Discussion: Alec Baldwin: Is Trump's Jab At SNL 'A Threat To My Safety?'

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Actually, he’s asking a valid question. After Pizzagate and other incidents (attacking journalists, etc.) triggered by incitement of the gullible by RWNJs including the head NJ, I wouldn’t want to ignore this.

I wonder when it can be turned to charges.

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Of course his safety is threatened. Many MAGA people aren’t wired like they rest of us. They have lost any connection with reality. When Trump tells them to seek retribution they are eager to please.

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If I were Baldwin or Michael Cohen, I wouldn’t want to walk around NYC without security. Even though NYC is probably the safest place for them, there are still plenty of MAGA loonies around.

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I love this. He’s probably asking tongue-in-cheek to jab Donnie but it’s valid. Where does the POTUS get off threatening businesses and citizens of the country he’s been elected to serve? Donnie doesn’t seem to understand the nature of his job.

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I would say they aren’t ‘wired’ at all…the synapses don’t seem to spark in the same way…

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That’s just it, Trump is rarely direct about these threats (especially on Twitter). He’ll mask any threats in a passive aggressive tone, because it’s the best way to claim 1st amendment protection.

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Not sure that Trump could have made his plea / request to the crazies any more plain & blunt.
… although some may need to have the meaning of the word “retribution” spelled out in words of one syllable.

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Perfect words. Perfect tone. Perfect platform.

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And that’s how intimidation works. Once people start asking Baldwin’s question in their heads, most of the time they end up self-censoring their actions, or avoiding publicity so that they don’t show up again on the Capo’s radar. It’s only necessary that the violence happens once in a while.

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It’s clear enough to his followers.

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”

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And he nicely places “hit job” and “retribution” as the buzz words next to each other.

It’s pretty clear communication.

And for all his inability to do so many simple things, he is gifted in this area.

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There is a progression to this…and it’s not pretty. Because most people here have not grown up in a dictatorship this is all parlor-talk.

It is not.

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It can be turned to impeachment at any time.

I doubt that impeachment would be a wise strategy at this moment; but it is absolutely certain that a president should not do this, and anyone willing to do this should not be president.

You don’t have to be a criminal to be unfit for presidency.

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My thoughts exactly. Trump’s Presidential Oath of Office requires him to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” including the First Amendment. He has done nothing but attempt to undermine it. Even if the Democrats don’t impeach Trump for this, they should begin harping on it.

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It’s not a threat, it’s incitement. Which is usually the step after a threat. Our first amendment jurisprudence isn’t really prepared for this because so few people carry out the discussions for a criminal conspiracy in public.

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A lot of people have been asking themselves that question lately, Alec. You’re not the only one concerned about that.

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The kindest woman I have ever known (I helped her son to come to this country) lived under a dictatorship for the first 21 years of her life. The kind of dictatorship where a trip to a bodega might involve a government stooge.

She has far too much taste to tell me directly what she thinks of shallow people who take our rights for granted.

But I’ve overheard her.

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Pretty certain that calling for “retribution” is.

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