Hardcore troubadour 12,657 Posted February 17, 2021 On 9/19/2020 at 3:23 PM, Utilit99 said: Gear up. SCOTUS battle prompts threats, calls for arson: 'Burn Congress down' Almost immediately after news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, some verified Twitter users threatened arson and apparent violence in order to block Republicans from replacing her before the elections. "If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire f-----g thing down," author Reza Aslan tweeted. He later responded to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's vow to hold a vote on President Trump's nominee. "Over our dead bodies, literally," he tweeted. https://mobile.twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/1307133898154020864 Author Aaron Gouveia similarly blasted McConnell's statement, saying: "F--k no. Burn it all down." A Canadian political science professor called for arson, prompting accusations he made a terroristic threat. "Burn Congress down before letting Trump try to appoint anyone to SCOTUS," Waterloo professor Emmett MacFarlane tweeted. In response, Canadian attorney Ezra Levant worried about the consequences for MacFarlane's students. "Macfarlane is a professor at @UWaterloo, promoting violence against his political enemies," he said. "If you were a young woman in his class who was a Trump supporter, would you risk being a target of his violent rage if he found out about you? Should you transfer to a different class?" https://www.foxnews.com/media/ginsburg-death-burn-it-down-threats Yeah, retired cops and former military are the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
