Jason Howerton
The Blaze
10/8/2012
The Blaze editor’s note: This story contains graphic language and will be offensive to some readers.
The race to the White House can be ugly and cruel, an inconvenient truth that rears its ugly head in U.S. politics every four years. Unfortunately, there will always be those who reserve pure, unadulterated hatred for anyone they disagree with.
Nothing displays that fact more clearly than the dozens of horrific death threats made against GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney via Twitter, which were uncovered Sunday night. South Carolina attorney Todd Kincannon, who is also the former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party, took notice of the intense hatred coming from the left and directed the threatening messages to the Secret Service and FBI’s official Twitter accounts.
Here’s a rundown of some of the threatening tweets discovered by Kincannon, though there are many more (Warning! Graphic language):
…According to federal law, the individuals who made the threats should expect a visit from the Secret Service:
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon—
(1) a former President or a member of the immediate family of a former President;
(2) a member of the immediate family of the President, the President-elect, the Vice President, or the Vice President-elect;
(3) a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate; or
(4) a person protected by the Secret Service under section 3056 (a)(6);
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
The complete article is at The Blaze.
CAJ note: For those readers who are not Twitter users, let us help you understand some of what you are seeing in the article.
Not every Twitter user mentioned in each “tweet” is threatening Governor Romney. The threat is issued by the last @name you see. For instance, in the first tweet above, @iAmBenjisLady is the person who issued the threat. @sistertoldjah is re-broadcasting the tweet (“re-tweeting” is indicated by RT) to the Secret Service (@Secret Service) and to her Twitter followers. @ToddKincannon is re-tweeting the entire chain of messages to his Twitter followers so they can read what is happening.
MT means the initial tweet has been modified, as in the second tweet authored by @Haunter_ (who, evidently, is staggeringly ill-informed or has a vivid imagination, since the Governor has never threatened to “ban tampons.”)
The pound signs, or hash tags, help to create an index of trends and references on Twitter. For example, #idgaf means “list this tweet under the trend ‘I don’t give a f__k.” If you were to go to Twitter and search #idgaf you could see the messages of everyone in the world of Twitter using that tag, whether or not you follow those individual accounts.
It seems that the better the Romney-Ryan team does in the polls, the more success they enjoy in their race against the administration, they more they will be treated to The Chicago Way™.
Readers might also wish to know that well over 100 conservative Twitter accounts have been silenced, that is, suspended. They’ve had complaints filed against them for either tweeting spam or “offensive” content (just saying you support any Republican candidate is enough to be hated by those on the left, evidently). The tactic is clearly one straight from Alinksy’s “Rules for Radicals” and these conservatives and libertarians have protested to Twitter’s account services and management to have their suspended accounts released from the “gulag.” In fact, one of the accounts belongs to our WordBoss who has, we can assure you with our hands on our hearts, never threatened, nor spammed, nor terrorized anyone. He tweets CAJ’s daily headlines and enjoys conversing with his twitter colleagues, or “tweeps.” During his time on Twitter he has been involved in several disagreements with liberals who refuse to believe a Brit can ever become an American conservative. If–when–they complain to Twitter management, WordBoss gets tossed into “Twitmo” until someone with a brain reviews his account and realizes he’s not guilty of the accusations.
The moral of this story is that leftists may spew threats, and hate, and filth but you conservatives had better keep your thoughts and opinions to yourselves. Just sit down and shut up. Let the really smart people do the thinking for you.
We say, be civil but refuse to be silenced.
…the Think Squad told me in no uncertain terms that for decades black people have counted on white guilt to “get stuff, whatever we wanted” and that if the government or a corporation or whatever wouldn’t give in to demands from blacks they’d “just scream racism until everyone got scared and gave up”.
‘They’d give up pretty easy too, actually. It was a game people played. You wanted something and you just had to time it right. The City especially would race to get you whatever you asked for if they thought Jesse would show up with his guys and scream and yell about racism if Daley didn’t give them what they wanted”, a Thinker told me about how easy it was for blacks to manipulate the system in Chicago by using threats of “RACISM!” cries to essentially extort Mayor Daley for concessions.
“Daley was smart. He never wanted black people to be picketing anything in Chicago. So all it would take would be a call from Jesse where he’d make the threat and the next day Daley would give in. He was no fool. He didn’t want no trouble. Worked like a charm for thirty years!”, an older Thinker across from me said, between bites of his steak burrito.
I learned that “white guilt” was a finite resource for blacks that many people believe has now been depleted during the Obama presidency. This is something that causes EXTREME anger in black ranks because “Obama didn’t care about what happens to everyone after he’s gone and living in that big house in Hawaii they bought for him”…
Also, Twitter Explodes After Black Actress Endorses Romney as the ‘Only Choice for Your Future’
Actress Stacey Dash, who has starred in everything from the 90′s hit Clueless to CSI, prompted a firestorm on Twitter after publicly endorsing Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and then standing by her opinion.
“Vote for Romney. The only choice for your future. @mittromney @teamromney #mittromney #VOTE #voteromney,” Dash wrote on her official Twitter page, accompanied by a photo of herself with an American flag.
Not long after, presumed Obama supporters began insulting Dash for her opinion, saying she isn’t “black” enough, several even asking if the actress would just “kill herself.”
One man wrote: “This hurts but you a Romney lover and you slutting yourself to the white man only proves why no black man married u @REALStaceyDash.”
As news of Dash’s treatment spread, however, First Amendment-lovers nationwide began voicing their support for the actress using the hashtag #ISupportStaceyDash…
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