major tool of dictators for centuries. Orwell wrote about it.