I’ll re-re-state my point for you Ed, but it’s the last time; the Left has a double-standard when it comes to protester violence, turning a blind eye to it from the Left, but over-hyping it from the Right. The “violent tea partier” is an animal virtually entirely sprung from the mind of liberal commentators. And as I noted, there are folks that, believing what the liberal media has fed them, think that there is no problem with it on the Left. That’s wrong.

And while they like to blame Limbaugh, Beck, et. al. for whatever right-wing violence they can scrounge up, they do not hold their commentators to the same standard when left-wing violence occurs. That’s wrong.

Put the straw men away for a bit, will ya’?

A black man riding to visit his mother is not the same thing as a skinhead spitting at a black woman. The first does not invite the violence that nearly killed him. The second one is an idiot.

I never disputed that. And I never defended this guy.  Did you read the post?  Did you read the two sentences before the line you quoted (never mind the whole paragraph)?  I said:

For those who say that all this sort of physical violence comes solely from the Right (I’m looking at you, Dan) may need to rethink your premise.

That’s my main point.  I do know folks, and see them in the media, that think this sort of violence is solely a right-wing phenomenon.  This was a contrary example.

Further, the Left likes to blame the usual suspects; Limbaugh et al.  If that’s the case, will they now blame Olberman et al?  If not, then their finger-pointing is just self-serving.  They’re not (hence the crickets), so QED.

Anyone? Hello? Crickets?

Anyone has a right in the U.S. to believe any fool thing they wish. That does not mean they are exempt from the penalty for expressing a really stupid view.

One would be really stupid to try to burn a U.S. flag in protest at a VFW convention. Most states have a tort exception for “fighting words.” This guy rather begged to be beaten, and was.

Is his speech for unlawful discrimination, for unlawful hate, different from a 70-year-old woman walking to the Selma, Alabama, Courthouse, to register to vote? I think so.

Why are you defending this guy? His injuries are unfortunate. If one wishes not be involved in a barroom brawl, one should not venture into barrooms demanding a fight.

Or, are you saying that this guy is no different in his racist views than the average Tea Bagger, and he deserves better protection?