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Macfistowannabe said:I suppose this is correct, but I find it a little rude how some completely support the protesters' decisions to interrupt the president's speeches. Some of you claim the protester who barged into Madison Square Garden the night of the RNC was not a democrat. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't, but I would think that the undecided voters who saw this did not block it out of their memory. How far can you go without being obnoxious? This was downright obnoxious, it's a laugh that people are defending him, and he made a fool out of anyone who voted against Bush.
I will acknowledge that there are protesters out there who value their freedom of expression. There are those who use it properly, and there are those who abuse it. Would you rather be portrayed as a Ghandi like figure, or a Roy Moore type of figure? It's up to you, I hope for peaceful protests, if any protests must exist.
I do not support the protesters who disrupt speeches and meetings. This is not the way to protest, in my view. Gandhi knew how to protest. Roy Moore? I can't stand the guy. I hate it that he's from my own home state and has influence here. I don't see why protesters can't follow a few simple rules for how to be the most effective. I was furious when those protesters disrupted the President's speech at the RNC. Among other things, yes, I was also afraid that it would hurt our campaign, even though I didn't think Kerry would have anything to do with tactics like that, either. The guy has too much decorum for that, I think, but does Voter X know that? Damage is damage. If you're going to do politics, you need to think about what you want to do, and the best way to do it. Over and over again, it's been proven that the peaceful, orderly style of protesting is really the only way to do it. Otherwise you're cutting your own throat. I only want to express my views. I don't want people to draw the wrong conclusions about what I'm trying to do. If I disrupted speeches or meetings, that's what would happen. Look at the difference between the results Gandhi got and the results Moore got. The British had to leave India. Moore got his ass kicked out of the courthouse and himself out of a job, all for making a golden calf out of a statue.