Crossposted at Leaning Straight Up 

While poking around You Tube, I found this video.
 
While the initial impulse is to cheer, it makes me somewhat sad at the same time.

Let me clearly state that I find Code Pink to be fairly disgusting and offensive.  If I were at one of their protests I would be hard pressed to contain my temper.

Code Pink has no respect for dignity, nor for the civil rights of their opposition. They will without hesitation cross lines to infiltrate into the areas designated for other protesters.  They will illegally block entrances, and do, as one member stated, “anything” to bring attention to their cause.

But at the same time, there is a principle at stake behind the nuttiness, and that is free speech, and while I despise their message, I have to respect their right to have on.  I will of course draw the line at legal, if they violate the law let them be treated accordingly.

So in other words, while I have little sympathy for them, I have to allow that their right to be publicly idiotic is guaranteed by the same Constitution I swore to defend, 20 something years ago.

So when I see the frustrated pro troop protesters lose their tempers and commit acts that are more reminiscent of Code Pink and other liberals, I am somewhat sad.

Obviously the people in question are adults, and if they choose civil disobedience, that is their right to do so.

But at the same time, they are also acting to make their antagonists martyrs and victims, by violating their free speech, and if there is one thing liberals know how to exploit, it is victim hood.

I am not going to point to a particular act or comment by the pro troop folks in that video as  my example of crossing the line.  Let the reader make his or her own choice about how to respond when insanity walks their streets.

But take a moment and consider that part of what makes them so despicable is their tactics and their disrespect for the rights of others and the law in general.

So while it is somewhat satisfying to see them get their own back in their faces, at the same time, the last thing I want is to use those wackos as role models.

Frankly, though it may be condescending, I think we are better than they are….we have truth on our side.

Just my 2 cents.

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