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When CongressCritters Attack!

Well, you cant blame him.

I mean what would you do if someone asked you if you fully support Obama's agenda and you were a republican.

Oh wait, he's not a republican?
 
Representative Etheridge's knowledge of constitutional law seems rather suspect.

I can't seem to find the "Right to Know Who That Guy on The Street Is" amendment in the Constitution.
 
Why is this not a felony? Unlawful restraint, assault and battery, damage to personal property. If the kid had punched the congressman, I suspect it might be a little different outcome.
 
It's obvious that the photographers assaulted the congressman, who was just minding his own business.

(/leftysergeant mode)
 
Why is this not a felony? Unlawful restraint, assault and battery, damage to personal property. If the kid had punched the congressman, I suspect it might be a little different outcome.

You got bass ackwards. The teatrash were harrassing him. They had a right to identify themselves, ask his permiossion to record the conversation, or to take their camera and shove it where the sun don't shine. He was under no obligation to talk to the sociopathic little slimeballs. If anyone should face charges, it is the teatrash. It appears to me that they were not going to let him go about his business. He appears against different backgrounds (with no transition between shots) which suggests to me that the dirtbags were not going to just go away or allow him to go on about his business.

They had no particular defensible right to demand that he waste his time talking to idiots whjo cannot be trusted to tell the truth about what he said to the. End of discussion on that aspect.

The punk kids appear to be operating on a version of the Tom Metzger strategy to destroy the lives of political figures.
 
You got bass ackwards. ....
The punk kids appear to be operating on a version of the Tom Metzger strategy to destroy the lives of political figures.

I don't think it works to get into what the politics of it might be. It does not matter what the punk's politics happen to be. If he had touched Etheridge, the guy would have been within his rights to coldcock the kid. But from the video, it looks like the guy was restraining the kid. If he had moved the kid, this comes pretty close to the definition of kidnapping.

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

I think your politics and mine are pretty similar, but I still ask, "how is this not a felony?"
 
Can you prove that the teatrash were not blocking his way? If not, you have nothing.

No, can you prove they were? I'm surprised that this is not a bigger story than it is. Why aren't the repubs screaming outrage? I am simply going on what I saw on the video. It looks like a lot of other situations, like O'Reilly's minions bugging lawmakers, who simply walk away with a few insults. But to grab the kid by the arm and then knock the camera down. Wow, that's a crime to me.

Note that Etheridge has apologized. Why would he apologize if he were not in the wrong? I still ask, "Why is this not a crime?" Will the kid sue? If not, why not?
 
You got bass ackwards. The teatrash were harrassing him.

They asked him a question as he passed.

They had a right to identify themselves

Do you understand the difference between a right and an obligation?

ask his permiossion to record the conversation

They don't need his permission to openly record him in a public area.

He was under no obligation to talk to the sociopathic little slimeballs.

The fact that he didn't answer their question isn't the problem, lefty. Can you identify what the problem is?

If anyone should face charges, it is the teatrash.

... and... you have officially become a parody of yourself.

Not that you weren't before, but now it's official. Good call, Brainster (though I'm afraid this was too predictable to qualify for the million dollar prize).

It appears to me that they were not going to let him go about his business.

And how were they going to prevent him from going about his business? Were they going to take his things? Forcibly restrain him?

Oh... wait... that's what he did to them.

He appears against different backgrounds (with no transition between shots)

There were two cameras. In one of the posted videos, they cut from one camera to another because Etheridge seized the first one so you can't see anything from it. But full video from each camera is available separately. There's no "different backgrounds" involved. In all happened at one spot.

The funny thing about this, of course, is that even Etheridge himself knows he was in the wrong, and his own apology gives lie to the bizarre rationalizations lefty puts forward.
 
Can you prove that the teatrash were not blocking his way?

Yes: Etheridge got past them, so obviously he wasn't blocked. He was on the other side of them from the direction he came when he was holding onto that guy's wrist. The only thing that kept Etheridge from going on his merry way was his desire to restrain the student and demand his identity.
 
It's obvious that the photographers assaulted the congressman, who was just minding his own business.

(/leftysergeant mode)

You got bass ackwards. The teatrash were harrassing him. They had a right to identify themselves, ask his permiossion to record the conversation, or to take their camera and shove it where the sun don't shine. He was under no obligation to talk to the sociopathic little slimeballs. If anyone should face charges, it is the teatrash. It appears to me that they were not going to let him go about his business. He appears against different backgrounds (with no transition between shots) which suggests to me that the dirtbags were not going to just go away or allow him to go on about his business.

They had no particular defensible right to demand that he waste his time talking to idiots whjo cannot be trusted to tell the truth about what he said to the. End of discussion on that aspect.

The punk kids appear to be operating on a version of the Tom Metzger strategy to destroy the lives of political figures.

Okay, Brainster, that was just eerie.
 
Yes: Etheridge got past them, so obviously he wasn't blocked. He was on the other side of them from the direction he came when he was holding onto that guy's wrist. The only thing that kept Etheridge from going on his merry way was his desire to restrain the student and demand his identity.

The video is chopped. There is no proof that they did not try to get back in front of him. That's how paparrazi trash work. The slimeballs were not about to let him walk away, as far as i can see.

The punks are obviously not totally sane.
 
Oh, I doubt that. lefty is an authoritarian. I'm sure he'll object to the label, but it's an accurate description of what he believes.

Well, I don't know Lefty, but I have no love lost for the "teatrash" as he calls them. I was going to start a thread on this, but did a search and wound up here. To my amazement, a "non teatrash" individual comes out in favor of essentially using force, felonious behavior, to deal with an irritating foe. We can't stoop to this, even when we are dealing with liars and unethical people.
 
I have a felling the lefty lives for the day when the "teatrash" will answer for their crimes in front of a Revolutionary People's Tribunal.
 
To my amazement, a "non teatrash" individual comes out in favor of essentially using force, felonious behavior, to deal with an irritating foe.

Were they just irritating, they would have a case against Etheridge. But they were intimidating. They lose.
 

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