Vox Editor Openly Supports Violence: ‘If Trump Comes to Your Town, Start a Riot’
Emmett Rensin began by mocking the outrage to the violence.
Prediction: 90% of the punditry will shake their head at this Affront to Democracy.https://t.co/dX2ouB31it
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
He later moved to explicitly calling for more riots.
Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot.
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
Listen, if Trump is Hitler then you’ve got no business condemning rioters. If he isn’t, you’ve got no business pretending normal is better.
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
Let’s be clear: It’s never a shame to storm the barricades set up around a fascist.
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
The attacks on Trump naturally attracted the ire of Trump fans, and Rensin was inundated with the homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs his online critics have come to expect. But mixed in with the slurs were some amusing critiques of Rensin’s employer.
On the upside, if @voxdotcom advocates violence its how-to-riot guide will get eight or nine things wrong @emmettrensin
— (((Popehat))) (@Popehat) June 3, 2016
@Popehat Followed by at least 2-3 major stealth edits.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 3, 2016
On the first try, but then Vox will make changes to the piece without disclosing that it made changes. #journalism https://t.co/eOZzY8cUVu
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 3, 2016
.@gabrielmalor I’ve always wanted to read a guide to riots culled from Wikipedia and vaguely remembered ovulars at Brown
— (((Popehat))) (@Popehat) June 3, 2016
UPDATE (2:36 PM ET): Vox founder Ezra Klein announced Friday that Rensin has been suspended for his tweets.
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