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Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden bound and gagged (www.seattletimes.com)
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Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.

The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.

In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.

Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.

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[-] entity@infosec.pub 37 points 7 months ago

‘Just’

normalising this is part of the problem. It isn’t ‘just’ a video of two trucks.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 45 points 7 months ago

It is normal. Trump supporters have been like this since 2016. Right wing cranks existed way before that.

[-] SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

Right, this shit has already been normalized. We ought to be concerned with how to deal with it.

[-] SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 42 points 7 months ago

It's "just" a video of two trucks, given what the headline claimed.

When I first read the headline, I figured the image would be a kinda jank AI generated picture of Biden bound and gagged. Like... The headline makes it seem like that's the focus of Trumps post.

But it isn't. The focus of the image are the trucks adorned with Trump memorabilia. That's the thing he cares about in this case. The presence of the Chud Tailgate Murder Fantasy is incidental.

And for that matter, what do you mean "normalizing"? This shit is already normal. That's the problem.

[-] 420stalin69@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago

The presence of the Chud Tailgate Murder Fantasy is incidental.

Tagline NOW

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

New hardcore band name

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 38 points 7 months ago

Oh noes! What will the parliamentarian think!

[-] entity@infosec.pub -5 points 7 months ago

For starters, probably that you are a moron.

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 30 points 7 months ago

What do you mean?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ummm ackshully it doesn't say that in the parmesantarian's Big Book Of Fucking Over American People so three pinocchios for you!!!one

[-] Salph@infosec.pub 13 points 7 months ago

Ah, projection

[-] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

It's literally just a video of two trucks? Do you notice anything out of the ordinary with them? Because most of us aren't experts on trucks, and frankly it's extremely uncivil to gatekeep your knowledge.

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

okay

i edited my comment to better fit what you said please lmk if there's any other problems with it so i can edit those too

thank you for the effort you provide to really fight the good fight i couldn't do this without you thank you for helping me i can't belive i normalized it thank you you helped me thank you

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