While violence is never funny, I have to say that I am bemused by the media’s overhyped coverage of the ‘violent’ response to the passage in the House of H.R. 3490, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
As a quick example, the Huffington Post apparently believes it is okay to portray Sunday's protesters as racist. As we well know, the best way to diminish a group is to tar it with the actions of an individual. However, while Representative Cleaver said someone spit on him (as far as I know, nobody actually filmed this and Rep. Cleaver himself was unable to identify the offender to the police) and both Representative Lewis and Senator Frank were offended by slurs shouted at them not a single act of physical violence occurred and there were no arrests.
Now, if it had been the left protesting capitalism…
Pittsburgh, September 24th, 2009 .. “A police report said at least 19 shops and banks, including many fast food restaurants, bagel shops and diners near the university, had their glass windows or doors smashed in.
Sixty-six people were arrested following the clashes on Thursday -- 24 during the disturbances in the afternoon and 42 overnight, police said.”
In fact, that was the results of the first day of protest and involved approximately 1000 protesters. Contrast that with the “Tea Party” protesters outside the Capitol Building. What was that saying? Sticks and stones…
As I understand it, there was even less violence on Sunday than there was after the 2004 ALCS Red Sox win. Go figure.
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