That is not the issue! Stop making it about who did. That is what libs do.
Lets say the college republicans want to protest the School performing abortions on campus as part of a clinic or some bs and did this and got sprayed. Would you be upset over it?
Simple question.
Again with the “ifs”! Your cop hating seems to have you living in the world of “ifs”.
There have been many many pro life demonstrations. Not ONCE have they been peppered.
Again, I cannot live in your “if” world. It’s bad enough living in reality.
Have they? And if so, what happened?
Simple question.
IF the college Republicans "did this" -- illegally blocked the free movement of other citizens and repeatedly refused to obey lawful orders to move along -- they would deserve to be pepper sprayed. But college Republicans and Tea Party protesters don't engage in illegal activities, which is why they don't get pepper sprayed.
The only alternative to anarchy is prompt and certain enforcement of laws that protect law-abiding citizens and facilitate a civil and productive society. Rudy Giuliani proved this as NYC Mayor -- a lesson since reinforced by Michael Bloomberg's naive accommodation of lawless public behavior.
I have no sympathy for these so-called "protesters" who engage in lawless behavior. The police politely ordered them to move along, and they refused. Then the police repeated the lawful order, and they still refused. Repeated orders were met by a continued refusals -- along with defiant speech and physical behavior that constituted a clear challenge to the rule of law. If you were responsible for defending the civil society against anarchy and mayhem, would you do nothing and thus forfeit the rights of the productive, law-abiding citizenry?
When challenged, a society must defend itself in order to survive. And make no mistake, OWS and its alliance of anarchists and communists constitute a direct challenge to our free society. Pepper spray is very uncomfortable, but it is far milder than the equally-legitimate options of batons, water cannons and horses. The police have legitimate and proper roles in society, and we just witnessed one of them.