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Can we hear a GOP apology for that? Yeah, I thought not.

The difference with Trump is that you didn't hear Obama, Bush II, or Clinton engaging in this sort of trash-talking themselves and so I do think he deserves some criticism on that score.

Flashback: GOP Staffer Hounded into Resignation for Critiquing Obama Daughters' Outfits, Body Language

A day later, under intense pressure, Lauten resigned. Lauten should not have spouted off the way she did, and when you represent a member of Congress, your words can have consequences. There's no sense in scraping off this old scab and relitigating whether a forced resignation was a proportionate punishment for the civility infraction. She was a communications staffer, she communicated badly, and she embarrassed her boss. A string of no-no's. But I still maintain that the degree of media attention lavished upon this dust-up was comically disproportionate. Recall these details:

So...In other words because the other side has engaged in despicable acts it's A-OK for your side to do the same?

Sort of makes any future outrage from you entirely bullshit

If you are sitting back and saying "Well, it's not so bad considering what Trump has said," you are part of the problem

But know we have entered an age where people find it acceptable to encourage violent behavior.

Now, maybe you can explain why it’s worse than all of Trumps violent speech. You know, how he’ll pay their legal bills, how the 2nd Amendment supporters may “fix” the Hillary problem, etc.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) had the unmitigated gall to suggest this morning that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had been bribed to vote in support of President Trump’s travel ban, which stops unvetted refugees from countries that are hotbeds of terrorism from coming into the U.S. The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision upholding President Trump’s “travel ban” as constitutional. Ellison stated that Gorsuch had “done what his paymasters sent him there to do,” Ellison told CNN. He was furious, calling the decision discriminatory and racist as usual.

The Mainstream Media is Directly to Blame for Our Current State of Political Discourse

That is the level of frenzy with which the legacy media has reported every development of this administration; and while the talking heads at CNN know damn well that they’re playing games for clicks and ratings, the rest of their viewer base is left feeling panicked and helpless, sincerely believing that at any moment the Brown Shirts are going to march into their homes and places of work and haul off every woman, minority and gay person. SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING.

Suddenly nearly half the population has a moral obligation to civil disobedience. Instead of simply engaging politically and gearing up for the next elections (which happen every 2-4 years, rain or shine), now average people have an imperative to cause trouble, to scream and shout and physically obstruct anyone who is associated with the President in any way, even if they’re just a neighbor who voted for him.