Come on now. Stop arguing semantics. You are much better than that.

When was the last time you saw a conservatively based protest break out in violence??

Do conservatives protest the WTO meetings?? Nope. Do conservatives protest the G6 meetings??? Nope.

Is there almost ALWAYS violence involved in the protests of those things?? Definitely.



Oh really, now. It would seem that you don't pay attention to the MSM. If that is the case, then bravo.

BUT..when the health care bill was passed and some vandalism happened...it was blamed on the Tea Party as a whole by the media. Not just a few radicals in the group.

When the N word was allegedly ( since there is STILL no video OR audio evidence of such a thing happening despite a 10,000 dollar reward posted for evidence ) thrown at a bunch of politicians....the Tea Party as a whole was blamed.

Not to mention considering the tactics groups like ACORN used the person yelling 'ni@@er' could very well have been a plant! The DNC fears their power being leveraged from them by popular vote of people who see socialism for what it is. Government was supposed to regulate the free market to protect us from weasels getting into the hen house. It wasn't supposed to be our support and livelihoods.

When everybody works government jobs who is paying who? Taxed for the privilege to work? What sense does that make?

mingler post: When was the last time you saw a conservatively based protest break out in violence??
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my response: it was a shot in the dark,, but guess what? I just googled and VOILA!!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4660503.ece



violent behavior is not politically affiliated,,,,


mingler post: BUT..when the health care bill was passed and some vandalism happened...it was blamed on the Tea Party as a whole by the media. Not just a few radicals in the group
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here is where we agree in theory but not in application,,,,often in these threads, particularly the politics thread, the actions and words chosen by INDIVIDUALS become attributed to the group with which they choose to belong, as if that group is the inventor or owner of such behavior and words

in fact, people from all affiliations, religions, regions, cultures,,,etc,,,,, do most of the same things(just for different 'reasons')

Had to go all the way back to '08 for that one.

Not bad.

The point was, violence may not be " politically affiliated ", but it shows up a whole lot more often when the " protest " is based on one set of " values " as opposed to another.