There are many who are trying to say this man Cesar Altier Sayoc, is being framed for sending bombs to high profile Democrats and the office of CNN. There are posts, pictures and more that place this man at Trump rallies throughout 2016, he also made several social media posts regarding violence to the Left, and of course the normal nonviolent trump rhetoric.
Many have already claimed this man to be mentally ill, which could be true, however, what is most important is that he was encouraged by the words of the President, Donald Trump. If he is mentally ill the constant condoning and validation of political violence would surely affect him greatly. After all, this man clearly looks up to and admires the President, he sees him as a role model someone to emulate. This man who has a history of violence, which does include making bomb threats, would easily gravitate to a leader that preaches violence to solve one's issues. If we take a moment to listen to the things Trump has said, think if you were mentally ill, think if you were easily encouraged or if it was easy for you to take things very literally? What message would you take away from all the violent words Trump has uttered on stage and TV? No matter if you love or hate Trump just listen to his words, then think how someone with mental illness could misinterpret them. There is a great debate about whether or not an artist is responsible for how someone could interpret their art. Yet if your job is the President of the United States, you are not an artist, you are a leader, you become a natural role model in that position. While Artists can be role models, there is a great responsibility when leading one of the largest countries in the world, it is why so many artists refuse to be politicians.
Every word you say as the President carries more weight, to some those words can seem as inspiration, commands or the orders of your President that a true Patriot would carry out. So many violent words spoken, so many times has our President not only validated but encouraged acts of violence. A leader is supposed to bring us together, a leader is supposed to encourage peaceful understanding, yet our leader has only done that with violent dictators like Kim Jong-Un, Vladimir Putin and Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the King of Saudi Arabia. How can anyone see these acts as morally just? These actions are the same that those three evil men commit in their countries, those actions are what make a person a Dictator and not a Leader. He takes no responsibility for the violence he has so clearly incited, while he could have been making mistakes as his supporters state, covering up a mistake makes it intentional, you take responsibility if your intentions are misunderstood. Trump and his supporters are quick to dismiss the fact that one of them could do these things. I know that there are many liberals who commit acts of bullying, I admit that some of the Left can be just a volatile as some of the Right. Yet the Left has not committed an act of true terrorism, yes some of them can be bullies, but none of them have committed the types of mass violence so many Trump supporters have. Then again the Left does not have such a large voice encouraging those acts, maybe the supporters are mere victims of a manipulating, power-hungry dictator? Trump by now knows the kinds of people his supporters are, most are not violent but people who are full of fear and confusion. It seems he is using those who need help to inspire fear and violence, which helps him to keep power and control, classic dictator tactics that Hitler perfected during World War II.
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