Silence is support and approval.
First, that's ridiculous. There are millions of people who support Trump, and keeping up on all their statements and actions so that you can disavow any that are offensive is beyond the capacity of any human. It would be equally ridiculous to hold all supporters of Cruz, or Castle, or NeverTrumpers responsible for everything done by any of them unless they expressly disavow it. That's an absurd standard.
Second, how do you know that a particular Trump supporter
hasn't disavowed or expressed disagreement with stupid/threatening statements? Are they all required to email you so that you can keep a list of who is naughty, and who is nice?
We ALL see people across the country, including on this very site using pretty direct language like "Take care of", 'Hunt down with dogs etc'. Then we see people like you minimizing it and making excuses. What I don't see is you or any Trump supporter calling them out on being the violent little fascist wannabees they are.
I've said it was a stupid statement, and if it happens to come up in conversation, I'll call out any ridiculous/extreme statement, from any side. In fact, I called out
@aligncare on another thread for being rude and lacking grace with respect to Cruz's announcement.
To me, the "hunt down with dogs" statement reeks of hyperbole, as does the response of those who are trying to maintain straight faces while saying "yes, I really do worry that they're going to be hunting us with dogs." But I certainly don't feel a moral obligation to respond to every single stupid/offensive thing other people say. For you to infer "support and approval" by me or any else from a failure to do that is absurd.
IIRC you argued with me when I said people are responsible for who they vote for.
I said that voters are not responsible for every thing every person they voted for does. It is the nature of representative democracy that we do not get to elect perfect candidates. Now, you can choose to vote only for those candidates who reflect perfectly your worldview, but in the vast majority of cases, that is going to mean you are casting a vote for someone who has no chance of winning, which to my mind is essentially an abrogation of responsibility.
are gonna argue they arent responsible/don't share responsibility for being silent supporters in the crowd?
What exactly is a "silent supporter in the crowd"? Any person who does not expressly disavow every single stupid thing said by someone else who happens to support the same candidate? As I said above, that is a ridiculous, unworkable standard. Moreover, unless you are somehow sufficiently omniscient to be instantly aware of every statement of disavow made by every person, you are inherently going to be judging people in ignorance --
assuming that because you are unaware of them disavowing something, they have not in fact done so.