re: #266 Alyosha

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I used to scoff at such predictions. Now I don’t know.

I’ve been dreading that for a while. He’s made zero effort to dial back the threat, he’s actually doubled and tripled down on it. His followers, like the sucker punch guy, are taking that as a signal that anything goes at his rallies. And LE reaction to the sucker punch - wrestling the dude who got punched to the ground while letting the puncher walk out of the rally - reinforces the perception that anything goes and there are no repercussions.

Trump is either unwilling to back down in order to preserve his tough guy image, or he has no clue as to how to defuse the situation. Or both. But the veiled threat of sending his supporters to Bernie rallies is nervous-making.

That Guardian piece where the reporter got a ticket and went in with the crowd instead of the press pool is truly frightening. To hear him tell it, a lot of those folks are kinda regular people until they get into the venue and the mob mentality takes over.