Does anyone remember the protesters getting attacked at the Trump rallies?

[kentuck]

And Trump promising to pay their fines if they were arrested? And Trump shouting "Get out! Get out! Get out!" to all the protesters. And the old guy that slugged the young black guy as he was being escorted out of the Trump rally?

Now, they are all surprised and whining that it is now the Trump supporters that are getting attacked at the rallies. Is anyone surprised? This violence and potential violence was created by the loudmouth Donald Trump. Now the seeds are sprouting and beginning to grow...

[GummyBearz]

1. It wasn't acceptable then, and it is not acceptable now

Especially since we are supposed to be the better people. Just lost claim to that high ground

[tonyt53]

2. Exactly.

[kentuck]

3. Agree.

It is not acceptable.

[geek tragedy]

9. "we?" nt

[GummyBearz]

11. The democratic party=we (or it should on this board)

In the most broad sense anyway. I guess right now there are 2 "we" (Bernie supporters and Hillary supporters). But I think "we" in general means the democratic party here.

[geek tragedy]

12. did those rioters flash their voter registration cards? nt

[GummyBearz]

13. Not that I saw

Do you they are super pissed off libertarians or something? I thought those guys just occupied wildlife preserves

[geek tragedy]

14. I'm sure they're vaguely on the left, but I doubt they're

doing phone banks for Hillary

[TeddyR]

4. Agreed that Trump's rhetoric is causing everyone to act poorly

But some of the Trump supporters who committed the attacks were arrested and the folks who committed the attacks yesterday should be arrested as well. Thought that was sickening behavior.

[kentuck]

5. I think it is wrong to call them "protesters".

That gives "protest" a bad name.

They looked more like a mob, potentially violent, to me?

[TeddyR]

6. That was my thought too

Mobs can easily get out of hand and commit violence that an individual would not. I think that we are lucky nobody was seriously hurt.

[mikeysnot]

7. Agent provocateurs.

People see this shit, photo them, video them or grab them and hold them accountable.

All fascist use this technique to gain sympathy and embolden their base.

[ieoeja]

8. When the Klan *tried* burning a cross in front of my grandpa's house he didn't debate the fuckers.

Keyword being "tried". Something they never did again.

To anyone in my home township actually. Because he started hunting them down one-by-one the next day. It had never occurred to them that someone might come after them. That completely changed the rules. They didn't much like the new rules so they quit the game.

[sufrommich]

10. I remember thinking that they're violent morons.

Same as the morons last night.