{"id":2323,"date":"2005-08-28T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T01:58:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-08-28T18:58:02","modified_gmt":"2005-08-29T01:58:02","slug":"freepers-score-own-goals-in-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/28\/freepers-score-own-goals-in-crawford\/","title":{"rendered":"FReepers score own goals in Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Atrios<\/a>, professional Freeper agitator Kristinn Taylor tried to distance FR from a fellow pro-war protestor in Crawford yesterday:<\/a><\/p>\n

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A handful also got themselves arrested, including a protester whose anti-Sheehan sign was deemed unnecessarily offensive by organizers of a
\nlarge pro-Bush rally. The man carrying the sign became violent when he was asked to put it down.<\/p>\n

Ken Robinson, of Richardson, Texas, who described himself as aVietnam veteran, was carrying a sign at a \u201cYou Don’t Speak for Me, Cindy!\u201d rally. The sign read, \u201cHow to wreck your family in 30 days by \u2018b**** in the ditch’ Cindy Sheehan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristinn Taylor, an event organizer with FreeRepublic.com, heard about the sign and rushed up to Robinson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our rally and you can’t do that here,\u201d he said, only for Robinson to insist he was within his rights.<\/p>\n

Camera crews rushed in and Taylor turned to face them.\"Bitch_in_ditch_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n


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\u201cTo all the media here, this sign is not representative of the crowd
\nhere today,\u201d Taylor announced. Some of the crowd around Robinson came
\nforward to shake his hand, while others chanted, \u201cIdiot, go home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two men then squared off and raised their voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust get outta here!\u201d Robinson yelled, and aimed a kick at Taylor’s midsection. Taylor called for security, and a young Woodway policeman
\nquickly showed up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have the right to freedom of speech,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n

Robinson continued to protest loudly as police handcuffed him and led him away.\n<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The only way the sign<\/a> wouldn’t be "\u201crepresentative of the crowd here today,\u201d is if there weren’t any Freepers there, because as you can see here <\/a>and here,<\/a> the sign <\/a>is highly representative of Freeper attitudes and rhetoric, more shame to all of them.  The Free Republic website is monitored, highly censored and demands conformity of ideology so if posts calling Cindy Sheehan "The bitch in the ditch" or "Ditch Bitch" were unwelcome, they’d be out of there.  They’re displayed in all their vicious glory still.<\/p>\n

Were there Freepers in Crawford this weekend?  Well, who else would be stupid enough to attack their fellow<\/a> pro-war Republicans?  Apparently, some reading-challenged Freepers were enraged at some Protest Warrior<\/a> signs that were sufficiently complex for the message to go right over their heads, so they did what comes naturally to them – they eliminated them.<\/a> \"Freepsvspw\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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AP reports:<\/a> At the pro-Bush rally several miles away, there
\nwere some heated moments when two members of Protest Warrior, a group
\nthat frequently holds counter protests to anti-war rallies, walked in
\nwith a sign that read "Say No to War Unless a Democrat is President." <\/span>
 <\/span>

\nMany Bush supporters only saw the top of the sign and believed the men
\nwere war protesters, so they began shouting and chasing the pair out.
\n\"Humblegunner\"<\/a>One man tore up their signs. When Will Marean of Minneapolis kept
\nrepeating that he was on the Bush side and tried to explain Protest
\nWarrior’s mission, one Bush supporter shook his hand and apologized. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Freeper who was there posted<\/a>, "Even the "victim" admitted that he could see how the misunderstanding could happen. But it WAS quite a scene, and I think the poor guy was literally terrified."  <\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n

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