Reply #97: So what do you say

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about the Nazi comment ? I'm truly curious. Is there in fact a limit when violence becomes inevitable and/or necessary ?

Could it be that the man was reacting to the intruder with fear rather than gratuitous violence ? Perhaps fear that he would hurt the candidate ? I'm talking spontaneous reaction because I can see a situation where as someone at one of these rallies that begins to shout angrily could startle someone sitting close by especially in the climate of fear the Bush administration has created.

I feel this way about some of the republican reactions to protesters too. Not the creep that was kicking the woman he pulled to the floor or the losers that wrap their greasy hands around protesters faces to keep them silent.

It looks more like a reaction to something out of place that generates a fearful response rather than an assault because it's the opposition.

How should protesters that disrupt these rallies on either side be handled ?