I have protested in DC several times during the last seven yrs with FR folks, protested downtown Indy (against Evan Bayh, while he was opposing MIguel Estrada's nomination) and I have NEVER EVER seen such nastiness as I did last Sat when I protested john kerry while he was speaking in my old hometown, Xenia, Ohio.
After his speech at the high school, as democrats were leaving, many turned their cars into the protester line (twenty five or so folks) along the roadway, acting as if they were going to strike us with their cars, and that isn't even counting the middle fingers and shouts of outrage and dirty, DIRTY words those liberal kool aid jerks were spouting.
The police got so worried that the protesters would actually be hit by one of the nasty liberals they actually had to re-route the exit from the parking lots around a community block, away from us.
IT WAS UGLY!!! (But I got my signs into kerry's face, well, at least his bus, hehe, coming and going! Felt great!)
I didn't say is was centered just in Philly .. my point was this theater is near Philly and certain members of the Unions are known to cause trouble
Folks in Philly tend to joke about the Unions .. but they also know you don't mess with them
Did the owner of this theater lose his backbone?? .. Yes he did .. but I also understand that people are afraid