I was passing by, I just wanted to quickly comment on this:
I find it hard to believe that you don't see his bullying, his intimidating behavior, his threats. And I can't believe that behavior is OK.
Most Trump supporters seem to acknowledge his troubling behavior but vary in how they perceive its significance. Some view his rhetoric as merely humorous or irrelevant, while others believe it raises awareness of controversial issues.
When you take it in isolation, it always sounds pretty awful. But if you follow him enough, and hear him also say things like 'I want everybody to stop dying', 'I want to end the wars', 'it's terrible what our people are suffering through', and various condemnations of criminals and general violence, you start to see a bigger picture of his big personality, that he is actually a proponent of peace, with a sharp tongue that speaks before his brain kicks in.
With that context I think most people understand he's not saying Cheney should be shot, but more what is a very common narrative historically among normal everyday people:
'Let's put the politicians on the front line and see how they like it'.
So I think it's perfectly valid to condemn this kind of bullying narrative, but I also think it's easy to see why so many people are willing to cut through it and get to the meat of what he's saying.
RE: US election - NO to Trump please!