[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.

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.

[ColdNoMore]

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.

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.

Y'all surely can't...be serious?!

[Fredman]

Who didn’t know that sooner than later Ed McGinty’s hate wouldn’t result in an assault.

[Love2Swim]

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.

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.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by Aces4

The complaintant wasn’t going to report it but then thought he would get to the cops first in case the other guy claimed he was the attacker. That smells a little funny, do we have the entire story? Difficult to know at this point.

He knows how people lie. Any person that is ignorant enough to punch a person who is peacefully protesting is clearly the type of person that would lie and try to get his cronies to dishonestly vouch for him.

[golfing eagles]

This is The Villages. Given today's climate, he's lucky he wasn't shot. There's no excuse for this behavior and the assailant should be prosecuted. No one SHOULD be assaulted for poor judgement. On the other hand, which one of us would consider walking into a BLM "protest" with a sign that states "the police are just doing their job", or "white lives matter"? I think we all know the result of that lapse in judgement as well.

[camaguey48]

Originally Posted by beachman46

How do you know it was a guy..

Right. Could have been his wife. If he has one.

[camaguey48]

Let's have a pity party for Ed.

[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.

[riley2011]

How do you know it was a villager?

[coalminer]

Isn't it time for TV to put a foot down on all this political crap ? We need a permit to have a parade, but these groups have unauthorized parades without one. They disrupt traffic and cause hard feelings. This must stop before someone gets seriously injured

[hardwick2112@yahoo.com]

If it happened near Winn Dixie, there is a video. Get the police or store to release the video for ALL to see.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

This is The Villages. Given today's climate, he's lucky he wasn't shot. There's no excuse for this behavior and the assailant should be prosecuted. No one SHOULD be assaulted for poor judgement. On the other hand, which one of us would consider walking into a BLM "protest" with a sign that states "the police are just doing their job", or "white lives matter"? I think we all know the result of that lapse in judgement as well.

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

[bowlingal]

keep doing what you are doing, Ed. We support you!