Author Jared Sexton took to his Twitter account to discuss the origins of Trump's recent, somewhat disturbing Tweet, in which an old video of himself on a wrestling show is altered in such a way as to show him physically attacking an embodiment of CNN. It's funny, right? Ha-ha. Not coming from the President of the United States of America it isn't. And not coming from where it came from. Read on to see what I mean. Oh! But first, here's a short take from CNN and Carl Bernstein (which includes the video in question, in case you haven't seen it yet). - Jerky
Been going through the history of the guy who made that meme Trump sent out. It's all just overtly ugly, racist, sexist rhetoric.
These are the people who make up the alt-right, and the ones who are powering Trump and feeding off him.
Everything they say either further racism or promotes unthinkable violence. They openly fantasize about killing people.
Trump's continued endorsement only fuels this fantasy. They talk all the time about wanting a civil war, about killing liberals.
This isn't just internet boasting. This is the beginning of something really, really, REALLY bad. And Trump is adding to it daily.
If you don't believe it, go spend some time on Reddit. It's seething with this stuff and the people are unhinged. It won't stay there
This is already spilling over into the real world, in Portland, in Berkeley. It's not going to stop there.
These people are confusing the real world and the online one, and that violent rhetoric is going to find an outlet.
We're in a lot of trouble. There are sick, sick people coalescing and they're being emboldened by the President of the United States.
This isn't paranoia. This isn't being a snowflake. We're staring into the abyss here, and the abyss is staring back.
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