Re: Okay...

Whether you call it a 'step' or a 'stomp,' the guy was part of a gang of
thugs who physically assaulted a zealous woman whose own attack was limited
to the conceptual. I'm totally fine with this guy earning all the collective
grief he's getting. She was perhaps overproud of her clever little zinger
sign and pride goes before a fall, but the idea there is that God will
judge, not some Kentucky yokels. The fact that he's expecting an apology
from her just shows how clueless he is for his own sins.

The whole thing was overblown, and while she was perhaps naive for thinking
she would be safe delivering her little barb, I'm saddened that any of these
resulted in physical violence. If his point is that she was guilty of
conceptual violence and he was wounded as a result of her criticism of his
favorite candidate, all sympathy is rendered null when he took it to the
level of physical attack.

Also, grow a pair and take a little political disagreement like a man.
Sheesh. What is this guy, twelve?

Johne Cook
| http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |


On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> To be fair I wasn't talking to everybody.  And since when is everybody
> using a term the standard for whether it is the correct term to use.  Do you
> really think the choice of the word "stomp" was accidental or without
> motive?
>
> Mike F.
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Johne Cook <[email protected]>
> *To:* DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 3:42:49 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
>
> To be fair, everybody is calling it a stomp, so the word is hardly unique
> to Thom.
>
> The real issue here is that while she was perhaps unwise to boldly attempt
> to publicly upbraid Rand Paul with her sign, she didn't initiate violence,
> violence was initiated on her. That's where it crossed the line.
>
> I would have looked at the sign, smiled, said 'Well played,' and moved
> along. I don't have to take personal umbrage at every person who has an
> alternate perspective.
>
> This kind of Blue state / Red state vilifying of the opposition bullshit
> has got to stop. Paul and I come from radically different political
> perspectives, and yet I consider him one of my closest friends. My politics
> inform me, they don't define me. God defines me. The rest is mere detail
> good for extra flavor.
>
> Johne Cook
> | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  He didn't step on her head, it was her shoulder, and it wasn't a stomp.
>> I watched the video immediately before posting that.  Put the koolaid down
>> Thom.  I'm not defending the guy except to the extent of saying you
>> shouldn't be saying he did something he didn't do.
>>
>> Mike F.
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 3:25:33 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
>>
>> >He didn't stomp on her head.
>>
>> You are really going to step up and defend this guy?  At best?  He steps
>> on her head and applies pressure until someone told him to stop.  He and
>> several large men forced a smaller woman to the ground who was holding a
>> sign.  And he intentionally steps on her head.  And he wants an apology?
>> That's ridiculous.
>>
>>
>> Thom
>> http://thomwade.wordpress.com/
>> http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade
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