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Title: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: brimic on October 25, 2012, 03:33:38 PM
http://www.examiner.com/article/being-a-gay-republican-does-not-show-disloyalty-to-the-gay-community

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The Daily Caller published a disturbing article on Oct. 25 about a Wisconsin Republican GOP campaign worker who is gay and beaten because of these overlapping affiliations. Kyle Wood was volunteering for Republican House candidate Chad Lee when Wood was assaulted, in his own home, by someone that labeled him a “traitor”
 “I was getting ready for work and there was a knock at the door,” Wood emailed The Daily Caller late Wednesday. “I opened it, and a guy wrapped a ligature around my neck, slammed my head into the doorway, and smashed my face into a mirror, telling me ‘You should have kept your [f*******] mouth shut.’”
“He then kidney-punched me, while at the same time saying I was ‘warned,’ and continued to beat me,” he added.
Wood said his attacker’s reference to a warning likely pointed to graffiti he found painted on his car last week. The vandalism included the phrases “house trained republican [tinfoil],” “traitor,” and “ur like a jew 4 hitler.”



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2007232.html

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State Sen. Neil Kedzie (R-Elkhorn) said in a statement that his 22-year-old son, Sean, awoke early Oct. 19 to a noise outside his home in Whitewater and discovered someone taking the Romney lawn sign, the Daily Mail reported. Sean Kedzie ran outside and confronted two individuals.One of the men returned the sign. Then both attacked Kedzie, according to the Daily Mail, citing Neil Kedzie's statement.
Sean was wrestled to the ground by both persons, held down by a constricting chokehold, and struck repeatedly about the face and head.
He nearly passed out from the chokehold and suffered contusions to his face and eyes. Fortunately, an alert neighbor heard the commotion, scared the individuals away, and called the police.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Strings on October 25, 2012, 03:40:12 PM
But remember, Democrats are full of love and understanding, while all Republicans are evil warmongers
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: kgbsquirrel on October 25, 2012, 03:41:12 PM
Obviously this are unconnected spontaneous crimes that are in no way connected with a political party or its supporters that may be opposed to the GOP. Also it was their own fault, and they were asking for it. [/cynical sarcasm]

 :mad:  [ar15]
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Ron on October 25, 2012, 04:05:26 PM
I was just in the Whitewater area last weekend.

Nearly every sign I saw was a Romney sign.

The union thugs must have their hands full in the area.

Maybe there is hope for a reprieve from the President Obama nightmare if Wisconsin is actually in play. Romney might buy us some time.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: ronnyreagan on October 25, 2012, 05:51:26 PM
Obviously Democrats are evil warmongers while Republicans are full of love and understanding.
???
Whoever did these things was wrong and should be punished? Is there something more here I should conclude?
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: brimic on October 25, 2012, 06:07:00 PM
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Whoever did these things was wrong and should be punished? Is there something more here I should conclude?

1. It could just be frustrated leftwing hacks in my state taking out their aggressions since they have pretty much lost every election and political campaign in my state over the last 3 years.
or
2. These are the identical tactics used at the onset of every left wing fascist dictatorship in the past.

I'm leaning heavily toward #1, but its very ironic that this is coming from the 'party of free speech and tolerance.'

If these were dems being visciously attacked, it would be all over the national news and there would be rioting over it by now.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: lee n. field on October 25, 2012, 06:28:26 PM
http://www.examiner.com/article/being-a-gay-republican-does-not-show-disloyalty-to-the-gay-community

Pink Pistols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Pistols)
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on October 25, 2012, 06:41:46 PM
Can't believe I'm the first to say this...

Clear-cut case of gaybashing.   :angel:




Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Tallpine on October 25, 2012, 07:18:41 PM
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“I was getting ready for work and there was a knock at the door,” Wood emailed The Daily Caller late Wednesday. “I opened it, ....

I think I see the problem  ;)
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Hawkmoon on October 25, 2012, 09:25:17 PM
But remember, Democrats are full of love and understanding, while all Republicans are evil warmongers

Couldn't have been Democrats.

Must have been Tea party zealots ...
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: brimic on October 25, 2012, 09:27:51 PM
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Couldn't have been Democrats.

Must have been Tea party zealots ...

I seiu what you did there...
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 25, 2012, 10:32:13 PM
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The Daily Caller published a disturbing article on Oct. 25 about a Wisconsin Republican GOP campaign worker who is gay and beaten because of these overlapping affiliations. Kyle Wood was volunteering for Republican House candidate Chad Lee when Wood was assaulted, in his own home, by someone that labeled him a “traitor”
 “I was getting ready for work and there was a knock at the door,” Wood emailed The Daily Caller late Wednesday. “I opened it, and a guy wrapped a ligature around my neck, slammed my head into the doorway, and smashed my face into a mirror, telling me ‘You should have kept your [f*******] mouth shut.’”
“He then kidney-punched me, while at the same time saying I was ‘warned,’ and continued to beat me,” he added.
Wood said his attacker’s reference to a warning likely pointed to graffiti he found painted on his car last week. The vandalism included the phrases “house trained republican Tinfoil Hat Smiley,” “traitor,” and “ur like a jew 4 hitler.”



There's no red in that guy's rainbow.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 25, 2012, 10:32:40 PM
I seiu what you did there...


Nice! Took me a minute to notice that wasn't a typo.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: DittoHead on October 30, 2012, 07:23:04 AM
Some of this stuff would be pretty horrible if it had actually happened.

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=38133

Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Strings on October 30, 2012, 07:26:43 AM
That one had seemed... odd.

Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 30, 2012, 08:03:53 AM
Some of this stuff would be pretty horrible if it had actually happened.

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=38133

That source doesn't contradict anything we've been discussing here. It says the victim is recanting some allegations about text messages, but it doesn't say that the beating or the vandalism didn't occur. It may be suggesting the attack was not politically motivated, but it is far from clear on that point.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Northwoods on October 30, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
I was skeptical of the gay beating story.  Too many such attacks have turned out to be staged or totally made up.  Granted they're usually leftists faking or staging, but that whole story had a feel more of attention whoring than being legit.  Not saying he faked it but that would not surprise me.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: brimic on October 30, 2012, 11:30:52 AM
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Some of this stuff would be pretty horrible if it had actually happened.

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=38133

I guess the term 'drama queen' fits here.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 30, 2012, 11:38:26 AM
The link Dittohead posted - what am I missing? Does it say the guy wasn't attacked? Does it say that it wasn't political? If so, where?
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Strings on October 30, 2012, 12:05:49 PM
Get with the program, Fistful!

Since he seems to have lied about the text messages (and who he thought was behind the attacks), his entire story is false. Don't you know ANYTHING?

[/sarcasm]
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: DittoHead on October 30, 2012, 12:27:45 PM
his entire story is false.
Right. ???
Is the article really that confusing for you guys?
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: brimic on October 30, 2012, 12:32:45 PM
http://www.cityofmadison.com/incidentReports/incidentDetail.cfm?id=13821

Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 30, 2012, 01:40:30 PM
I already read that, brimic. It doesn't clear anything up for me. Something was recanted; doesn't say what. Something has been "cleared as 'unfounded'," whatever that means. Then it says that someone was treated at a hospital, and that investigators believe it was not a random crime.

So, sorry, I'm neither familiar with the jargon of that police department, nor a mind reader.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Marnoot on October 30, 2012, 02:16:24 PM
If the original complaint/accusation was found to be mistakenly or fraudulently made or, as in this case, "recanted" by the original complainant, then a case will be closed-out as "unfounded", unless officers/DA have evidence or cause otherwise to pursue the case despite the recanting. The top paragraph on that link is the Update, made on 10/29/12, the bottom paragraph was the original narrative for the case prior to the recanting.
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: DittoHead on October 30, 2012, 02:16:50 PM
It doesn't clear anything up for me.

Does this help?
Quote from: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/176338211.html
Today, our campaign unfortunately learned that a deeply troubled volunteer misled police, news outlets, and our own team in regards to an attack at his home that apparently never occured
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Tallpine on October 30, 2012, 03:38:34 PM
Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean that it wasn't Bush's fault  :P
Title: Re: Recent politically motivted beatings in WI
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 30, 2012, 04:00:36 PM
Does this help?

That's a little more direct, thanks.