The kid was being an idiot. He was disrupting the event, he was asked to leave, he wouldn’t leave, he resisted police officers called in to escort him out and he was subdued for this using the tools provided to the police officers for this purpose.
How was he being an idiot? Asking about Skull&Bones doesn’t make someone a kook.
This was a public university, he probably pays tuition (and I’d bet is a College Republican)...David Horowitz’s group Students for Academic Freedom and F.I.R.E. (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) are gonna have a field day with this.
This kid is gonna hit the jackpot because this video will be shown in a lawsuit and compared to the famous “firehose” videos of the 60’s.
The school wastes the student’s and taxpayer;s money to bring these leftists in and somehow the kid is an idiot? I think not.
FreeRepublicans.com - 11:09am on 09/18/2007
Scratch the comment about him being a College Republican.
FreeRepublicans.com - 11:09am on 09/18/2007
The ranters and ravers are setting the agenda and what speech may be heard/not heard. There is acceptable public behavior--it is time that these events--Liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican--be allowed to proceed with decorum. The public has seen too much of this and it is time to set the limits. Drag the protesters out on their heels--taser them if they fight the people charged with keepng order. We have coddled these thugs too long.
halatbis - 12:09pm on 09/18/2007
FreeRepublicans.com - How was he being an idiot?
Cutting in line, asking question after question after question, not allowing for a response, being told to get off of the podium and ignoring the organizers, and finally - being told to leave and ignoring the police order.
He was an idiot about ten times over in a very short time.
Is his kind of behavior appropriate where you’re from?
likwidshoe - 12:09pm on 09/18/2007
Odd, I must have missed the part where Kerry instructed the officers to leave the man alone and let him finish his mindless diatribe.
Bat One - 01:09pm on 09/18/2007
It’s about time this so-called “protest"(which is really intimidation) is identified and prevented. I just wish it would be applied equally to those who try to intimidate Republicans and conservatives when they speak publicly.
robert108 - 01:09pm on 09/18/2007
From what I read, the jerk did rush forward as questions were being ended and grabbed the mike to make his little speech disguised as a question. That quick movement would have looked threatening to any police officer, so they were on their toes.
But he wants to be a martyr, he’s going to need to be maimed. I recommendation self-mutilation.
What the hell is wrong with you people? Why don’t you move to China if this is police conduct that you consider acceptable? The way this kid was treated was flat out un-American.
And I think it’s hilarious that people are calling him an “idiot”. He’s going to walk away from this with a nice sum of money in his pocket. I predict that within the next few days, at least one of those cops will be suspended without pay.
Dave - 01:09pm on 09/18/2007
Dave: Free speech isn’t an entitlement; it’s a responsibility.
How was he being an idiot? Asking about Skull&Bones doesn’t make someone a kook.
This was a public university, he probably pays tuition (and I’d bet is a College Republican)...David Horowitz’s group Students for Academic Freedom and F.I.R.E. (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) are gonna have a field day with this.
This kid is gonna hit the jackpot because this video will be shown in a lawsuit and compared to the famous “firehose” videos of the 60’s.
The school wastes the student’s and taxpayer;s money to bring these leftists in and somehow the kid is an idiot? I think not.
Scratch the comment about him being a College Republican.
The ranters and ravers are setting the agenda and what speech may be heard/not heard. There is acceptable public behavior--it is time that these events--Liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican--be allowed to proceed with decorum. The public has seen too much of this and it is time to set the limits. Drag the protesters out on their heels--taser them if they fight the people charged with keepng order. We have coddled these thugs too long.
FreeRepublicans.com - How was he being an idiot?
Cutting in line, asking question after question after question, not allowing for a response, being told to get off of the podium and ignoring the organizers, and finally - being told to leave and ignoring the police order.
He was an idiot about ten times over in a very short time.
Is his kind of behavior appropriate where you’re from?
Odd, I must have missed the part where Kerry instructed the officers to leave the man alone and let him finish his mindless diatribe.
It’s about time this so-called “protest"(which is really intimidation) is identified and prevented. I just wish it would be applied equally to those who try to intimidate Republicans and conservatives when they speak publicly.
From what I read, the jerk did rush forward as questions were being ended and grabbed the mike to make his little speech disguised as a question. That quick movement would have looked threatening to any police officer, so they were on their toes.
But he wants to be a martyr, he’s going to need to be maimed. I recommendation self-mutilation.
The Michelle Malkin posts are very good.
What the hell is wrong with you people? Why don’t you move to China if this is police conduct that you consider acceptable? The way this kid was treated was flat out un-American.
And I think it’s hilarious that people are calling him an “idiot”. He’s going to walk away from this with a nice sum of money in his pocket. I predict that within the next few days, at least one of those cops will be suspended without pay.
Dave: Free speech isn’t an entitlement; it’s a responsibility.