I just saw someone claim on Facebook that when Bush was president, "readers" at DU threatened

[Iris]

to kill him daily.

I don't remember any of that. I remember a lot of hate but not a lot of "He's not worth a bullet" type posts. Anyone else remember DU folks wanting to kill Bush?

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. It is a Republican attempt at moral equivalence.

[Nite Owl]

2. I don't remember that at all.

A lot of ridicule, name calling. Stuff like that for W and his associates (Cheney, Rumsfeld etc.)

[ailsagirl]

17. I think we did a fantastic job of ridiculing Junior...

and his crazy henchmen

But that was about it-- it kept us from going completely

[Journeyman]

3. There were occasional irresponsible remarks, quickly quashed. . .

I don't remember any assassination threats directed at Bush, but there were a few directed at various other people within his administration. Again, all quickly squelched.

[arcane1]

4. They are full of shit. Nobody threatened to kill him, certainly not "daily"

Conservatives aren't smart enough to know what "he should be tried for war crimes" means, so they dumb it down for themselves and that's the stupidity they walk away with.

[salin]

5. Been here since Jan of 2002. There was a lot of ridicule

but I don't recall death threats.

I do recall that sometimes ridicule based on specific events could blur - such as when VP Cheney shot a friend in the face with buckshot... per ridicule of the event, going extreme (per role reversal) and callouts/moderation of the rhetoric that shot past the top.

There were not daily death threats. I would challenge anyone claiming such to dig through the archives. They will find some stupid stuff, and some hate. But I am pretty positive they would not find daily death threats.

[Iris]

10. That's what I remember. Constant ridicule.

And none of it unwarranted.

[Tsiyu]

6. Been here 10 years

and that is a bunch of hooey. Anyone who posts threatening stuff gets that post hidden ( removed back then. )

There may have been many posters actively wishing he'd catch a hideous disease, or tat he'd fully choke on another pretzel, or that he'd meet some other painful end, but no one has ever been allowed to come on DU and claim they want to kill the president.

If they have, I never saw it. The facebook wingnut can find proof very easily if they are at all the truthful sort.

Rightwingers always project, though. Republicans are the most dishonest people who have ever walked the earth.

[TBF]

7. They'll say that in one breath and then

report that we are all going to take away their guns. Why would we do so if we were planning on killing people?

Logic is not the strong suit of a republican.

[Iris]

11. You're right about that.

"Logic is not the strong suit of a republic"

[procon]

8. Sure, cuz we all thought that Cheney would have been s-o-o-o much better, yeah? nt

[Marie Marie]

20. Right! And even with Cheney,

wishing him dead is not the same as threatening to kill him. Seemed to me more like karmic justice for all the death he is responsible for. But I can say that I never read anything about killing W.

[tkmorris]

9. That would've have gotten the poster an instaban.

Somebody on Facebook is full of shit. There's a shock, eh?

[Iris]

12. I know. I know. It's just so irritating.

I really hate false equivalencies.

[tridim]

13. FB or IRL, Republicans are liars. nt

[Renew Deal]

14. It rarely happened

And if it was ever posted it would be hidden by the mods as "advocating violence." Basically, it's just not true.

[Lochloosa]

15. I remember a post from Skinner about the SS requesting info on a couple of posters.

They had already been banned.

[jberryhill]

16. Daily?

Do you mean that threats were made daily or that a threat was made to kill him every day?

Nobody can be killed daily. It can only be done once.

[Judi Lynn]

18. Of course not. Not once. "Someone" was lying on Facebook.DU doesn't do that, as you should know. n/t

[BarbaRosa]

19. I do recall numerous calls for him and cheney

to be hauled before a court of law, tried, convicted and sent off to a rather uncomfortable cell.

I do not remember the constant murderous hatered this President has endured for the six years.

[merrily]

21. So.....there's a possibility that a Republican lied? And on Facebook, no less?

[MohRokTah]

22. As far as I've ever seen, Skinner immediately bans anybody making a death threat. eom

[Glassunion]

23. Read this, form your own opinion. An old post from Skinner.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2487403&mesg_id=2487403

And here as well:
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Skinner/131

[Iris]

26. thanks for the info.

[Tsiyu]

33. I would forward that to the facebook "friend"

or at least try to post it where they can see it.

[Bjorn Against]

24. It happened a couple of times, but it was rare

In those rare cases that it did happen it led to a tombstone and I know that in at least one instance Skinner turned over info to the Secret Service.

I personally alerted on one threat that I saw and it was quickly removed and the poster banned, as much as we all despised Bush threats were never tolerated.

[countryjake]

25. I've been here since the first year & anyone who threatened violence was tombstoned...

immediately. No questions asked. And that was for threats of violence against any person, in any way. It was a firm rule, we all we aware of it, and no member in good standing ever did such a thing. There might have been an occasional Rovian troll come here to disrupt who made such sick posts like that but they would have been rare, their threads would be removed, and the troll kicked off our site.

Sure, the Shrub was the butt of a multitude of jokes back then and he might have been mocked daily, but we knew better than to rile up the ever-present Agent Mike.

I still say that I want to see him and all his cronies at the Hague, but calling for Justice is a damned sight different than threatening death.

[Egnever]

27. Well ...

if you consider sending him boxes of pretzels threatening to kill him then yes there was a lot of that here.

[shenmue]

28. Nope

I'm pretty sure we wanted him to go to jail, but I don't remember killing being mentioned. Even remotely.

[Iris]

29. Me, either. I remember it that way as well.

Interesting that there were 2 incidents but they seem to have been dealt with appropriately.

[peace13]

30. Can you say projection?

They think everyone is as sick as they are! And...they liars!

[Vincardog]

31. I remember it was READERS not POSTERS doing the threat.

[Cha]

32. No, we didn't. bush supporters lie.. big shocker.

[nruthie]

34. I used to think it, but never said it.

Even though we all detested the man I honestly can't recall anyone here ever actually saying they wanted to kill him. We weren't that blood-thirsty.

[rufus dog]

35. I may have shipped him a bag of pretzels!

Seriously though, NO, a lot of he should be in jail, but not threats.

[Iggo]

36. Meta!

[Mnemosyne]

37. I remember several volunteers to give him a blow-job if he would be impeached, but nah,

have never seen anyone threaten to kill him, nor any 'not worth it' posts either.

[lpbk2713]

38. It's quite easy for them to rationalize their position.

They figure ... "If Faux Snooze can make shit up then I can too."

[bhikkhu]

39. Perhaps that kind of sentiment was present at times, but death threats are a big taboo

I don't remember reading any here.

I do remember hearing someone say in a personal conversation back then that they wish bush were just assassinated. I wasn't pleased, and changed the subject. Its just not something I'd say about anyone, myself, and I've always thought that feeling that way about someone you've never met is a bit pathological. Its easy enough to get there (thanks, internet), but if you are there taking a big step back is the thing to do.

[MiniMe]

40. I think it was like it is now

We all (or at least most of us, I don't want to speak for everybody) want Bush & Cheney prosecuted for their war crimes, but I don't think any of us want somebody shot with no trial. I am not crazy about guns, so I don't want anybody "shot" at all.

[Hekate]

41. That would be a bald-faced lie, that would.Threatening to kill Pres. Bush was instant pizza delivery

DUers called him many nasty names, but I distinctly recall there was a line that could not be crossed, for both moral and legal reasons. It was believed, probably correctly, that to allow those kinds of threats would put the owners of the site at risk for investigation by some very serious men.

Tell that to your Facebook acquaintance. We didn't do that here.

[McCamy Taylor]

42. Nope. It didn't happen.

[CJCRANE]

43. No, it wasn't allowed on DU. Any posts like that would be removed and posters banned. nt

[olddots]

44. facebook is a toilet

N.T.