Posted on 01/21/2005 6:05:01 PM PST by swilhelm73
From the Washington Post's Inauguration Blog:
Hundreds of people gathered at both ends of Meridian Hill Park in Northwest Washington for a peace rally sponsored by the D.C Antiwar Network.
But there were interlopers: Thirteen members of ProtestWarror, supporting the Bush administration and its policies in Iraq. When the Bush supporters arrived, about 20 black-clad, self-described anarchists emerged from the crowd, shouting profanity and epithets and demanding that they leave the peace rally.
When the Bush supporters refused to leave, the anarchists tore the sign out of the Bush supporters' hands and stomped on them. When ProtestWarrior leader Gil Kobrin objected, several male anarchists knocked him to the ground, kicking him in the back and punching him. Other anarchists punched and shoved Kobrin's 12 colleagues.
After D.C. Antiwar Network members broke up the fight, the Bush supporters heeded their order to leave the park. Kobrin then called D.C. police, who are now guarding them at the entrance of the park as they hold up their pro-war signs. "We're going to hang tight," Kobrin said. "We're expressing our freedom of speech just as they are expressing theirs."
Is there anything less persuasive and compelling than thuggish anarchists who argue with their fists?
(UPDATE: TKS reader Erik observes, "Yes, it is tuggish anarchists who argue with their fists, for peace!)
Okay, I'm official sick of the miniscule numbers of protestors around the country and in D.C. from this week. They've received WAY more press than their numbers and idiotic, delusional, and misguided sentiments deserve.
Nothin' like violent anarchists at a "peace" rally.
Good work Warriors! Thank you for your dedication.
Should have beaten the crap out of the Anarchists. If they're opposed to war, they should be opposed to violence. Clearly, they're major-league hypocrites.
Instead of Black nija costumes, shouldn't the Anarchists be wearing Brown Shirts.
They hold this giant mirror up to the left, who predictably fall apart at the glimpse of themselves..
The smug socialist/anarchists have been in control so long that they failed to consider their being blind-sided.
And holding them up to ridicule is like waving garlic at a werewolf.
Pass the popcorn.
"Another who decried the behavior of the protesters was D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D), who attended the swearing-in, then rode in the parade just behind Vice President Cheney from the Capitol to the Wilson Building.
Williams called the president's speech "inspirational" and said the inauguration was "very well done." He said he was saddened and angered by what he described as inappropriate displays, including obscene gestures and protest signs and vulgarities shouted in front of children.
"It really does piss me off that people are so selfish that they can't give him this one day," Williams said. Bush "was elected by the American people. Who are you preaching your message to?"
He also said he was very proud of the performance of the city's police force as well as that of officers who came to Washington from across the country to help."
From a WP article.
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