[dilosche]

How do you know it was a Trump supporter? Could have been an ex girl friend, current girl friend. What would cause someone to attack him? Or did he institute a fight? Perhaps this time his hate was focused on someone who was tired of his spewn hate.

[Singerlady]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Hope the guy is caught and punished for the assault.

They should have cameras......

[Fredster]

All I can think of after reading through this thread is that “Hate begets Hate”

[joseppe]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

No one with signs or words should be the recipient of physical violence. No one. The person who attacked him was clearly a Villages thug. If you state some political view I don't agree with, or wave some sign around with words that do not meet my ethical standards, I have no right to punch you in the face. What normal people do when that happens is argue with the person, and if that gets them nowhere, they walk away.

Countries / factions / groups go to WAR over words or beliefs alone. If you're spouting something distasteful to others you should expect that something violent could happen.

[joseppe]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Patently untrue, but explains...a lot.

Your "right" to be offended from legal signs or protests, does NOT extend to a "right" to physically assault...the one offending you.

I don't see anyone saying the assailant was Right, only that the attack is not a surprise to anyone

[npwalters]

From the OP "Ed McGinty, who is known as an anti-Trump protester, was physically attacked by one of the Trump supporters who hijacked the Blue Lives Matter parade, near Sumter Landing today."

Absolutely do not condone physical assault on anyone expressing their opinion. Yet, how do you know it was "one of the Trump supporters who hijacked the Blue Lives Matter parade"? Perhaps your bias is coloring your account?

[Don5154]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Patently untrue, but explains...a lot.

Your "right" to be offended from legal signs or protests, does NOT extend to a "right" to physically assault...the one offending you.

Does anyone know who assaulted who first? Could it possibly be Ed made the first assault and got his butt kicked? I sure don’t know, but a lot of people here talk as if they saw what happen. I’ll hold off on my opinion until the police report is completed. As someone else said.....camera’s could tell a different story.

[Singerlady]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Wondering the same.........I wonder if his injuries were self inflicted? I have not heard of anyone saying they saw this happen and it supposedly happened on a public venue. The picture shows three scratches straight down under his left ear and two bruises on his lips. The pictures are available on the online news.

I only say that because it appears to me by his very inflammatory signs and his aggressive stance that he is very interested in negative attention.

I believe the article also said people intervened to help......can’t believe you would say that.

[Singerlady]

Originally Posted by Joanne19335

I am Italian. Whoever said that IS ethnic profiling—just as people who assume we’re all in the Mafia.

Agree. Perhaps he was in shock and trying to remember something to describe...perhaps.

[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

Ed McGinty, who is known as an anti-Trump protester, was physically attacked by one of the Trump supporters who hijacked the Blue Lives Matter parade, near Sumter Landing today. His picture was on Facebook, and showed him to be battered and bleeding. McGinty was on his way to his daily protest, and from the sounds of it was not at the actual parade. The attack took place near the Sumter Landing Winn Dixie.

This is outrageous and is a black stain on Florida's Friendliest Hometown. Whether you like his views or not, he certainly has a right to protest, and to face physical violence in this manner is just frightening. He has also received threatening letters. What is the matter with these people?

I don’t condone violence at any level but when you say the things he says you’re asking for trouble. The mans mouth is a sewer

[tenorgirl]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

"Martin Luther King peacefully led protests about civil rights."

Except there was a major riot in just about every large city he visited about a week later. Bag man for the funding?????

"There were protests against the Vietnam War, mostly peaceful."

Kent State.

Again, the victim should NEVER have been assaulted, but in the real world one needs to be cognizant of the possible outcomes of a given action.

MLK protests were peaceful-the riots happened AFTER he left. Most VietNam protests were peaceful-you must have missed that word as you mention one -1- that wasn’t. One is not a majority unless it was the only.

[SHNOK]

If it was in the Winn-Dixie parking lot, there likely would be witnesses. Has anyone reported witnessing this incident?

[Waltdisney4life]

Fake news!!

[jef5836]

Did not see any of this in the rally I participated in.

[JulieER]

On possible Italian - it was a DESCRIPTION. The police ask for one and you do the best you can. If the attacker is white, black, disabled, Chinese, male, female, Muslim, tall, short, Japanese, heavy set, thin, etc. - it is a DESCRIPTION. It is NOT racial profiling. Under the law, NO ONE has the right to put their hands on you whether you disagree with them or not, argue with them or not. This attacker lost control of himself instead of walking away from someone he didn’t like.