[ExI] Nobody can say we weren’t warned

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Oct 22, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 8:03 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ​> ​Assume that, by the morning of November 9th, it is clear that Hillary will have leads of at least 5 percentage points in enough states that the electoral college will give her a solid majority vote.  Trump refuses to accept defeat.​ ​What might Trump do to try to win in that scenario?  Obviously he can claim the vote was rigged, but what would he and his followers actually do about it that might be of any consequence?
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>> ​Well, Trump has already said the "second amendment people" might be able to impose a second amendment remedy; and Trump has also said Hillary's secret service protection agents should stop using guns. So Adrian you tell me, what do you think that's code for?
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> I know his intentions.  I know his signals.  I am asking you to consider what he might actually DO if he loses, and actually confront it instead of just hint at it.  What forces could he still marshal at that point, and how might they be countered?
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> Because this is a lot more probable than him getting fairly elected at this point.  If you want to focus on the nightmare, please at least focus on more likely nightmares.

The talk about disarming the Secret Service is not code for anything. It's Trump borrowing something from the gun rights camp. Some gun rights folks have pointed out that if politicians believe we are safer without gun then the politicians should have their bodyguards disarmed. The point is not to disarm them so there can be open season on politicians, but rather to show that the politicians' arguments are ridiculous. (Whether this succeeds or is a valid is debatable, but the intent should be clear: nothing to do with a call for assassination or for civil war. That should be plain to see, but the obvious often needs pointing out.;)

By the way, it's sad that Trump took that from gun rights folks because now the idea will be tarnished by him a generation or so.

Regards,

Dan
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