How does owning a gun equate to being violent? What a bizarre thing to say. |
DP. Did you read the article? Some of these orders are being placed in the name of Daniel Anderl, the murdered son of a federal judge. His killer showed up to the family's home posing as a delivery man. This is absolutely terrorism. |
I agree with the PP. This is the definition of terrorism: “the unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering political, social, or ideological objectives.” Sending the pizzas is not a prank: it telegraphs that the sender knows where the judge lives. The judges involved tend not to be random judges, but judges who are involved in cases important to the current administration. The sending of pizza is a veiled threat intended to intimidate, and it is done based on political or ideological objectives. Therefore it meets the definition of terrorism. |
Don't you have to give a telephone number as well as a credit card number? Whenever I order pizza, I have to even if we pickup. |
I’ve never placed an order for pizza that I needed to keep secret, but I guess you could buy a gift card with cash so it’s untraceable and then place an order with the judge’s address and a fake phone number and use the gift card to pay for it. |
Oh you mean because the news doesn’t cover stories about conservatives being targeted by democrats? Yeah we know. Amy Coney Barrett has needed to wear a bulletproof vest during Biden’s reign because of you yahoos. The Kavanagh family being targeted by someone who declared he was going to kill him and his entire family was barely a news blip. I’m no fan of MTG, but did you know she and her family have been swatted almost a dozen times? One on Christmas Day? |
All of these perpetrators need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Lawful protesting is fine. Threatening judges and elected officials is not. On a personal level, IDGAF about MTG, but I wholeheartedly support tracking down and prosecuting whoever is swatting her. |
Sending pizza *would be* a pretty benign form of protest except that the only point is to serve as a reminder of the judge’s murdered son. In this case, it’s not necessary to actually invoke his name since all involved understand the subtext. In this context, it’s a threat. |
yes, all of this is beyond wrong, esp the swatting.and so is the pizza delivery |
Most public officials deal with this and it happens so often, it’s not newsworthy. The right just needs to be constantly aggrieved and wants attention. Hell, my DH had a hit out on him and he’s nobody compared to these people. None of it is ok. It’s all insane. And this administration rewarded criminals who participated in the attack on the Capitol emboldening them all. Nominating a criminal for president and then electing him makes it impossible for anyone to take republican complaints about this seriously. |
I wish people would try to intimidate me with pizza deliveries. |
Just be grateful you're not in the kind of job where someone kills you or a loved one because you did were doing your job. |
Who is "they"? |
And are "they" here in the room with us right now? |
Given democrat's daily shenanigans, I'm all outta GAF. |