[Finchs]

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?[/QUOTE]

I have been in 2 Pro-Trump Kart rallies, and have been appalled at the nasty, vulgar and extremely hateful ranting and offensive signage that this low-IQ individual gets away with. To say he asks for, and invites hostility is putting it mildly.
If he got his nose punched I believe without any reservations the idiot has just gone to darn far and people are really done with putting up with his pathetic need for attention. I abhor violence, and believe those who incite it should be condemned,, not glorified. McGinty incites violence. Period. He got what he asked for.

[Topspinmo]

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.

This was public area, how do you know he was village resident?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by John41

McGinty had a sign on his cart “Hang Him” obvious who he was referring to. Now he’s getting a taste of his own medicine. And free speech does not mean yelling “fire” in a theater which his inflammatory signs are doing. He should be arrested for inciting to riot.

No way, Jose- on the arrest him. He is the victim.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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

And he didn’t have to stop did he?

[obxgal]

Maybe it has nothing to do with Ed's political signs at all. Maybe Ed pulled out in front of the other driver and almost caused an accident.

[Fredman]

Originally Posted by Joanne19335

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

Are u saying that’s not true.

[jimjamuser]

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.

Well said, true that.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by 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.

What does Italian look like? Is calling someone Italian without knowing their ethnicity/heritage identity profiling then? Does that make profiling right if it is not racial profiling?

[beachman46]

I think Ed had a visit from the Secret Service awhile back for threatening to punch President Trump in the mouth on social media. . How about someone checking that out!
How about Ed being thrown out of several golfing groups because of his aggressive political views. This guy pushes people to the limit with his liberal political views. Politics, Religion and Sports should not be in the same conversation.

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by riley2011

If the attacker had been armed it could have been a disaster for Ed. Don’t agree with him, not interested in seeing him but he has the right.

If the attacker was a professional assassin he could have........Getting a little spectulative are we?

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by JoMar

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.

What happen to politics that supported a candidate instead of defaming or slandering the opposition? When we get candidates from political parties that are the best at what they do instead of career politicians that are working for re-election and power, we will get to an election where people are voting for the best candidate instead of against the least desireable candidate. So far neither political party can provide an option. We also need to remove mass media and social medial from the decision making until they report the facts instead of reporting their opinions and misrepresenting the facts.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by jacksonbrown

Exactly, but what I find interesting is that this comment doesn't appear until half-way through this thread.

Made me laugh, biggley.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Michael Charles

I believe in the Bill of rights and the U.S. Constitution.

I respect and honor those who serve and those who have served this country to protect those rights and freedoms.

No matter which side anyone is on I must respect their right to speak their minds. PEACEFULLY and WITHOUT being harmed because of their views.

This man has the right to speak his mind, without fear of being harmed.

You have the right to disagree without harming him or others.

I have the right to vote and will use that right come November to peacefully and quietly speak my mind.

Congratulations Mr. Charles for this excellent post. I admit, with shame, to having read through all 12 pages of this rubbish and am left with a feeling of sorrow for this nation of ours. Even during Richard Nixon's impeachment I do not remember such vitriolic unrest that is evident in the country now.

It is going to be a long hot summer .......................

[jimjamuser]

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.

Good points, well presented.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Eg_cruz@comcast.net

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

And signs. Don’t have to be vulgar and nasty.