Wow... i just typed in "definition of stomp" in google and copy/pasted the definition... You must be using the Conservative Dictionary of Conserving Conservatism.
Actually it's part of the first two defining words in your link: "Walk heavily" I double-checked at dictionary.com and most all definitions imply significant use of force as in stomping grapes.
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Would you say that it's easier for a 200 lb man to generate enough force to squash a grape than a 120 lb woman? I'm sure you could stomp hard enough to smash a watermelon. He still comes down pretty hard on her neck/head region. Def hard enough to squash a grape.
agree to disagree. I think stomping is just being over stated here. That girl is a scumbag for doing what she did. Given her history, she knew exactly what she was doing. Having said that, she didn't deserve any of what happened to her. Those two men, regardless of their political affiliation, are even bigger scumbags for doing what they did. I just don't think what they did is as bad as a lot of people are trying to make it out to be.
Its paranoid because anyone showing up to meet a politician could be secretly armed and a threat. Heck we have Tea Partiers showing up at rallies openly armed. They say they are unloaded but how do we know? In that case should all of those guys be stopped? If that is your standard then everyone supporter or opponent approaching a candidate should be checked. Again though going back to your own reasoning that you raised in the lemonade thread people in public endeavors, and being a politician is the most public endeavor, should expect all sorts of people to approach them. If your standard is all them should be treated a potential threat to be wrangled a politician will soon find his support eroding.
Is a sign a hammer? You keep on throwing out examples like knives, hammers and now dog poo when we are talking about a sign. Do you not recognize the difference? You assume but you have no proof just your speculation.
Watch it again. What happens is the hood on her sweatshirt slips over her head so looking at it quickly you see the heel of the guy's foot on the hood of the sweatshirt. Underneath the sweatshirt is her head. To be fair to the guy he might not have been intending to step on her head but that is besides the point as just the act of intentionally stepping on her while she is prone on the ground is assault.
Just to reiterate again why I am even bothering to debate this thread is that those who are trying to paint Valle as committing a crime would set up standard that means that would prevent us from approaching politicians. Politicians are not sacred cows to be worshiped or criticized from are fare game for us to get close either to shake hands with or to mock. On the day the Health Care Bill went to final vote in the House Tea Partiers and other protesters formed a gauntlet that several House reps had to walk through. The Reps had to face taunts, jeers and signs up against them as they made their way to the House. Now while many of us might find those taunts, jeers and signs to be disrespectful and offensive but it is the right of those protesters to make their message heard up close and personal. Now the law is clearly on the side allowing that to happen but my point goes beyond just the law but to the principle that we can approach our politicians even if they find it offensive.
Did anyone charge past security and physically engage a politician? I think not. One dishonest politician claimed he was spit on, but that's it. You can't run up to someone and shove something in their face. This goes for all citizens. Next time you see a cop in his car, I want you to run at him and try to shove a sign in his car/face. See what happens.
This thread has gone beyond ridiculousness and stupidity into pure comedic satire. Only a right wing nut can call a protester a criminal. Amazing.
Do you not see the pattern of violence coming from the tea party? Carrying guns to rallies? Miller hiring militia goons for security in Alaska? Paladino threatening to "take out" a reporter? the 100 fold increase of militia activity in America? This is more than just some dumb ******* jackbooting a woman.
none of those things you mentioned above are considered violence. Unlike say: SEIU beating up a black man for selling flags? Congressman Bob Ethridge choking a reporter? Reid supporters throwing eggs at Andrew Breitbart?
You do realize that words have different uses, right? Are you really trying to say that the proper use of the word "stomp" in the context of this thread is "walk heavily"?
