I saw a post on TOS on a thread that has since been pulled claiming that if Cruz is successful at the Convention, we are all going to be hanging from lamp posts. There was more, but I can't remember it. Very threatening.
They want us to vote for their mistake, but if he isn't nominated; they will kill us all.
On that same thread 2DV asked if they would vote for Cruz in the future if he runs again, making note that it took Reagan three tries. Not a single person said they would. The comments were derisive such as they wouldn't vote for him for dogcatcher, will never vote for him for anything, his political career is over, going to primary him in 2018, ..., etc.
Not overly bright things to say considering they need our votes.
You say you saw a post that has since been removed - that said Cruz people were going to be hanging from lamp posts.
And then you said:
They want us to vote for their mistake, but if he isn't nominated; they will kill us all.
:wtf!:
First of all - you said yourself the post was deleted. Any public forum can have trolls that throw Molotov Cocktail statements like that just to instigate and also to make the site look bad. The fact that it was removed means that it wasn't an appropriate comment to the admins. You just happened to see it before they could take it down. Means they wanted no part of those sentiments. They did what they should have done.
They want us to vote for their mistake, but if he isn't nominated; they will kill us all.
Who is this "they"? "They" want to KILL us all?????
I know that you don't believe that kind of hogwash - I just know you don't.
You paint all of us with a pretty wide brush - hard to have rational dialogue with that kind of over-the-top rhetoric.
I'm just going to assume that you so disturbed by that post that you just got caught up in it and were having an emotional reaction when you saw that. I know you don't think that I, or the vast majority of Trump supporters, want to kill you.
Sigh.
I hate this political strife as much as anyone - I'm a lover, not a fighter. I apologize for not realizing the fear and anxiety - not to mention the feeling of hurt - that people that backed other candidates are going through right now. I'd like to think that most of us really are trying to heal a rift - there's always a few that stick out - but I guess we're trying to push our point of view a little too quickly to allow for a proper grieving period. I'm going to stay away from these threads for awhile and I think the other Trumpers should too - to give you all time to heal and think about where you are going from here on out.
We're not changing anyone's mind this way - perhaps making it worse. It's an emotional cauldron right now and I'm going to back off. We're all pretty fearful right now and it really shows in almost every thread on this forum.
Believe me when I say that I don't hate, or want to hurt, anyone that doesn't like Trump. I want to convince people that he is a better choice than the alternative and I realize some think he is the same or worse. You all need time to work it out.