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Originally Posted by Drolefille
When you get anything about me right, feel free to try and call me on it again. Seriously, anything. Go ahead. I'll be right here.
I'm just trying to figure out how being anti-assault is non-conformist these days.
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No idea about the relationship here but this is not the first incident of private security/private individuals at rallies or other public events over stepping what they should be doing and making it physical. Even if people who are not fans of the candidate go looking for a fight or drama it doesn't make for good PR when people are physically assaulted and it is documented. Same thing happened in Alaska with a candidate and a news blogger at a public school and private security of the candidate. Last I read charges are not being filed but I don't think it helps any movement or candidate appear legitimate when their followers and supporters cross the line. Yes it is an individual making a choice to be physical with another, but if the candidate doesn't speak out against it that isn't a good sign to me. In this case Profitt (the guy who put his foot on her head because of a bad back) is no longer working on the campaign, which is probably a good move for the candidate.
I do find it somewhat savvy/a boon to those who have an agenda to discredit that a young smaller woman was the person who had hands laid on her, and it could have been very different if a man had been in the same situation. I'm not saying that it was planned for someone to be attacked but the way it is being spun is no surprise. Conway, the other candidate is now using this as a woman's issue and as much as I dislike women being seen as people who are delicate and need protection other people get on board with it and that's ridiculous to make it about gender and not about someone who is allegedly a perpetrator of assault.
This story made me
when he thinks he should get an apology from the woman he put his foot on. I am kind of confused but the whole situation is rife with crazy
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