Rhetoric that I've seen is essentially that "anyone who voted for, donated to, or promoted Trump's policies should be on a list which should be used to remove them from 'polite' society."
Use of the words polite society has popped up quite a few times as well. I'm sure you can find substantially more by googling around.
What I meant to ask, though, was whether you saw liberal or conservative folks sharing these?
Personally I'd only seen them shared in conservative circles... Wondering if it's more an example of "one side taking an extreme comment and applying it to everyone on the other side" (like many on the left have done with racism etc) or an actual movement of mccarthyism.
I've seen this get traction in both circles. The left leaning people I know are what I would describe as "sane" but they are still willing to like/retweet this message.
Of course the conservative leaning people are responding more along the lines of "And you called US fascists?!"
I think having mainstream media writers and hosts, as well as an elected representative promote this message is enough to suggest that it's spread too far already. Hopefully this sort of rhetoric dies down and the legal claims about the election are resolved through fair evidence-based examination. If not, I think we might be headed towards yet more unrest.
Thanks! It's so hard to find out what the world looks like from other people's digital/social bubbles...
I totally agree - it's really, really important that conservatives don't feel attacked (let alone hunted) and that concerns about election integrity are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.
WAPO opinion writer and MSNBC contributor - https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1324792225260253184
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324807776510595078
The Trump Accountability Project (There are two, the original has now distanced themselves from this one) - https://www.trumpaccountability.net/
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes - Tweet deleted, found this instead https://twitter.com/VoteMarsha/status/1325477249697673217
Rhetoric that I've seen is essentially that "anyone who voted for, donated to, or promoted Trump's policies should be on a list which should be used to remove them from 'polite' society."
Use of the words polite society has popped up quite a few times as well. I'm sure you can find substantially more by googling around.