[? LOCKED] OT U of M regent refers to Whitmer as witch, jokingly suggests assassination
Bad look for a elected regent, in my opinion.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-elect…
[I believe it's time to lock this thread up. For the most part we've kept the discussion civil and I thank you all for that.
At this point, I think all the angles have been covered well enough.
Besides, there's Sweet 16 ? to enjoy. ---rob f]
powhound
March 27th, 2021 at 1:22 PM ^
He was born in South Bend. May explain it.
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crg
March 27th, 2021 at 1:28 PM ^
Politics thread.
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M Vader
March 27th, 2021 at 1:30 PM ^
University of Michigan thread
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Michael Burnham
March 27th, 2021 at 1:37 PM ^
Allowed by mods.
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March 27th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
A sad state of affairs that it's now considered "political" to condemn someone who calls female elected officials "witches" and then suggests that they and other elected officials should be assassinated.
This has become the go-to response of every Trump supporter in reaction to any criticism of his chronic lying, bigotry and other egregious behavior.
This has become especially the case with any Republican who dare speak out against Dear Leader; they are called RINOs, disloyal, etc.
Many criticisms of Trump have nothing to do with his policies or the letter next to his name. They have to do with his obvious lack of character and other awful personal characteristics.
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BB_nomercy
March 27th, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^
And Democrat leaders are full of good character? You must have thought that the hash bash was a 365-day event to think that
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M Vader
March 27th, 2021 at 1:46 PM ^
Noone mentioned his political affiliation. To me, his party, gender, etc. are not important. Noone affiliated with U of M should behave this way, and if they do people should know about it.
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jballen4eva
March 27th, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
This post isn't about "Democrat" leaders, it's about a U of M Regent. Any Regent publicly joking about assassinating a politician he/she doesn't agree with is embarrassing for U of M, and should be for anyone who supports it.
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Bill in Birmingham
March 27th, 2021 at 1:57 PM ^
You response to calling out a regent for promoting assassination is to bring up the Hash Bash? That is impressive in its intellectual weakness.
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HollywoodHokeHogan
March 27th, 2021 at 2:39 PM ^
He’s admin for a the university. But by all means, whine and bitch.
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Blue Vet
March 27th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
It's not his fault if he was under a spell.
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Benthom11
March 27th, 2021 at 1:45 PM ^
Nessel seemed to take the witches comment in stride, tweeting an altered photo depicting her, Whitmer and Benson wearing witch hats. She wrote: “Witches who magically decrease Covid spread, increase voter turnout and hold sexual predators accountable without any help from the legislature? Sign me up for that coven. Do better, Michigan GOP.”
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JamieH
March 27th, 2021 at 1:48 PM ^
Weiser is one of those people that believes because he is ridiculously rich he can do or say anything he wants.
U of M needs to disassociate from him and stop taking his money. Unfortunately, being rich in this country means people let you act like a deranged a-hole as long as you keep giving them large amounts of money.
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mackbru
March 27th, 2021 at 1:48 PM ^
That regent needs to go yesterday. What a hateful, ignorant asshole.
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Great_Greene_W…
March 27th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
Elected officials should be able to perform the job they were elected for without walking on egg shells. They know re-election is coming. Never has one of them harmed me that I am aware of. That is my Upper Peninsula take on the matter. My only concern starts in 27 hours when UM takes on the seminoles.
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JamieH
March 27th, 2021 at 2:23 PM ^
Pretty sure you could fit the entire Pacific Ocean in between “Walking on eggshells” and “Don’t call for the assassination of people I have political disagreements with.”
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Blue@LSU
March 27th, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
In what world is someone walking on eggshells just because they should refrain from calling three elected women "witches"?
In what world is someone walking on eggshells just because they should refrain from talking of "assassination" of those they disagree with, even if only a joke? This is a country with a sad history of assassination of our political leaders.
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HollywoodHokeHogan
March 27th, 2021 at 2:40 PM ^
My Upper Peninsula take is that you don’t need to joke about killing people to do your job.
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rob f
March 27th, 2021 at 2:40 PM ^
"Elected officials should be able to perform the job they were elected for without walking on egg shells."
Problem is, his asinine statements, especially the one suggesting assassination, are inexcusable regardless of his party affiliation.
This has nothing to do with walking on eggshells as an elected official but everything to do with his responsibility to all of the State of Michigan to perform his job properly rather than be flippant and ignorant while promoting violence up to and including murder.
I don't GaF if he thought he was being "cute" or "funny".
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Crime Reporter
March 27th, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
I'm moving back to Michigan in July. Is Whitmer worse than PA Governor Tom Wolf? Honest question.
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HenneGivenSunday
March 27th, 2021 at 2:58 PM ^
Would certainly depend upon who you ask, I would imagine.
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TheCube
March 27th, 2021 at 3:23 PM ^
Lmao. Wolf cleaned up Corbett and Rendell’s messes pretty well.
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HailHail47
March 27th, 2021 at 3:09 PM ^
People will probably stop calling these women “witches” at about the same time they stop calling every conservative a white supremacist, which is what Nessel and Whitmore have done repeatedly for the last 3 years. It turns out that demonizing generic conservatives as Nazi/ Hitler supporters may result in some hard feelings. The language needs to de-escalate on both sides.
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1989 UM GRAD
March 27th, 2021 at 3:21 PM ^
Nessel and Whitmer have not called every conservative a white supremacist. Stop with the intellectual dishonesty and mischaracterizations.
It is true, however, that pretty much every white supremacist is a Trump supporter.
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