{"id":88330,"date":"2020-10-13T21:10:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mitt-romneys-call-for-peace-in-the-political-discourse-goes-down-how-youd-expect\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T21:10:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:10:25","slug":"mitt-romneys-call-for-peace-in-the-political-discourse-goes-down-how-youd-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mitt-romneys-call-for-peace-in-the-political-discourse-goes-down-how-youd-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mitt Romney\u2019s call for peace in the political discourse goes down how you\u2019d expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb5a2c7a8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb5a2c7a8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mitt-romneys-call-for-peace-in-the-political-discourse-goes-down-how-youd-expect\/#What_did_he_think_would_happen\" >What did he think would happen?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mitt-romneys-call-for-peace-in-the-political-discourse-goes-down-how-youd-expect\/#The_Daily_Dots_2020_election_coverage\" >The Daily Dot\u2019s 2020 election coverage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mitt Romney\u2019s call for peace in the political discourse goes down how you\u2019d expect<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_did_he_think_would_happen\"><\/span>What did he think would happen? <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) attempted to criticize the \u201chate-filled morass\u201d that political discourse in the country has become\u2014and predictably he is being dunked on by people online. <\/p>\n<p>Romney, seemingly unprompted other than living in the country for the past few decades, bemoaned the \u201cvile, vituperative, hate-filled morass\u201d of our politics in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\/status\/1316023618422235138\/photo\/1\">statement<\/a> posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In it, the Utah senator criticized President Donald Trump for calling Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the Democrats 2020 vice presidential candidate, a \u201cmonster,\u201d calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u201ccrazy,\u201d calling for the arrest of former President Barack Obama, and attacking Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after a plot to kidnap her was busted up by law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>He then equates all of that to Pelosi ripping up Trump\u2019s State of the Union speech and political pundit Keith Olbermann\u2014who recently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/keith-olbermann-espn-trump-youtube\">left ESPN<\/a> to start a YouTube channel\u2014calling Trump a \u201cterrorist.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My thoughts on the current state of our politics: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oYY4zlX6ZP\">pic.twitter.com\/oYY4zlX6ZP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\/status\/1316023618422235138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe world is watching America with abject horror; more consequentially, our children are watching. Many Americans are frightened for our country\u2014so divided, so angry, so mean, so violent,\u201d the statement reads.  <\/p>\n<p>Romney then asks for people to \u201clower the heat\u201d and for politicians to \u201ctone it down.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Predictably, Romney\u2019s call for peace\u2014amid a blistering and attack filled election cycle\u2014isn\u2019t getting the response he probably hoped for. <\/p>\n<p>Much of the criticism of Romney\u2019s statement focused on the senator\u2019s attempt at \u201cbothsideism\u201d and equating a pundit\u2019s YouTube video to Trump\u2019s rhetoric.  <\/p>\n<p>Others pointed to Romney\u2019s decision to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2020\/09\/30\/romney-impressed-by\/\">support<\/a> the nomination of process of Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, which is emotionally charged and a political line in the sand for many people in the country. <\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the statement was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMittRomney%2Fstatus%2F1316023618422235138&amp;src=typed_query\">nearly universally panned<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In which <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MittRomney<\/a> invokes a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KeithOlbermann<\/a> YouTube video and the President of the United States calling for his predecessor and his current opponent (and his previous opponent) to be jailed as if they are equivalent. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkjGRCDzvu\">https:\/\/t.co\/SkjGRCDzvu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewFeinberg\/status\/1316025292633243650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fact that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MittRomney<\/a> included Keith Olbermann in this statement just shows how silly his &#8220;it&#8217;s both sides!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach really is. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjxbdXLt1v\">https:\/\/t.co\/rjxbdXLt1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorvolsky\/status\/1316028191102898176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both-sides much, Senator? You&#8217;ve had the power to do actually do something about this out-of-control presidency, and you&#8217;ve mostly squandered it. Don&#8217;t just speak up \u2013 STAND UP. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pwTzgBkUE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/pwTzgBkUE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericswalwell\/status\/1316042479318130693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Name a more useless politician than Mitt Romney <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZJWvDCditN\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZJWvDCditN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/1316024054399160327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TLDR: President says some awful things, but so too did Keith Olbermann on youtube. Both sides. Still not endorsing Biden. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WKKiOwEZzp\">https:\/\/t.co\/WKKiOwEZzp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donmoyn\/status\/1316035695014801410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is some pretty wild whataboutism. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ry6SeerTHp\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ry6SeerTHp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eyes on the Fright (@EyesOnTheRight) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EyesOnTheRight\/status\/1316058683013574656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the politics are just too vile, that&#8217;s why i must confirm amy coney barret and ram through her politically-charged nomination right before the election <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDYFaoKoc7\">https:\/\/t.co\/lDYFaoKoc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jordan (@JordanUhl) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanUhl\/status\/1316034806006808579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Maybe Romney should have posted his thoughts about the political discourse on his secret Twitter to avoid the heat? <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h2 id=\"h-the-daily-dot-s-2020-election-coverage\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Daily_Dots_2020_election_coverage\"><\/span>The Daily Dot\u2019s 2020 election coverage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>In the 2020 election, killing Section 230 is the only bipartisan issue <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> This crypto-billionaire is running for president with Akon at his side<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yes, of course, the Proud Boys are white nationalists. Here\u2019s why<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Twitter is making some big changes to fight election misinformation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pence uses abortion rights question to talk about Osama bin Laden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/44369392945\/\">Gage Skidmore\/Flickr (CC-BY-SA)<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                    <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\/status\/1316023618422235138\">@MittRomney\/Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/mitt-romney-political-discourse-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Mitt Romney\u2019s call for peace in the political discourse goes down how you\u2019d expect &#8221; What did he think would happen? Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) attempted to criticize the \u201chate-filled morass\u201d that political discourse in the country has become\u2014and predictably he is being dunked on by people online. 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