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Honestly, I don't think I would be similarly be up in arms. This act is tantamount to those ativist groups who douse furried runway models in paint or that Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at Dubya or that person who cracked an egg on Ahnold during his press junket/campaign for governor.
In this country, we are alternately over-babied and over-armed. A tomato is not a dirty bomb or a gun. There are acts of protests that may ruin garments, and sting eyes, but that don't necessarily shut down discourse. I'm not saying liberals have found a new weapon to use in the culture war against the teabaggers but there's a hell of a lot of difference between a few of us cheering on an errant tomato thrower and prominent political figures (not necessarily palin) advocating revolutions against the government and the president. Don't fall for her martyr routine and chill out.
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I am all for fighting speech with speech. This flies in the face of that.
To have some fool throw a tomato is one thing. That people have rallied around that juvenile and violent act is what bothers me.
Please tell me where this leads? One person chucks a tomato; what is next?
It's not enough to say you disagree with what she says. The essence of our democracy is that people are allowed to say things that are abhorrent to others.
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After getting hit with a tomato, one of two reactions spring to my mind. The recipient wipes the shit off their face and moves on (or get their body guards t0 cover them up) or they grab the nearest tomato and have at it. Maybe I'm being too idealistic but until they start legislating "Tomato Control Laws" (which Palin would be against, surely) and I see "Get Guavas Off Our Streets" campaigns, we should all remain calm.
Sorry I called you a troll. If anything, you seem overly sincere.
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Pies.
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It's wrongheaded to encourage physical attacks against people who don't share your politics, especially during a time of political tension.
I don't see how you can argue with that.
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Eh, lefsa would be kind of lame. I vote gravlax, Jansson's frestelse, or princesstårta.
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I'd like to think he survived and is enjoying a well-earned vacation in Napoli.
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