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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Actual reality? So from your own list, the alternatives seem to be some form of civil war or armed insurrection. Is that the preferred interpretation?
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Listening to the soundbite and without having read how others were reacting to it first, assassination was definitely my first impression of their meaning. But I can see the other interpretations as plausible. The campaign line that he was just talking about the political power they have by virtue of being unified seems about the least plausible reaction.
That said, even if you allow that he could have meant almost anything within his own mind, there's the fact that despite knowing that everyone is listening to every word he says, and despite probably believing that the media is against him, and despite having just gone through the ringer on off-the-cuff remarks he made, he still said something that can be reasonably interpreted as a call for an assassination of his opponent, or a call for armed insurrection.
There's a difference between the 'calling it like you see it, no political correctness B.S.' quality he would like to have, and the 'absolutely zero ability to impose any sort of filter between his mind and his mouth' quality he actually has.