Originally Posted by Carolyn Reichert (Post 1788608)

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.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1788579)

McGinty wasn't at any protest. He was out in front of the Winn Dixie, driving his golf cart.

Originally Posted by gatherer47 (Post 1788514)

he was quoted as saying the man was possibly "Italian"-isn't that ethnic profiling ?

Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1788508)

ya wanna be an activist ...this stuff is gonna happen

very sad that anyone was assaulted...however...no matter how flat the pancake is there is always two sides to it
....his behavior may have egged it on, no way of knowing...but just saying

if he got into someone's face, he's the one at fault...and would have escalated it...maybe he crossed the wrong person, someone
that had had a lousy breakfast and had gas and was in a bad mood to begin with....who knows for sure

no one knows what someone leaves behind when they leave the house

but I wasn't there and I'm not passing any judgment on anybody

all I can say is:

"well this is certainly a fine kettle of fish that we've gotten ourselves into Ollie, isn't it"

we are a nation divided....what should we think is going to happen when two zealots from opposite sides of the spectrum come head to head?

Originally Posted by kathyspear (Post 1788509)

The rally did not meet or drive near the Winn Dixie. Sorry to hear he was attacked but it did not happen at the rally.

kathy

Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 1788475)

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?

Originally Posted by JoMar (Post 1788537)

Ed's signs weren't inteded to provide dialogue, inform or work to any solution, they were intended to inflame and aggravate. When you do that sooner or later you put yourself in harms way.

Originally Posted by New Englander (Post 1788664)

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