Yay vandalism. I like to think our side has the moral and ethical high road, but I'm frequently proven wrong.
Chris
Might I ask if either of you consider the Boston Tea Party to have been acceptable or moral? 240 years ago we were attempting to resist a despotic government hellbent on bleeding it's citizenry dry. Today we have a political party actively attempting to reinstate a similar despotic government. At a point that polite words become ineffectual and fruitless in the defense of personal freedom more direct actions become necessary. In this instance it was a very tangible statement on the state of our nation's politics. You find this immoral and unacceptable and I disagree.
mtnbkr, no. Unfortunately, your side does not. Selection bias is what provides that illusion. I'm not rolling on the floor chuckling over hypocritical Republicans. Dems do the same thing. I just shake my head that either side believes they have any moral or ethical high ground, when it's fairly obvious that both are relatively equally hostile to the Constitution and the country in general. Just the areas of concentration differ.
kgbsquirrel, there is a difference between protesting foreign occupation and taxation without representation and harassing folks with vandalism because they have different opinions. If I was a Republican, I'd ask folks to identify the person and ideally, ask that person to apologize and clean up the mess they made. Or offer restitution. If you claim that Democrats are nefarious evil doers, I recommend reading the Declaration of Independence and ponder how many of those points have been committed by Republicans as often as Democrats.
Some random chucklehead believed he was more entitled to my property than I, the legal owner, was. Another chucklehead believed he was entitled to defacing the property of another legal owner. Because it was funny. I respect the criminal who tried to jack my stereo for personal gain over people who commit vandalism "for the lulz".
You, sir, are entitled to an opinion. But your comments say you are no fan of civilized behavior and endorse criminal behavior against property owners. I see your comments as similar to those who wish to coddle other property criminals as political protest against the evils of capitalism or some other nonsense. Criminals are criminals, scumbags are scumbags.