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A social media trend involving ambiguous calls for action against President Trump has gained traction, with influencers using memes to suggest violence. Experts are concerned over the normalization of such rhetoric.

washingtonpost.comThey’re not saying someone should kill Trump. But they’re coming close.Deliberately vague internet memes about violence against prominent people have become increasingly popular, and experts fear they will encourage actual attacks.

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The violence and threatening language on all sides, especially from our leaders, MUST STOP. ENOUGH. Humanity matters. Kindness matters. Sanity matters. Rule of law matters. Stop illegal boat bombings. Stop masked ice kidnappings and homicides. Stop threatening to destroy civilizations. Make peace.

Oh no, not Rhetoric. Unlike the real violence being perpetrated, words exist in a universe where you might see them 😱

Where is the article about all the experts worried when Trump was posting pictures of Biden gagged and hogtied? Or when the gOp made Kyle Rittenhouse a gd hero? Go to hell - go straight to hell and take a Bezos dick rocket to get there.

Maybe he should stop threatening everyone who has ever disagreed with him. Or trying for civility when talking to reporters. Or not wasting taxpayer money bombing the shit out of ransom countries. Maybe he should be better.

I guess pardoning those folks might have set a percedent for violence and political criminality that maybe wasn't such a good idea? Nah, nevermind, WaPo is paid to not pursue that line of thought

Saying a child rapist traitor should face consequences for his crimes is legitimate. Threatening to destroy a civilization after double tapping a girls school, joking about assassination of the Hortmans and attack on Pelosi, and car stickers depicting President Biden hogtied is violent rhetoric.

Despite what WaPo would have you believe, people do not like child rapists! Nor traitors to the Constitution. They do not like dishonest grifters stealing their money. Can't believe I have to explain this stuff but Trump has brought society's bar so low. People want consequences for criminal acts.

The press is the enemy of the people, Hispanics are animals, and democrats are vermin. Ok, WaPo, show me the violent rhetoric of the left (and not social media randos). Calling republicans fascists who are undermining democracy is not violent rhetoric, it’s "journalism".

What did they have to say about all the memes depicting the Obama White House in flames and the pics of Obama being lynched in effigy?

Tyrannicide has always been morally and philosophically justified. Trump's administration has the chance and the obligation to prevent it by removing this dangerous insane president from his position.

republicans regular openly call for genocide, war, the killing of people all over the world why is that normal but this is not? this country almost always deals with external problems with violence, why shouldn't its citizens deal with internal problems the same way?

This reverso-world idiocy is brought to you by Jeff Bezos. The key thing to remember is that when it comes to Trump and his gang of sycophants, every accusation is an admission of guilt. What Bezos and team are doing here is pure DARVO.

Maybe. But where are the reports every day when trump posts violence. Just because trump has made a career out of violent rhetoric doesn’t mean you should ignore it

Funny that I never saw an article like this when Biden was president and the magas would basically kill him in memes every day. No "experts" to quote back then? What happened?

It takes just one of these kind of Trump toadying pieces to undo the good of the hundred of good journalism pieces that comes out of the Washington Post.... To the point it makes it seem that the people at WaPo, who still write good pieces, are wasting their time.

Wait. You’ve got to be kidding. Have you seen what the president posts and says??????? But you are worried about other people normalizing violence or hate? I mean, y’all work hard every day to normalize Trump, so I shouldn’t be surprised, but this editorial is quite something.

So, how long until you're consolidated under the "Post" brand with your New York colleagues? You're at roughly the same level of journalism by now.

Were the experts concerned about normalizing violence when masked thugs entered cities and murdered protesters? No? Then they can fuck all the way off.

Gee, I wonder if there's an influential political figure that might have played a significant part in that normalization over the last dozen years.

lol You morons are doing nothing to make me regret canceling my subscription. Go cry me a nice salty river. People on the left have been having to deal with this for decades! Black people for far longer. You shit birds can take a long walk off a short pier for all I care.

Don't know anyone who wishes him an early exit. Most want him around long enough to see it all reversed - name removed, policies rescinded, buildings demolished, appointments vacated, cronies jailed - from his jail cell & know he's reviled as even MAGAts try to forget him. That's narcissist's hell.

ICE raids, convoys, gamergate and proud boys Red hats, nazi tats, January 6th brats KKK, Pinochet, what else do I have to say ♪We didn't normalize the rhetoric It's been always spoken 'cuz the nation's broken We didn't normalize the rhetoric WaPo may decry it but they helped inspire it♪

Live by the sword..... That said, I surely hope nobody kills him for real. It would make a martyr out of him and allow the 'republicans' to seize power with the excuse that the nation is under siege. Let him get crushed during the mid-terms or let him have the balls to sabotage them: bye bye MAGA.