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.
What are they doin over there 😳
Becoming full-blown fascists
Who’s stopping them? No one, really
i went and looked for the image … to uh… confirm if true or not
it’s just trump showing a truck parade and one of the trucks has it as a large sticker/decal
That man has the attention span of a goldfish, probably didn’t even watch it to that point, just saw the Trump flags and then the ego forced a repost
‘Just’
normalising this is part of the problem. It isn’t ‘just’ a video of two trucks.
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.
Oh noes! What will the parliamentarian think!
For starters, probably that you are a moron.
Ah, projection
Ummm ackshully it doesn’t say that in the parmesantarian’s Big Book Of Fucking Over American People so three pinocchios for you!!!one
What do you mean?
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.
The presence of the Chud Tailgate Murder Fantasy is incidental.
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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
It is normal. Trump supporters have been like this since 2016. Right wing cranks existed way before that.
Right, this shit has already been normalized. We ought to be concerned with how to deal with it.
I saw one in my hometown last summer. It’s not new or exciting. Some people got together and decided Truck nuts weren’t trashy enough
kinky
Kinky
Now we know what Big Don is into.
Let’s be honest, he’s never kept his desires private.
IDK, I thought he was only into 20-30yo women, so the 80yo man was a bit of a surprise.
20? Too old
Lol, my comment commenting about Hexbear users got remove by mod. What’s up mod? They get to be removed about everyone they disagree with, but we can’t criticize them?
the comment that got removed was
Hexbear users are always willing to defend far-right activists in some twisted logic. You people should merge with the proud boys, they hate libs too.
for the reason “trolling”.
your comment was directly in response to the OP, so there’s no context to consider.
sounds like another common .ml moderator W to me.
gagged huh? that says something, coming from a man who routinely gets gag orders.
the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.
Unlike Biden’s non-violent rhetoric of “Israel has every right to defend itself” when people confront him with the fact he’s actively funding a genocide.
You don’t get it it’s cool when blue backs violence because theyre only backing violence on racial grounds instead of sex/gender expression (so far)
hawt?
Hexbear users are always willing to defend far-right activists in some twisted logic. You people should merge with the proud boys, they hate libs too.
your brain is fried. maybe go to a local KFC and give it up as an offering?
Okay. What is your perspective on the image/situation?
Fascist threatens liberal president, liberals in power scream “someone has to do something about this!” And then do nothing
Trump could be shot for treason, in an open and shut way(stealing nuclear secrets) but liberals aren’t going to do it, because for structural reasons liberals are incapable of opposing fascism.
(Liberal in this case is used the normal way, and not the “left wing” way)
I got one for you: How does a Hexbear user proceed to kill himself? He shoot a bullet 3 inch above his head, directly in his superiority complex. But seriously, you guys (cause you’re 95℅ guys lets be honest), arent half as intelligent as you think you are. Cheers
Oh wow, transphobia and a suicide joke from someone who hates hexbear, how surprising.
Also it isnt a superiority complex to have a basic understanding of history.
I would love to be proven wrong, it would be interesting from a historical perspective due to liberals previous inability to fight fascism, and also I wouldn’t end up in a concentration camp for being trans, and communist, and Jewish. But until I’m proven wrong I’ll keep being a communist, because communism has the best antifascist record and I dont want to get gassed.
so far this site seems like an absolute shithole, mostly because the admins and mods seem to be completely disinterested in permanently banning bigoted users. instead they seem to enjoy wasting their time removing comments that are uncivil to these repeatedly bigoted people.
Yeah, I wish the admin policy was different.
Dammit, where are my pictures!
Based
lol anyone who doesn’t think a tailgate piece that makes it look like you got the president tied up in the bed of your truck is funny sucks.
Truck nuts are higher quality and less trashy. And they are quite trashy.
Nominally agree, but a president is too broad to be much of a statement. Go for a particular congressman and the joke will land.
Nah, president has broader recognition
If anyone else had done that, the Secret Service would be after them. But since it’s Donald Trump, the Secret Service protects him.
The image he shared was one that had already been circulating for months. Can you find an example of the Secret Service going after anyone else who retweeted it? Did they even go after the person driving the vehicle in the picture, or the company that produces the tailgate wrap?
Pretty sure this is protected free speech. Nobody in their right mind would see this as a credible threat to kidnap Joe Biden; it’s just a humorous way of showing displeasure toward a politician.
If you’re so sure, you should post it on all of your Social Media accounts, and see what happens…
I see multiple of these tailgate wraps in town on the back of trucks in my area. People in this area share and distribute MUCH WORSE SHIT than this mild piece of artistic garbage… I’m not saying it’s right, but it is protected speech.
Though we should hold running presidential candidates to a higher standard, and perceive this threat as it is.
Interestingly, Donald Trump’s argument about presidential immunity suggests that Biden could do that to him and it legally okay to do so.
How is this orange sack of shit not sitting in a tiny cell yet?!?
Bribes
More likely Epstein level of blackmail
He serves the ruling class faithfully, just as his opponent. You could as well ask if the actors in movies are really getting killed.
