Frankly, I'm stunned you continue to argue this, but okay—let me go through this again.
All the people around her are Paul supporters. They're wearing his apparel and stickers.
They push her to the ground, tearing her wig off in the process. She has been to all appearances, peaceful—not one of the video crews has said anything about violence from her side. When she is ON THE GROUND, with the Paul supporters all over her, the goon with the blue shirt and baseball cap lifts his foot and stomps on her, his heel (which by the time it makes contact, is covered by the back end of his jeans) hitting her square in the head.
So you're arguing that all of those people were pretending to be Paul supporters, so as to reflect bad on the candidate? Really? Really?
Plus you argue that she is putting up "little resistance?" Might I remind you that there is a protest technique called "creative non-violence" which had been used historically going back to Mohandas Gandhi and some minister guy from Atlanta who got shot back in 1968?
Jay, please stop. You're going to all sorts of lengths to justify a blatant and violent attack on a woman who was guilty of nothing more than wearing a wig and carrying a sign. You've made the "she asked for it" defense, you've [falsely] claimed that if conservatives did this at an Obama rally, they'd lose teeth when in reality, right-wing protesters showed up—in any number of times, not an "isolated incident"—carrying weapons.
And let me remind you that I have worked for more than a few political candidates and campaigns, and carrying protest signs and wigs is not an invitation to violence in the America I live in. Of course, as I pointed out above, under the Republican president, people claiming to be Secret Service agents would gets protesters arrested and removed from public events, even when they had legitimately-procured tickets.
I won't even go into the right wing Senate candidate in Alaska, who used active-duty military personnel to "arrest" a credentialed journalist, violating both the law and (in their case) the UCMJ. And these are all candidates who claim [loudly and often] to respect the Constitution.
Please stop, Jay. You can't defend this one. Don't try.
Conservative supporters doing something stupid ensures a media frenzy. I've seen this one in three news feeds since breakfast. Liberal supporters doing the same, it gets quiet all of a sudden. Unless it's a slow day on Fox.
You're right—I haven't heard a single word about that Juan Williams guy. Not a word. No media firestorm, nothing.
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:55 pm (UTC)All the people around her are Paul supporters. They're wearing his apparel and stickers.
They push her to the ground, tearing her wig off in the process. She has been to all appearances, peaceful—not one of the video crews has said anything about violence from her side. When she is ON THE GROUND, with the Paul supporters all over her, the goon with the blue shirt and baseball cap lifts his foot and stomps on her, his heel (which by the time it makes contact, is covered by the back end of his jeans) hitting her square in the head.
So you're arguing that all of those people were pretending to be Paul supporters, so as to reflect bad on the candidate? Really? Really?
Plus you argue that she is putting up "little resistance?" Might I remind you that there is a protest technique called "creative non-violence" which had been used historically going back to Mohandas Gandhi and some minister guy from Atlanta who got shot back in 1968?
Jay, please stop. You're going to all sorts of lengths to justify a blatant and violent attack on a woman who was guilty of nothing more than wearing a wig and carrying a sign. You've made the "she asked for it" defense, you've [falsely] claimed that if conservatives did this at an Obama rally, they'd lose teeth when in reality, right-wing protesters showed up—in any number of times, not an "isolated incident"—carrying weapons.
And let me remind you that I have worked for more than a few political candidates and campaigns, and carrying protest signs and wigs is not an invitation to violence in the America I live in. Of course, as I pointed out above, under the Republican president, people claiming to be Secret Service agents would gets protesters arrested and removed from public events, even when they had legitimately-procured tickets.
I won't even go into the right wing Senate candidate in Alaska, who used active-duty military personnel to "arrest" a credentialed journalist, violating both the law and (in their case) the UCMJ. And these are all candidates who claim [loudly and often] to respect the Constitution.
Please stop, Jay. You can't defend this one. Don't try.
Conservative supporters doing something stupid ensures a media frenzy. I've seen this one in three news feeds since breakfast. Liberal supporters doing the same, it gets quiet all of a sudden. Unless it's a slow day on Fox.
You're right—I haven't heard a single word about that Juan Williams guy. Not a word. No media firestorm, nothing.