Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:02:01 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: BIDEN: "Trump Won't Denounce Political Violence!" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:02:04 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2625 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c63ac49768ad15$12265$3582942$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3021 On 4/14/2024 11:42 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: >> On Apr 9, 2024 at 6:15:20 PM PDT, FPP wrote: >>> On 4/9/24 12:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> On Apr 9, 2024 at 6:53:43 AM PDT, FPP wrote: >>>>> On 4/6/24 2:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>>>>> . . . > >>>>>> And you still haven't explained why Biden hasn't denounced any of them, >>>>>> since he's decreed that denouncing political violence is the duty of >>>>>> every president. > > [Fred Phelps citing headline] >>>>>> Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned Antifa, violent protests > >>>> Wait, I thought Antifa didn't exist? Now you're claiming it does and that >>>> Biden has condemned them? > >>>> Wow. Baby steps, I guess. > >>>> Or do they only exist to the extent you can win on Usenet today? > >>> It exists as a concept, but not as an organization. > >> LOL! So it was a concept that was trying to burn down the federal courthouse >> every night in Portland during the 2020 Summer of Love, was it? > > I'm so confused about Fred Phelps' position here. These large-scale > protests that included violence, arson, and vandalism were organized > through Twitter by people forwarding tweets. An "organization" is a body > that organizes something. A protest was organized by those tweeting. The > fact that they worked in concert is what made them an organization, even > without being organized as a corporation, partnership, or unincorporated > society with charters and bylaws and other organic documents. Working > together by passing the word along is what made them an organization. > > It exists as a means of organizing among those doing the organizing. > This is actual, not conceptual. Working together toward a common purpose > is all that's necessary to be an organization. So, a lynch mob is an organization. Start spreading the noose...