Remember back in September when Twitter blocked Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, after he tweeted “Run them down” in response to a news report of rioters blocking traffic and surrounding cars in Charlotte, N.C.? Twitter found the tweet offensive; even more offensive that the many Trump assassination threats still live on the platform, apparently.
Offensive as it might sound, the temptation to run them down is pretty strong when watching a video like this one captured Friday during the rioting in Portland, Ore.
Unbelievable. Masked anarchists just attacked a car, tried to force the driver out. Luckily driver took off. Didn't see any damage
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
Looks like they caught up with driver down the street pic.twitter.com/FIUuFN3Fdz
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/SinCityWiseGuys/status/797471988939821060
Fortunately, the rioters seemed more interested in inanimate objects, vandalizing everything in sight.
They are spray painting everything in sight
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
It's more of the same pic.twitter.com/JqwEFy5h4s
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
One guy continues to tag buildings to the boos of the crowd. They don't want a repeat of last night pic.twitter.com/Op9Xb1oQjT
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
Again. More and more destruction pic.twitter.com/tUVDiD2G6o
— Andrew Dymburt (@DymburtNews) November 12, 2016
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Not-so-gentle giant clashes with driver who broke through line of protesters in Atlanta https://t.co/3Ey7MRVyrN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2016
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