Vox Suspends Editor Who Urged Rioting Against Donald Trump

By Mark Joyella 

An editor at Vox has been suspended for urging people to riot in the event Donald Trump comes to their town.

“Direct encouragement of riots crosses a line between expressing a contrary opinion and directly encouraging dangerous, illegal activity,” writes Ezra Klein in a post on the site published Friday afternoon. “We welcome a variety of viewpoints, but we do not condone writing that could put others in danger.

The comments were made by Emmett Rensin, deputy editor of Vox’s first person section, in a series of tweets Thursday night.

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Rensin later clarified that violence against people is “categorically immoral,” but said” property destruction is vastly more negotiable.”

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