Martin Luther King peacefully led protests about civil rights. There were protests against the Vietnam War, mostly peaceful. What cause is McGinty and others of his ilk protesting--the election of a President? What McGinty and others do is not protesting. They attend rallies and other events to agitate, confront, and practice hate speech with his signage. My advice to McGinty is to organize his own events consistent with HIS political beliefs, attend the meetings of the Democrat Club, and vote on November 3rd. McGinty was looking for trouble and he found it--any school kid knows that.

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.

He certainly has the right to peacefully protest without threat of bodily harm to himself.

I would suggest maybe not display a sign that says “hang him,” though (?)

I recently posted about political signs and what they do.

Mr McGinty certainly has every right to express his views but there is always a risk when doing so.

I'm not blaming Mr McGinty. I'm just saying that there are people out there that don't need much to provoke them to violence. Signs such as Mr McGinty and others have on their golf carts, cars and houses are all some people need.

Thank God that those people are few and far between among us.

McGinty keeps stirring the pot............

"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.

Eventually some idiot decided that physical force will teach him to change his view. What he actually accomplished was to further his cause by inviting the media in from all around the country to brand us as thugs and him as the people’s hero.

Can you substantiate that for us ?

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

Ever mistakenly cut in front of someone here standing in line...Whow !
I could only imagine the confrontation

Life’s tough when you are a provocateur. Keep poking at a lion with a stick and you might, someday, get bit. Sniff, sniff!

Let me guess...you probably also believe that a woman wearing a short, low cut dress is asking to be raped, right? Your response is ludicrous. Mr. McGinty was in his cart, driving through a parking lot. He has a right to put any sign he wants on his cart. He was stopped and attacked. Get real!!!

That was stated by the OP.

The problem is that he isn't just protesting. He is purposely being very antagonistic with outrageous and absurd signs. He is encouraging confrontations. It would be fine if he or anyone else simply used signs to show who they support or even the "Dump Trump" kind of signs but when you put huge signs with extremely derogatory statements, you are asking for trouble.

Didn’t this guy send himself threatening letters before? Maybe, he also beat himself up, just to make a point. Don’t trust him.

I suggest sympathizers for Mr McGinty go to Minneapolis, Baltimore, Chicago etc and drive around with a Blue Lives Matter sign and see how well your free speech rights are respected.

You are absolutely correct! He tries to provoke people. His signs are nasty.

There are crazies among us, even in America’s Friendliest Hometown. 1st amendment notwithstanding, in this highly and overly charged political atmosphere one might consider toning down their personal distaste of the other person’s party.

Nasty signs come from nasty minds

People were asked to not have any political signs on their carts for the parade. He did. Also, he was not attacked at the parade but in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. There is no proof that his attacker was even at the parade.

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.

They should have cameras......

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

War over words
 

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

Altercation at Winn Dixie
 

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.

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

Fake news!!

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

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.

I'm surprised he didn't contact CNN first, for another 15 minutes of fame that he seems to crave so much.

How do you know it was a Trump supporter.....or are you assuming it was a Trump supporter because he’s so anti-trump? Seems to me you really don’t know the full FACTS at all.......this is how Fake News starts

So much for America’s lauded freedom. To use of violence against people that you disagree with is the opposite of the ideals in the Bill of Rights, and are the actions of a terrorist not a patriot. I do not care if the signs are, “intended to inflame and aggravate”. To get in a fist fight over a political sign is just wrong.

The most effective way, and actually the quietest and peaceful way to voice your protest is at the ballot box.

Reading all these posts for and against McGinty and the assailant, it just shows how EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION, and in it's own way, each post is actually a protest or show of support. It's just not "public" in the physical sense.

When you publicly protest with inflammatory signs, you might as well have a "hit me" sign on your back.

Did McGinty deserve to be attacked? Not really.
Do I feel bad for him? Not really.

Interesting opinion - I guess you'd have to then agree that this logically extends to all who wear a police uniform too, right? I mean, given your point of view, we obviously can't label police as some kind of group that's "systemically" racist, correct? In the interests of being consistent, you certainly must hold the view that the acts of individuals don't reflect any/all who are part of the same organization.

By the way, that also holds for all residents of The Villages. I don't know what happened to this man, but it does seem clear that it was an individual who committed the assault. It wasn't a community, unlike what some here (not directed at you, personally) in the forum would like to portray. Yep, seemingly fewer and fewer care about individual responsibility any more. It's so much easier to just label a group and tarnish their collective names / reputations. It's a pretty pathetic exercise, but I'm seeing it more and more often.