What if Donald Trump urges his acolytes to take up arms ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I can see him going full Jim Jones.

[Docreed2003]

1. I'm being dead serious DSB, it would not surprise me

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Did you see his West Virginia speech ?

He was hinting at it.

[Docreed2003]

5. I've only seen excerpts...waiting till the fam is in bed to watch the whole thing

His devotees are truly a cult. After having read the recent book about Jonestown, I would suggest the comparisons to Jones aren't far off the mark.

[bdamomma]

7. He is instigating

a confrontation. He is always looking for a fall guy. He has some mental issues.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. He implied Mueller and the Democrats are trying to overturn the will of the people and Constitution.

[bdamomma]

25. trump is continuing

to play up to his base, making up lies and trying to divide people. His base doesn't have a clue how they are being manipulated by this con man.

[SCantiGOP]

2. Then I'll lock my doors

And wait till the police and military arrest/kill all of them.
Most of the 101st Alt-right Fighting Keyboardists would crap their pants if confronted by the authorities.

[socialist_n_TN]

33. Why do you think the cops, especially, would.......

"arrest/kill" ANY of them? The cop "unions" all supported Trump. I'm not sure about the military, but I don't really trust them either. At this point, the military would probably stay neutral.

Any self-defense against this type of scenario would be provided by ourselves alone. And the few antifa militias out there.

[SCantiGOP]

42. I'm not going to argue the point

But I don't think commissioned law enforcement or active military would commit obvious treason and Ignore their sworn oaths to allow an illegal insurrection.

And if it comes down to "antifa militias" please surrender immediately rather than last 5 minutes against professional soldiers.

[socialist_n_TN]

43. They wouldn't be going against "professional soldiers"..........

The OP asked about Trump calling out his SUPPORTERS and inciting violence using them. NOT calling for the military to use violence against the people. So the Antifa militias would be going against other "amateurs" and NOT against
"professional soldiers". And maybe the cops.

[SCantiGOP]

44. whoever is in the street with guns,

will be going up against the police, and then, if necessary, the National Guard and then the US Armed Forces.
I'm not going to waste my time arguing that the army would sit back and let armed militias fight it out.
The Army will follow the orders of their Commander in Chief until such time as they judge those orders to be illegal or unconstitutional, at which time they would follow the directions of their chain of command and the Congress.
Precedent: In Nixon's waning days the Joint Chiefs were informed by the Sec of Defense and others at the highest level of government not to follow an order from Nixon to launch an attack, but to check with them at which time they could use the "incapacitated" clause in the constitutional amendment to immediately remove the President.

[H2O Man]

4. Recommended.

I do not think that Trump believes in a peaceful transfer of power. However, considering his cowardly nature, I doubt he will be more resistant at the end that George Wallace standing in that doorway.

He may encourage unrest among his alt-right followers. They would seem more likely to act out after Trump is removed.

[Laffy Kat]

6. Wouldn't that be a coup?

Or is it the other way around?

[lindysalsagal]

8. I was thinking about exactly that. Gonna drive the nut jobs out of their klan compounds.

Gonna be some cleaning up, and possibly some loss of property, if not lives.

[oberliner]

9. And do what with them?

What are you saying he would urge them to do exactly?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. If Trump urges his followers to foment an insurrection....

If Trump urges his followers to foment an insurrection if impeachment proceedings begin I want the authorities to treat them like any other insurrectionists, wouldn't you ?

[oberliner]

22. Jim Jones encouraged his followers to commit mass suicide

That's why I was confused by the reference.

[workinclasszero]

10. Bring it

This country is full of desperate people living on the edge everyday with hardly anything to lose.

Trump supporters/republicans have lots to lose.

Bring it.

[leftstreet]

11. How would they know who to shoot?

[Amishman]

17. I've posted on this before, the most dangerous would attack infrastructure

They know the areas where most of us live, and could do a lot of damage to electric substations, bridges, and other infrastructure that supports blue areas.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. They will be put down like rabid dogs.

[socialist_n_TN]

34. They will be put down by whom?........

I've seen several people on this thread seemingly thinking that the cops are going to stop them. Or the military. I don't trust EITHER of those groups to "do the right thing".

[Dave Starsky]

19. These people couldn't organize a fuck in a whorehouse.

We saw how formidable their revolutionary efforts are when they took over those public facilities in Oregon and settled in for a "siege". Within a week, they were literally asking the Internet to send them Doritos and Little Debbies.

And that was their best, their brightest, and their most motivated at work.

[HAB911]

20. Don't forget the box

of dildos, now that was funny

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. They asked for sex toys ?

[HAB911]

23. LOL, no they didn't request them but they received them

[Dave Starsky]

24. OMG. I never saw the "unboxing".

Damn, that is funny. Thanks for that!

[oswaldactedalone]

29. What a fucktard

Gives new meaning to the concept of blowing someone away.

[rzemanfl]

30. "These people couldn't organize a fuck in a whorehouse." You win the thread. n/t

[YCHDT]

35. Lofl

[safeinOhio]

12. Meet ups in WallyWorld parking lots

of all lone gun men.

I'll be at CostoCo.

[Solomon]

15. Chillingly, he does have the same kind of cadence when

speaking that Jim Jones had.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. And like Trump he preyed on the alienated, gullible, and vulnerable.

[bdamomma]

28. can I add the uneducated

if they freaking read a newspaper they would have a clue instead of being fed crap from Fox news.

[oswaldactedalone]

26. US Military

will kick ass and take names. Or they damn well better.

[elleng]

27. We DO have the Army/Navy/Marines,

and I hope that fact gets their attention.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

31. Most of right-wing "Bring It!!!" types I know

are middle-aged and older, obese white guys w/arsenals who would literally have a coronary if they had to run 50 yards flat out.

[YCHDT]

36. +1

[Comatose Sphagetti]

32. I absolutely do see trump urging rebellion if he's threatened

He's doing the "us vs. them" dog whistle crap for his base now.

[socialist_n_TN]

37. Then it will be up to us to defend ourselves.........

Antifa militias are the ONLY organized force at this time that would be guaranteed to take them on. The cops and the military are NOT an option to rely on for self-defense. That's going to be on us.

[Willie Pep]

38. He is just trying to shore up his base.

Trump has his hardcore followers who will follow him no matter what but he needs to keep some of the swing voters on his side so he is going back to the carnival-like campaign tactics. The thing is, that can work during a campaign when you are not in office and you position yourself as an outsider. But once you are president people expect you do get stuff done. Like I said, his hardcore followers eat this stuff up but the real audience will be those swing voters the Republicans need to win in 2018 and 2020. These stunts might actually turn them off.

Edit: But as to the taking up arms issue, yeah it is something of a concern. I don't think there will be some mass uprising of Trump supporters because most of them are all talk but all it takes is one nut to commit a mass shooting so that is worrisome.

[AJT]

39. Hey, if that means they leave to start their own country and then drink poison koolade then, ok.

[MiltonBrown]

40. Plenty of us on the Left are well armed.

Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and stopping these fascists. Nothing is more American.

[malaise]

41. If they shoot the way they spell

it should be over in no time