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Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden bound and gagged (www.seattletimes.com)
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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.

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[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Anyone else that did this would get visited by very angry men in dark suits.

I suppose if it's ok for Trump to do, then I could post an image of Trump bound and gagged?

[-] Schadrach 15 points 5 months ago

Kathy Griffin and at least a couple of art galleries have depicted Trump decapitations, during his presidency. They all got some shit publicly because of it (mostly upset right wingers) but no one was arrested or subjected to anything by the government, no matter how much said angry right wingers asked.

This is just the party flipped version of the same sort of thing. Watching just how many people start pearl clutching at only one of these is kinda amusing.

[-] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I think it's one thing for a private citizen to do this, but it would be another thing for a sitting/former president running for election to do the same

[-] Schadrach 1 points 5 months ago

Check the original video he posted. He literally filmed some dick-replacement giant pickups covered in pro-police, pro-Trump, anti-Biden shit, and one of them had this commercially available tailgate decal on it of Biden bound and gagged.

It's in bad taste, sure but it's not something you can honestly treat the way the media is treating this. It's click bait.

[-] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

How would you describe the media is treating it and how should the media be treating presidents who share such imagery regardless of party?

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Its not the same sort of thing. Kathy whoever the fuck doesn't have friends who put people in oil drums, and AFAIK has never attempted a fascist coup.

If you wanted to hang a bloody hyper realistic effigy of Jojo burning in a tree, your statement would be true (except for the tree. be nicer to trees)

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The post is actually about in someone else doing it. It even seems like it is not rare

Actually, anyone should be allowed to do so and id like to think that you could. The fact that Trump does though is problematic.

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