People in Glass Houses
By laglen
@laglen (19759)
United States
March 25, 2010 11:31am CST
All of the talk today is about unsubstantiated cases of Tea Party people harassing or assaulting democrats
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-finger-bitten-rally,0,7135717.story
The finger-biting incident occurred after a member of the group protesting health care reform, William Rice, 65, of Newbury Park, became involved in a heated discussion with a member of Code Pink, sheriff?s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said
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@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
26 Mar 10
Obviously, Mr. Rice's finger should not have been bitten off, but you misrepresent the situation. According to the article you cite, it happened after he punched someone, starting a fight. That would make the incident you cite a substantiated case of a Tea Party person assaulting someone.
Of course, on other days conservatives argue that people who are injured while committing a crime like assault -- or even trespassing -- get whatever they deserve.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
26 Mar 10
your right, I didnt see that. I am not saying that it should have resorted to violence,
[i]A man from Moveon.org?s area then walked over to the opponents and verbally confronted Rice, allegedly calling him names and acting aggressively, Bonfiglio said.
Rice later told investigators he felt threatened by the man and punched him in the nose, Bonfiglio said.
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There is still no excuse but they ALL need to stop. Thank you again for pointing that out.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
26 Mar 10
The guy whose finger was bitten off was not originally a part of the health care protest group. According to reports I read at the time of the incident, he said he was driving down the street, saw the group and got interested in knowing what was going on. The guy from Moveon.org approached him first then, while he was still in his vehicle and said some antagonistic things to him. Later, when Mr. Rice had stopped and joined the protestors, the guy from Moveon.org came over to him, from across the street, to get in his face and yell some more. A fight ensued, yes. I don't know who threw the first punch, but it's clear who provoked it.
As for fights, I seem to remember that Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were boxing, that is, they were already fighting when Tyson bit off Holyfield's ear. No one said it was okay because they were already throwing punches. The biting is an escalation of a more brutal and vicious sort.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
25 Mar 10
I haven't heard of any substantiated cases of violence perpetrated by Tea Party protestors. In this case, the man whose finger was bitten off was with the Tea Party, the man who assaulted him and bit off his finger was from the Moveon.org crowd.
They call the Tea Party members angry mobs but they have never left a site covered in trash or assaulted anyone. The only violence that has been recorded has been on the other side, like this case and the one where SEIU thugs beat up a guy at a rally. There's video of that incident.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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25 Mar 10
I sit in bemusement over your political system. I received an e mail this morning that states from in part a Harris Poll that Republicans are overblowing the case against Obama (www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/new-polls-reveal-scary-beliefs-held-by-conservative-hatriots). They are of course. Bound to, oppositions always do. But they are called "Hatriots" - now I'm not a Republican in the US sense - but I can't help wonder if it's time for the man and woman in the US Main Street to calm down. Like it or not, Obama iS your President and he has the electoral majority to prove it. He will undoubtedly crash and burn because leaders usually do eventually. America will survive!
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
25 Mar 10
They can't prove the tea party people did anything wrong or are responsible for any of the violance.
I will tell you this...it is getting scarey. republicans in states that are fighting the mandate are getting their offices shot at and threatened. Democrats who supported the bill are being threatened and offices vandlized.
People on both sides are loosing control. People need to calm down. This is not going to solve anything and someone is going to get hurt.
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