I have spent all day trying to figure out what that statement

[PCIntern]

"I'll break you in half. Like a boy." truly means. Please allow me to say that if this guy lived in meighborhood, former FBI agent or not, my children would be allowed nowhere near him or his home given that he even made that statement. But is he implying "just" violence or violence/perversity? Use your imagination...right?

Years ago, I chaired a committee and we had this nutjob lady who was quite possibly the most argumentative person with whom I have ever had to deal personally. She was getting out of hand - quite unruly - and I politely (no, REALLY!) asked her if she could restrain herself. Her response unhesitatingly was, "Suck my dick!"

I stood there in stunned silence for what must have seemed like an eternity in front of a now-hushed room. And then I asked her, "What does that even MEAN?" Everyone else burst out laughing and she of course, started really haranguing me. But the peals of laughter just drowned her out.

I felt the same way as I had that night when I heard the Congressman's epithet directed at that reporter. Weird, eh?

YUCK! all the way around...

[LiberalFighter]

1. What would had happened if you had responded with...

Which one?

[SummerSnow]

2. I think it means..

that he is not a man , but like a boy. That he can easily defeat him. Just my opinion.

[PCIntern]

3. That is the initial interpretation...

BUT.............................................

that is somehow a very strange statement, IMO. Hauntingly strange, if you ask me...coming from a grown man who has been in law enforcement.

[SummerSnow]

9. You're right it is a strange statement.

[monmouth3]

13. He may be a grown man but let's face it, that statement was childish. I'm concerned that law

enforcement really take on the bottom of the barrel. I can't imagine him passing an FBI test but who knows. I'm trying to imagine the stunned look on your face when that woman said that to you. I mean, OMG!

[Skittles]

15. it is indeed strange

all the guys I have ever known, I cannot imagine any of them saying THAT no matter how angry they were

[yurbud]

19. yep, I've known a lot of angry, threatening people of various social strata and races...

and that never came out of any of their mouths.

[1000words]

11. +1

Pretty standard "tough guy" bravado. Belittle someone by questioning their manhood.

[madrchsod]

4. i thought the same thing when i read that.

i wonder what his childhood was like to make that kind of statement.

[SummerSnow]

10. maybe he had one of those fathers who use to call him a "sissy" ....

when he didn't live up to his expectations of so called "manliness"

* sorry about using that word 'sissy', its horrid

[libodem]

5. Who knows

But it sounds perverted to me. Years ago I worked with a therapy tech who also worked at the prison. He was for ever commenting to people he disagreed with that he was going to shove something up them, then break it off.

Very tiresome. What does that even mean? It just sounds gruesome and perverted, as well.

Power trippers.

[immoderate]

7. Sounds perverted to me, too.

It could just be a "slip of the tongue," but I think it leads to weird things, subliminally. It evokes a few strange and cruel images, but I can't say which.

--imm

[Fla_Democrat]

6. Maybe she was a G.I. Jane fan......

(nsfw)

[ZombieHorde]

8. He's weak and easy to hurt.

That is what he is trying to say.

[malaise]

12. He's a first rate RETHUG

living up to the tag.
IF he were a member of the Democratic Party he would have been forced to resign by now.b He didn't just threaten to break him in half like a boy; he said he'd throw the reporter over the rail. One more Giuliani ReTHUG

[yurbud]

20. the over the railing stuff or even "I'll shoot your between the heads," I'd expect

from them.

[The_Commonist]

14. meighborhood

You said "meighborhood."
Please don't edit that!

These people just put their psyches out there for everyone to see. And they have no idea what their behavior says about them.

[mcar]

16. The reporter is just over five feet tall

Seems like a "short guy" insult, along with the criminal intimidation. Short men, bald men, and tall women are all subject to open and subtle insults on a regular basis and it's usually accepted without objection.

[Tikki]

17. Some say it may appear like he may have beaten up boys in the past or wanted to beat up boys...

or something about overpowering boys…or, icky, the break in half thing.

Tikki

[freshwest]

18. +1