Re: Okay...

I'd add thug and jackass to the list.  The guy's demeanor during and after on 
the video tape makes him look like a knuckledragger.     


Mike F. 




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From: Johne Cook <[email protected]>
To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 4:54:07 PM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...

As I am the 'words mean things' guy, I'll agree that a 'step' is not a 'stomp' 
if you will similarly agree that regardless of what you call it, the guy was a 
'dick.'  ; )

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



On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote:

Words and truth matter.  Just as I dont' think a guy who commits a simple 
assualt should be charged or convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, a guy 
who puts his foot on someone should not be accused of "stomping" her. 
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>Mike F.  
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From: Johne Cook <[email protected]>
>To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 4:21:45 PM 
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>Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
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>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.
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>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. 
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>Also, grow a pair and take a little political disagreement like a man. Sheesh. 
>What is this guy, twelve?
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>Johne Cook
>| http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |
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>On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote:
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>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?
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>>Mike F.  
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From: Johne Cook <[email protected]>
>>To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 3:42:49 PM 
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>>Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
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>>To be fair, everybody is calling it a stomp, so the word is hardly unique to 
>>Thom.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Johne Cook
>>| http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |
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>>On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>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.
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>>>Mike F.
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 3:25:33 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Okay...
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>>>>He didn't stomp on her head.  
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>>>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.
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>>>
>>>Thom
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