America’s deadliest contagion isn’t spreading through coughs or bloodstreams, but through rage, political obsession, and hatred turning presidents, bystanders, and democracy into targets.
there's a dangerous both-sides-ness to this piece. I agree that calls to violence are never acceptable, but why isn't it ok to call Drümpf a traitor given he engineered a violent insurrection to prevent the peaceful & democratic transfer of power? sometimes we have to call out Evil where we find it. cuz we all know which side of the divide most promotes the idea that opponents are enemies deserving death: the only one where those ideas come directly from the top. imho.
Along with all the other comments- let’s not forget what is happening at our Supreme Court. Our Constitution no longer protects “We the People “. Our voting rights are being destroyed.
We know what's happening, because we see it. We know where the blame lies because we know it. Now what do we do about it. Because the buck stops at the top and as long as that rhetoric is hate, and that rhetoric trends from the top down, that's how society reacts. There are no adults at the top who are willing and or able to diffuse. We don't get it from our leaders, we don't get it from our media, and while all of this is happening, our government is trying to intimidate us into silence. So the question is what do we do about it and once that's determined, it becomes HOW!
Instead, the current regime is now floating a proposal to make it ok to sell guns on-line. Your 14 year old could probably get around the ID requirement and have his very own Glock delivered to your door. How he uses it ... well, we can guess.
Next there will be vending machines where you can buy your murder weapon of choice whenever you feel enraged enough.
Guns beget guns beget use of force, beget Hegseths, beget hatred, beget assassins. But as in the dawn of man part of the movie 2001, we are violent animals and among the very few that will kill its own. IN the case of the felon who will never be my president, it’s a horrific but reasonable proposal. Demonic hatred requires extreme measures and we have offered the deranged a means to affirmation.
People who are on the edge see no way out. They attack. They react. They aren’t thinking about anyone else but the target they have set their minds too. Ever wonder why there is so much violence since we have Trump.2? Think back. Never ever has there been so many open attempts near a President of the United States. People are just cracking under day after day. And then, the sound of people chanting 4 more years is enough to send the sane over the edge. This insanity is not Biden’s blame. It is on you Incompetent-in-Chief. It’s you with your fake foolish accent and your stupid speeches. Once the midterms are over they ought to put you in a playpen and give you a few toys, and stick a pacifier in your mouth until you finally go away.
They kind of have put him in a playpen of sorts. They let him entertain himself with his ballroom and arch while they run the government according to Project 2025. He certainly has never had any interest in governing. He just wants applause and access to the treasury/donors.
Aussie here, sending love and support to all the sane beautiful Americans there.
You nailed it. Even if he were interested in governing he wouldn't have a clue. He's an uneducated piece of white trash. It's unfathomable to most of us in the world how he ended up in the OO twice.
Americans must find the moral courage to course correct. It would be an epic tragedy if all the accomplishments America has achieved in its young life were to perish at the hands of such white trash.
No one is trying to kill him. All of these “assassination attempts” have been at very strategic times and somehow seem to benefit his agenda. Check the shooters’ families’ bank accounts. I guarantee these are nothing more than desperate MAGAts, willing to sacrifice their own freedom, or even lives, in support of their MAGAr furher and so their families can be financially comfortable.
Well as usual Michael, and as others have rightly stated, this violence thing is not a both sides issue. There is absolutely no equivalency! And the biggest promoter of such violent rhetoric...and actions (think dozens of dead Iranian school children, hundreds of unarmed fishermen murdered without evidence or proof of wrong doing, and American citizens murdered in the streets by his brown shirts). And let's not forget it was the almighty Ronald Reagan that had hundreds of mental institutions closed and the occupants released to the streets without further care. He also ended civics education in public schools, and began the trickle UP economy. Keep the masses dumb and desperate... The beginning of the end for middle class America...
I'm hopeful that the vote this November will show how dissatisfied Americans are with what's going on. The problem is will the votes be counted and recorded truthfully. There's a terrible danger in giving control over our elections to extremely wealthy people who may or may not believe in Democracy.
Violence is never the answer. However, the fish rots from the head. For YEARS now, liberals and Democrats have taken abuse and hatred from the far right media apparatus. Trump revels in it. Now he’s started with the “Dumocrats.” He needs to take ownership of the world he created in the last 11 years - a world of hatred, bigotry, racism, violence, division, insult and conspiracy theories. We know he won’t because nothing is ever his fault. I don’t listen to Candace Owens but I caught a video of part of her interview with Hunter Biden and I was impressed that she apologized to his face (not some half-assed apology because she was caught) and admitted that she said all the nasty things because she thought of him as a caricature. Not a human. That is what is lost in Donald Trump. He thinks anyone who doesn’t adore him isn’t human. Our free speech has morphed into speech without ownership or accountability.
idk that it's gaslighting, which would suggest that MC is intentionally misleading in order to manipulate. I think he just has some pretty big blind spots, and/or a reluctance to be too loudly & explicitly critical of the world's most vindictive man. which imo is totally understandable in light of the punishment he's already suffered 🤷🏻♀️
Igor, I do agree that Michael has been subjected to a lot of cruelty. More recently, it's been the troup including Lev, Zev, Dean, Joe Walsh, etc. I unsubscibed from all and I have noticed they haven't been mentioning Michael lately. But I do recall, on top of all the allegations, many proven false, there was Lev and Zev, giggling about Michael having high blood pressure. Anybody finding something like that funny is a perverse human. And then there is Lev, after the incident with Alisa Rodregez, the Pugilist, giving lectures about people not throwing out allegations without proof. The master of it, for months. Ellie doesn't mention Michael in her headlines anymore. That's good.
I Don't disagree with any of this, but it needs to be emphasized that a lot of this violence is inspired by tRump and his loyalists. And his words get FAR greater amplification and distribution than do the words of any YouTube channel pundit. Also, we kind of need to not gloss over the elephant in the room...everybody and his brain damaged dog can easily & legally acquire a lethal weapon in this country.
Why would anyone want to hurt or attempt to assassinate such a wonderful leader? 🤔 Because he spreads hatred, lies, tries to change history, is a racist.... Shall I go on? But, no Michael, you are absolutey right, violence definitely isn't the way. Get out and vote and leave those guns behind.
It's okay to say that attempted assassination of a president isn't ok. I agree. But your article should also state that it also isn't ok to attempt assassination, threat, or burn down the house of political opponents, journalists, etc. Knowing trump is republican makes it seem as though this article puts the blame on democrats. That's how people (trumpers) will read it. I don't believe it has been proven that all attempts on trump were from democrats. But I could be wrong. But with trumps own violent rhetoric, it incites his supporters to act as he does. Maybe we should just demand a higher level of intelligence, empathy, and morality for ALL people in the U.S. from the President. Hold him accountable and this most likely wouldn't even be an issue.
Michael does not like to hold the Orange Puddle of Smegma and the MAGAts responsible for this kind of thing. He tends to “both sides” this particular issue. Every time. And this is one of those 6/12 times I don’t agree with him. In fact, I disagree with him VEHEMENTLY.
It is all on Trump. And it's something Cohen never admits to in his both sides-isms. By the way, I don't see yesterday's live posted where he had another meltdown over a couple of trolls who he blocked. He couldn't let it go, and it took up the majority of the live as he just insulted and disparaged them. I try, because at times he has some good things to say, but then this embarrassing shit happens. It's always “What have you done to bring truth to power?” Well, we vote, we protest, we boycott, we do what we can. It's arrogant. He can't leave it alone, and he wonders why he can't get new subscribers.
Yes…he’s good with insults. His livestream is the only one that calls the viewers fuckers, as I was on that day. Then he wonders why he’s lost subscribers.
I agree the assassination attempts are not ok. But we do have these crazies out there. Doesn't Trump need to tone down his rhetoric???? Calling Democrats crazy lunatics is not ok. Calling people losers is not ok. Calling comedians no talent is not ok. Saying he is glad Robert Mueller is gone was not ok. What about the comments Trump made about Rob Reiner after he was murdered?? What about how Trump treats the press and calls them "enemies of the people"??? Trump constantly hollers "fake news". I realize these are just words but they have an impact. Hasn't others been called out on their words like comedians Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel??? Hasn't former FBI Director James Comey been called out???? Trump is supposed to be President for ALL residents of America NOT just maga. In no way should Trump be excused for his terrible and nasty language. Trump is part of the problem.
Very well stated as usual Michael but when the president of the USA, his family and his GOP and other followers are the MAIN PERPETRATORS OF THE HATRED being constantly spewed to divide the country to get more votes by any crooked means what can be expected? The cure for ANY DISEASE IS TO ERADICATE THE SOURCE OF THE DISEASE. DO you not agree?
there's a dangerous both-sides-ness to this piece. I agree that calls to violence are never acceptable, but why isn't it ok to call Drümpf a traitor given he engineered a violent insurrection to prevent the peaceful & democratic transfer of power? sometimes we have to call out Evil where we find it. cuz we all know which side of the divide most promotes the idea that opponents are enemies deserving death: the only one where those ideas come directly from the top. imho.
Well stated.
Trump normalized hatred and violence.
naw it's been here forever.
Yep! Well said Igor isa ,millions of decent people around the world know that Drumpf is a a TRAITOR and they are not afraid to say it…..
this right here
Along with all the other comments- let’s not forget what is happening at our Supreme Court. Our Constitution no longer protects “We the People “. Our voting rights are being destroyed.
When there is no longer respect for the rule of law, such as is true of the SC and the DOJ in particular, we lose democracy. "They" chose this.
They did indeed. Interesting none of "Them" admit it or even mention it.
We know what's happening, because we see it. We know where the blame lies because we know it. Now what do we do about it. Because the buck stops at the top and as long as that rhetoric is hate, and that rhetoric trends from the top down, that's how society reacts. There are no adults at the top who are willing and or able to diffuse. We don't get it from our leaders, we don't get it from our media, and while all of this is happening, our government is trying to intimidate us into silence. So the question is what do we do about it and once that's determined, it becomes HOW!
Gun violence requires one thing: GUNS.
When will we demand reform on this amendment?
Instead, the current regime is now floating a proposal to make it ok to sell guns on-line. Your 14 year old could probably get around the ID requirement and have his very own Glock delivered to your door. How he uses it ... well, we can guess.
Next there will be vending machines where you can buy your murder weapon of choice whenever you feel enraged enough.
No kidding. They want us to have to show 10 forms of ID to vote, but when it comes to guns... Let's just pass them out like they were candy.
Guns beget guns beget use of force, beget Hegseths, beget hatred, beget assassins. But as in the dawn of man part of the movie 2001, we are violent animals and among the very few that will kill its own. IN the case of the felon who will never be my president, it’s a horrific but reasonable proposal. Demonic hatred requires extreme measures and we have offered the deranged a means to affirmation.
So very true Artie.
Yes, love your last sentence about vending machines!
People who are on the edge see no way out. They attack. They react. They aren’t thinking about anyone else but the target they have set their minds too. Ever wonder why there is so much violence since we have Trump.2? Think back. Never ever has there been so many open attempts near a President of the United States. People are just cracking under day after day. And then, the sound of people chanting 4 more years is enough to send the sane over the edge. This insanity is not Biden’s blame. It is on you Incompetent-in-Chief. It’s you with your fake foolish accent and your stupid speeches. Once the midterms are over they ought to put you in a playpen and give you a few toys, and stick a pacifier in your mouth until you finally go away.
They kind of have put him in a playpen of sorts. They let him entertain himself with his ballroom and arch while they run the government according to Project 2025. He certainly has never had any interest in governing. He just wants applause and access to the treasury/donors.
Aussie here, sending love and support to all the sane beautiful Americans there.
You nailed it. Even if he were interested in governing he wouldn't have a clue. He's an uneducated piece of white trash. It's unfathomable to most of us in the world how he ended up in the OO twice.
Americans must find the moral courage to course correct. It would be an epic tragedy if all the accomplishments America has achieved in its young life were to perish at the hands of such white trash.
❤️❤️ From Melbourne
No one is trying to kill him. All of these “assassination attempts” have been at very strategic times and somehow seem to benefit his agenda. Check the shooters’ families’ bank accounts. I guarantee these are nothing more than desperate MAGAts, willing to sacrifice their own freedom, or even lives, in support of their MAGAr furher and so their families can be financially comfortable.
You could be 100% correct.
Good call Michelle
Thank you Theresa
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Well said Michelle.
Well as usual Michael, and as others have rightly stated, this violence thing is not a both sides issue. There is absolutely no equivalency! And the biggest promoter of such violent rhetoric...and actions (think dozens of dead Iranian school children, hundreds of unarmed fishermen murdered without evidence or proof of wrong doing, and American citizens murdered in the streets by his brown shirts). And let's not forget it was the almighty Ronald Reagan that had hundreds of mental institutions closed and the occupants released to the streets without further care. He also ended civics education in public schools, and began the trickle UP economy. Keep the masses dumb and desperate... The beginning of the end for middle class America...
Meant to add... the biggest promoter of violent rhetoric and actions sits in the oval office...
Exactly Tom. And, no civics education just keeps on giving.
I'm hopeful that the vote this November will show how dissatisfied Americans are with what's going on. The problem is will the votes be counted and recorded truthfully. There's a terrible danger in giving control over our elections to extremely wealthy people who may or may not believe in Democracy.
Violence is never the answer. However, the fish rots from the head. For YEARS now, liberals and Democrats have taken abuse and hatred from the far right media apparatus. Trump revels in it. Now he’s started with the “Dumocrats.” He needs to take ownership of the world he created in the last 11 years - a world of hatred, bigotry, racism, violence, division, insult and conspiracy theories. We know he won’t because nothing is ever his fault. I don’t listen to Candace Owens but I caught a video of part of her interview with Hunter Biden and I was impressed that she apologized to his face (not some half-assed apology because she was caught) and admitted that she said all the nasty things because she thought of him as a caricature. Not a human. That is what is lost in Donald Trump. He thinks anyone who doesn’t adore him isn’t human. Our free speech has morphed into speech without ownership or accountability.
He needs to take ownership. That’s cute. Like that will ever happen.
Yes, I had an extreme eye roll when I wrote it.
Hatred has been normalized and applauded by this president. Stop the gaslighting and tell the truth Michael.
idk that it's gaslighting, which would suggest that MC is intentionally misleading in order to manipulate. I think he just has some pretty big blind spots, and/or a reluctance to be too loudly & explicitly critical of the world's most vindictive man. which imo is totally understandable in light of the punishment he's already suffered 🤷🏻♀️
When you pick up and coddle a snake, EXPECT to be bitten.
He does try to “both sides” this issue, though.
Agreed.
Igor, I do agree that Michael has been subjected to a lot of cruelty. More recently, it's been the troup including Lev, Zev, Dean, Joe Walsh, etc. I unsubscibed from all and I have noticed they haven't been mentioning Michael lately. But I do recall, on top of all the allegations, many proven false, there was Lev and Zev, giggling about Michael having high blood pressure. Anybody finding something like that funny is a perverse human. And then there is Lev, after the incident with Alisa Rodregez, the Pugilist, giving lectures about people not throwing out allegations without proof. The master of it, for months. Ellie doesn't mention Michael in her headlines anymore. That's good.
I Don't disagree with any of this, but it needs to be emphasized that a lot of this violence is inspired by tRump and his loyalists. And his words get FAR greater amplification and distribution than do the words of any YouTube channel pundit. Also, we kind of need to not gloss over the elephant in the room...everybody and his brain damaged dog can easily & legally acquire a lethal weapon in this country.
Trump called it: American Carnage. What goes around comes around . Vote blue.
Why would anyone want to hurt or attempt to assassinate such a wonderful leader? 🤔 Because he spreads hatred, lies, tries to change history, is a racist.... Shall I go on? But, no Michael, you are absolutey right, violence definitely isn't the way. Get out and vote and leave those guns behind.
It's okay to say that attempted assassination of a president isn't ok. I agree. But your article should also state that it also isn't ok to attempt assassination, threat, or burn down the house of political opponents, journalists, etc. Knowing trump is republican makes it seem as though this article puts the blame on democrats. That's how people (trumpers) will read it. I don't believe it has been proven that all attempts on trump were from democrats. But I could be wrong. But with trumps own violent rhetoric, it incites his supporters to act as he does. Maybe we should just demand a higher level of intelligence, empathy, and morality for ALL people in the U.S. from the President. Hold him accountable and this most likely wouldn't even be an issue.
Michael does not like to hold the Orange Puddle of Smegma and the MAGAts responsible for this kind of thing. He tends to “both sides” this particular issue. Every time. And this is one of those 6/12 times I don’t agree with him. In fact, I disagree with him VEHEMENTLY.
Actually, the IIRC, at least 1 if not 2 were Trump supporters. Of course, the administration declared that they had been "brainwashed".
This is all on trump. He hates everybody, and it's coming back to bite him in the ass.
It is all on Trump. And it's something Cohen never admits to in his both sides-isms. By the way, I don't see yesterday's live posted where he had another meltdown over a couple of trolls who he blocked. He couldn't let it go, and it took up the majority of the live as he just insulted and disparaged them. I try, because at times he has some good things to say, but then this embarrassing shit happens. It's always “What have you done to bring truth to power?” Well, we vote, we protest, we boycott, we do what we can. It's arrogant. He can't leave it alone, and he wonders why he can't get new subscribers.
Yes…he’s good with insults. His livestream is the only one that calls the viewers fuckers, as I was on that day. Then he wonders why he’s lost subscribers.
I agree the assassination attempts are not ok. But we do have these crazies out there. Doesn't Trump need to tone down his rhetoric???? Calling Democrats crazy lunatics is not ok. Calling people losers is not ok. Calling comedians no talent is not ok. Saying he is glad Robert Mueller is gone was not ok. What about the comments Trump made about Rob Reiner after he was murdered?? What about how Trump treats the press and calls them "enemies of the people"??? Trump constantly hollers "fake news". I realize these are just words but they have an impact. Hasn't others been called out on their words like comedians Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel??? Hasn't former FBI Director James Comey been called out???? Trump is supposed to be President for ALL residents of America NOT just maga. In no way should Trump be excused for his terrible and nasty language. Trump is part of the problem.
Very well stated as usual Michael but when the president of the USA, his family and his GOP and other followers are the MAIN PERPETRATORS OF THE HATRED being constantly spewed to divide the country to get more votes by any crooked means what can be expected? The cure for ANY DISEASE IS TO ERADICATE THE SOURCE OF THE DISEASE. DO you not agree?