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haele

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30. Kick down speech is hateful. Kick up speech is satire or a warning.

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 02:02 PM

Jan 11

One degrades and active threatens, the other is defensively threatening.
The difference is between "Comply to what I say or Die, Shitscum" or "Dickhead, I got rights, you're in the wrong here..."
Where's the power balance, again?
So, yeah, sure sounds like both sides hate speech to me...

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Homan - "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric." [View all] orangecrush Jan 11 OP

Of all the Trump gang I take advice from he's the least likely to be listened to Ritabert Jan 11 #1

So is he offering to show us how that is done? Sarcasm in the extreme. efhmc Jan 11 #3

Tell that to B.See Jan 11 #49

Translated: "COMPLY OR ELSE!" durablend Jan 11 #2

Shutup or Die. C_U_L8R Jan 11 #4

That's what I read. orangecrush Jan 11 #10

Yes, we've been warned. dedl67 Jan 11 #40

What "hateful rhetoric" did Renee Good use? Wednesdays Jan 11 #5

"That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you" orangecrush Jan 11 #8

Someone taunted Ross. intheflow Jan 11 #29

Taunted? stillspkg Jan 11 #35

Her partner yelled something like, "I was in the real military. You want a piece of us?" intheflow Jan 11 #44

Who is this "WE"? Fatboy needs to look in the mirror and talk to himself. CousinIT Jan 11 #6

Hoeman is a mushmouthed meathead Hey Joe Jan 11 #28

Who said, "I'm not mad at you." Who said "Fucking bitch."? tetedur Jan 11 #7

Exactly. orangecrush Jan 11 #9

They can kill people in cold blood and spew hatred. Irish_Dem Jan 11 #11

More projection of course NewHendoLib Jan 11 #12

And here I thought the problem was the wild misuse of a firearm; the real problem is the 1st Amendment, apparently. nt Gore1FL Jan 11 #13

Well I'll be damned.... orangecrush Jan 11 #14

I agree, with 3 provisos: snot Jan 11 #15

Wow, starting off a post with "both sides do it"??? Makes one niyad Jan 11 #18

you're claiming there isn't hateful (and extreme) rhetoric readily visible .. ? stopdiggin Jan 11 #27

Kick down speech is hateful. Kick up speech is satire or a warning. haele Jan 11 #30

check out some of the recent 'speech' / activity stopdiggin Jan 11 #31

I hate to check you there, but isn't this thread about Houman and his comments? haele Jan 11 #47

I responded to a post decrying stopdiggin Jan 11 #48

Hmmm, KoKo's song is running through my mind right now. niyad Jan 11 #43

Until Homan and the rest of this misadministration stop with the hateful rhetoric, madinmaryland Jan 11 #16

As I have said before, may this disgusting, lying, pathetic, pretend human niyad Jan 11 #17

Return the $50,000, Homan. Kid Berwyn Jan 11 #19

Hey Homan, you and your Nazi thugs go first, and tell ICEb***h Barbie to stop spreading MarineCombatEngineer Jan 11 #20

Yes, YOU need to... 2naSalit Jan 11 #21

"We have whistles. They have guns." surfered Jan 11 #22

"I'm not mad at you" is hateful rhetoric? karynnj Jan 11 #23

Hateful Rhetoric? Like, "Ilhan Omar is garbage. Somalis are garbage." MineralMan Jan 11 #24

They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. They're rapists and murderers. They're garbage. Solly Mack Jan 11 #25

Obey Or Die, as Colbert pointed out this week EarlG Jan 11 #26

Is he gonna go first? chowmama Jan 11 #32

So--SET the EXAMPLE, Mr. 50K! lastlib Jan 11 #33

The beatings will continue until morale improves. nt Exp Jan 11 #34

The witless irony of Tom Homan! struggle4progress Jan 11 #36

Even better - Mblaze Jan 11 #37

"The department's recruitment content has been widely shared by the Proud Boys and other extremists." muriel_volestrangler Jan 11 #38

Sure, Baron Harkonnen . . . hatrack Jan 11 #39

Well, then fucking stop with it, Mumbles. GoCubsGo Jan 11 #41

MAGA have always been promising bloodshed IronLionZion Jan 11 #42

The ones who are spewing the hateful rhetoric are Trump and his minions and MAGAts. raccoon Jan 11 #45

The beatings will continue, NameAlreadyTaken Jan 11 #46

Homan looks like what I imagine those that went after enslaved people JI7 Jan 11 #50

It's his own grave JustAnotherGen Jan 11 #51

No, mushmouth. Hateful behavior(ICE) is johnnyfins Jan 11 #52