As far as I can see the term 86 isn’t taken to mean ‘kill’ — it’s ’get rid of’, ‘throw away’, ‘stop using’ or similar. Those are not only not calls to violence, but entirely appropriate if referring to politicians in an electoral democracy.
Also, it’s completely possible that he hadn’t heard of...
A purist might not do it without reference to the data, but I don’t think the question is all that helpful to you when the data shows GDP and manufacturing growth stagnant and inflation trending up.
Also, to be fair, opinion polls on the economy aren’t without value, even in isolation. The...
That's it. Here's a helpful list of occasions on which Trump has encouraged political hate and/or violence.
He celebrated Mueller’s death.
He responded in remarkably callous fashion to the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife in December.
Despite complaining about the left making Nazi...
Whoops, declaration required… I’m not a lawyer. My comments in the post you responded to reflected knowledge gained in a long career as a financial journalist, editor, then corporate affairs executive. Floats, mergers, takeovers, crises, shitfights… etc. In those roles you see, and participate...
They both tore down statues.
Fairly rich, given you prefer a side of politics that’s attempted a cultural purge across the military, the arts, education, history, the media and other fields over the past several years.
Banned free speech.
Have they? I’d say Trump has made much more progress...
Yes. It’s a standard legal letter based on the premise that the client assures the lawyer that [his position is that] he has not done the things the article accuses him of [and he’s outraged at the suggestion he has].
I’ve seen more of these than I can remember. I’ve helped write almost as many...
Lots of recency bias there. If you're looking back 70 years there are others in the conversation. Eg. Coleman, Barassi, Skilton, Farmer, Hudson, Stewart ...
I’ve got a bunch of Essendon-supporting mates and watch the Anzac Day game with them when in Melbourne.
Watching last year, Elliott snags his first of six and one of them spits the dummy. “Oh, that prick.”
Another says “He’s not a prick, he’s just a good player.”
Another: “He’s a great player.”...