Where in the upright fuck did you see him advocating violence by his supporters?
"We understand that there was an altercation outside of the debate between supporters of both sides and that is incredibly unfortunate. Violence of any kind has no place in our civil discourse and we urge supporters on all sides to be civil to one another as tensions rise heading toward this very important election."
Funny, cause it looks like he said the same thing you're claiming. Maybe you and others just want to see him condoning violence.
Because he didn't jump to conclusions about what happened (probably because he didn't have enough evidence to say for sure what happened) and instead broadly said "Hey, being violent isn't the thing to do here."
And you and others complaining wanted him to fall over himself with apologies.
Lemme be blunt: tough shit.
Children and animals look at the first thing they see and react.
Adults take a closer look and weigh their options before acting or speaking.
The Paul campaign acted like adults over this. I wish the clowns at MoveOn had done the same.
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:59 pm (UTC)"We understand that there was an altercation outside of the debate between supporters of both sides and that is incredibly unfortunate. Violence of any kind has no place in our civil discourse and we urge supporters on all sides to be civil to one another as tensions rise heading toward this very important election."
Funny, cause it looks like he said the same thing you're claiming. Maybe you and others just want to see him condoning violence.
Because he didn't jump to conclusions about what happened (probably because he didn't have enough evidence to say for sure what happened) and instead broadly said "Hey, being violent isn't the thing to do here."
And you and others complaining wanted him to fall over himself with apologies.
Lemme be blunt: tough shit.
Children and animals look at the first thing they see and react.
Adults take a closer look and weigh their options before acting or speaking.
The Paul campaign acted like adults over this. I wish the clowns at MoveOn had done the same.