GOP attendee ejected-threw nuts at African American CNN camera woman-"This is how we feed animals"

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David Shuster
@DavidShuster
GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying "This is how we feed animals." @TakeActionNews #TAN

https://twitter.com/DavidShuster

update to add:

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/rnc-evicts-attendee-throwing-nuts-bla

[Skinner]

1. Sick. (nt)

[malaise]

4. Showing their true colors

That's good.

[steve2470]

5. +1 nt

[CatWoman]

29. yep

it's all out there, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[Fawke Em]

35. They have no color.

It's only lily white - and I mean their brains, not their skin.

[mmonk]

52. I thought they only had brain stems.

[mzmolly]

67. Indeed.

[JaneyVee]

2. If they ejected all the racists & bigots the place will be empty.

[Lex]

101. +1000

[L0oniX]

109. Exactly!

[freshwest]

111. +1,000

[myrna minx]

3. .

[ZombieHorde]

165. Exactly. nt

[trayfoot]

6. There are just no words for this

kind of racist behavior!!! I do so hope that these reTHUGS get their comeuppance in November!

[Chorophyll]

7. The entire party is full of sick bastards.

Speechless.

[hatrack]

8. Stay classy, y'all!

Fun, fun FUN in Tampa.

[freshwest]

120. Abusive and throwing stuff at people? Staying true to form, as in this Teabagger classic video:

Never forget what these people are about!

[jillan]

9. Shuster coming up on Current - I wonder if he will report on this. F'ing republicans.

[freshwest]

117. I wish there was video, so it could go viral. The first video I saw of them shouting at the PR lady.

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Was enough to give me nightmares, a hateful, stupid bunch. Where do these freaks hide out at the rest of the year?

[Segami]

10. Its a Hate Convention featuring the Republicans

They are in panic mode and its starting to show.

[progressivebydesign]

59. When the guy who nominated Romney just yesterday called Democrats "vermin"

this is what they get. They create this atmosphere to get votes, and then seem shocked by the behavior.

[freshwest]

113. Exactly. May Americans see this for what it is!

[riderinthestorm]

11. Kicking and reccing (for more exposure)

and fuming!!! Disgusting!

[GigiMommy]

30. Ditto! Kicked!

More people need to know about this. Horrible!

[russspeakeasy]

114. Same here..

[enough]

12. She was feeling empowered, apparently. (nt)

[Cali_Democrat]

13. Racist assholes!!

[cabot]

15. Agreed. So disgusting!

I'm sick about shit like this. This world sucks.

[cabot]

14. Is there an actual news link to this?

I need "proof" it happened or else no one will believe it since it is only a tweet. That's sick. I feel so sorry for that camerawoman.

[CatWoman]

32. David is a distinguished journalist

why in the world would he tweet a lie?

[cabot]

37. I'm not saying he is

I'm saying that in a debate using a tweet as proof isn't often effective. I was hoping some media outlets picked up on this story.

[progressivebydesign]

60. a tweet from a corporate media journalist, should suffice. He puts his career on the line with it nt

[CatWoman]

94. also posted at TPM

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php

[cabot]

107. Yep!

Just sent the link to the person who doesn't accept tweets as evidence.

[Quantess]

145. A tweet is only as good as the person tweeting it.

Do you believe David Schuster? I do.

[struggle4progress]

84. TPM says they have separate confirmation:

An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention, a network official confirmed to TPM.

The CNN official declined to confirm specific details of the incident to TPM but generally confirmed an account posted on Twitter by former MSNBC and Current anchor David Shuster: “GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying ‘This is how we feed animals.’”

It is not clear whether the alleged culprit was a delegate or attending the convention in some other capacity ...

RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’
Kyle Leighton August 28, 2012, 10:25 PM 4069
Updated at 10:38 p.m. ET
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php

[scarletwoman]

16. Unfuckingbelievable! Hello, GOP base.

These are your people, Romney.

[malaise]

48. It's not unfuckingbelievable!

These are the whistles their leaders have been blowing for a very long time and particularly for the past four years - throwing him/her out is the same as demanding that Akin withdraw from the race. They all share this view.
Remember the watermelons growing at the WH? Think of all their racist 'jokes' about the President. Then think about the voter suppression.
This is expected.

[freshwest]

123. +1,000. Non stop, along with pictures of Obama and a noose... No denying it.

[heaven05]

181. they

don't want their true, true colors to be shown till after they win (they think) the election.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

17. The only thing surprising about this is that they ejected her

Seems like the sort of thing that gets you a guest gig on Fox & Friends.

[Lex]

99. This

is truth. The party is the party of bigots and racists. Period.

[freshwest]

128. Yep. Only because she did to a news crew in the mayhem of the convention... Otherwise, fine by them.

[Hugabear]

18. Surprised they didn't give her that person a speaking role

That person personifies GOP values.

[hatrack]

23. I agree - why aren't they on stage now?

[malaise]

50. Now we're talking

[senseandsensibility]

19. Not saying Shuster isn't reliable, but is anyone else reporting this?

This is big (and disgusting) news if true.

[Care Acutely]

119. CNN acknowledged the incident. It's on TPM too.

[brightertomorrow]

192. CNN does have it on their political ticker blog

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/29/two-people-removed-from-rnc-after-taunting-black-camera-operator/

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. WTF?

That's some sick crap!

[lolly]

164. I'm wondering if it was inspired by the food stamp comparison last Spring.

Anybody remember the GOP rep who compared food stamp recipients to animals, claiming that warnings not to feed wildlife should also apply to people?

http://roguemedia.org/let-them-eat-cake-republican-state-representative-mary-franson-in-district-filled-with-poor-kids-declares-feeding-poor-people-with-food-stamps-feeding-wild-animals/

[unblock]

21. "we can't have racists and bigots representing our party! whatever will our base think?"

[northoftheborder]

22. That is just disgusting; I'm even surprised the woman throwing nuts was taken out. she probably

was being cheered by friends.... I can't express the depths of my real loathing of those people in the party of bigots.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. When the chips are down, they can't help but reveal themselves for what they are. nt

[niyad]

25. dear goddess, I HOPE this was gotten on tape.

[NashvilleLefty]

26. Disgusting. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

27. Kicking for exposure

It didn't take long for the crazy crap to come out.

[MagickMuffin]

28. But will CNN report this behavior to its viewers???

That should be the question. We ALL know how racist these despicable "people" are. So, CNN are you going to let your viewers know this, will you report what racist cowards are attending the RNC convention???

I apologize Ms. Camera Woman. I hope this "person" is denied access to the rest of the convention activities. You certainly didn't deserve to be treated this way.

[steve2470]

33. not on CNN.com yet nt

[MagickMuffin]

45. I won't be holding my breath .......... nt

[grantcart]

154. CNN has confirmed the details

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/08/29/black-camerawoman-allegedly-attacked.html

[mod mom]

157. This is a hate crime and needs to be addressed, not hidden on their site.

I am disgusted by CNN's coverage. Can you imagine if this had been done by a Democrat at a FAUX new cameraman?

[MagickMuffin]

189. In a written statement, CNN addressed the matter but divulged few details:

“CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment.”

Sure they confirmed the event did happen. However, they "will have NO further comment". So, they will not report this incident to their viewers. It might make someone look bad. Whether that would be the RNC or their own network. They will NOT report further.

Just as I suspected would happen that is why I asked. I knew they would not pursue it only confirm it happened.

[TeeYiYi]

31. Sick. No words. :(

TYY

[redwitch]

34. I feel like crying. nt

[former-republican]

198. Don't cry

You get angry

[LovingA2andMI]

36. WHAT???

WTH? OMG? These individuals are just plain SICK!!!

[Barry2012]

38. Not surprised here

It's only gonna get worse.that's who they really are, and they won't even attempt to disguise it anymore.

[derby378]

39. THIS is the enemy

I know some of you are just itching to post another anti-Second Amendment thread in GD, but has it finally sunk into your head? That lunkhead Democrat with the AR-15 or the matching Glocks is not your enemy - these people are.

This is potentially worse than George Allen's "macaca" moment back in 2008.

[Paladin]

62. You're The One Bringing Guns Into This.

As usual......

[former-republican]

40. This has to be reported on a Major news network or it will disappear

[Honeycombe8]

42. What network was Shuster on? nt

[Honeycombe8]

41. OMG. Is that true? What a horrible way to treat another human being. Reminds me of the Nazis.

I hate to invoke that word, but seriously, that was the view of the Nazis toward Jews and some others: animals.

I hope they didn't tell him, "Look, fella, we gotta ask you to leave for now. Just leave, and come back later." I hope not.

[FlaGranny]

162. Some people wonder

how ordinary German citizens let the Nazis happen. I always was aware that a certain percentage of any population has it in them to create a repeat of Germany's atrocities. They are showing themselves and are being enabled by the Republicans. I'm not surprised, but I fear for the country. Who doubts that if they are elected, we could follow the same path. The college prison guard experiments, the Tuskeegee experiment, etc., each country in the world is always in danger from the minority with sick minds.

[Honeycombe8]

202. I totally agree. I am determined that when crap like this happens...

I may not be able to stop it, but I will not act like those silent Germans who said nothing, when the crap against the Jews started. The jokes, the name calling, the short propaganda movies comparing them to rats, etc.

Decent people have to at least speak out.

A few years ago I would've said you're paranoid. But I've seen things in this country since Obama started running for President that really scare me. I've seen a bit, just a bit, of what it must've been like when it started for the Jews.

[Canuckistanian]

43. This probably ain't no local

Not some casual attendee, I mean.

This was probably someone who was voted to represent their district. Or a lobbyist or member of an interest group.

Someone who had status and power.

Welcome to today's GOP.

[On the Road]

44. Jesus -- Whatever Romney's Flaws as a Candidate,

they are being dwarfed by his base and his fellow Republican politicians. It's almost as if the GOP is determined to commit political suicide. Not that many people may hear of any individual incident, but these things accumulate over time.

[malaise]

66. Rmoney has made no attempt to silence any of his loonies

He owns this

[MyOwnPeace]

82. Yes,

THAT is the correct answer!

[Amonester]

130. Yep. Birth certificate and shared Anglo-saxon crap.

He not only OWNS this, but incite it himself for he wants MORE.

[malaise]

142. You're right

[sarge43]

141. Very short fuse from his birth certificate crack to this

Romney is no better than his base.

[uponit7771]

172. HELL NO!! rMoney has zero% black vote for a reason...

[calimary]

46. Probably the same kind of twisted person who sneers that America has nothing to apologize for.

This is utterly disgraceful. Utterly completely absolutely thoroughly undebatably DISGRACEFUL. And it's downright UN-AMERICAN!!!!!

[Major Nikon]

47. The fucking GOP built their entire party election strategy on racism

Kinda hypocritical to eject someone for it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

[Thinkingabout]

49. Do you have to be a little off balance to be a repub?

[Bobbie Jo]

51. Ignorant fucks

This is obscene.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. This should go viral

[Cha]

54. Typical Stupid braindead GOPrick. Low IQ...tripping over

their dumbass noses and tongues.

[LovingA2andMI]

55. Retweeted....

And copy/pasted the Tweet to my Facebook page. Waiting on the story to confirm this. WOW, I'm just speechless

[progressivebydesign]

56. are you fucking kidding me? TY to Shuster for reporting it. THAT is the face of the new GOP.

Reasonable conservatives better leave the Party, or try in the next four years to oust the extremists.

[BeyondGeography]

57. Well, there's your headline for Day 1

Fuckers.

[salin]

58. This is the tone that has been nurtured to be overt in recent years.

It coddles the extremist to be extreme - giving the comfort that everyone else agrees in sentiment.

This is an exceptionally ugly example of the effect of such an environment. Clearly this woman believes that races other than her own are subhuman, and she believes that she is in a place (the GOP convention) that shares this belief so of course such an action is acceptable.

Glad she was thrown out. But doubt there was much discussion as to why - and the prevailing dog whistles will embolden others and reinforce their beliefs of supremacy.

Ugh.

[DainBramaged]

61. David Shuster ‏@DavidShuster Lots of empty seats on GOP convention floor,

even more empty seats above. Weird

[gkhouston]

91. Does he think all the cheering/applause is genuine? It reminds me of a laugh track. n/t

[ailsagirl]

63. Sick to my stomach

No other words

[kestrel91316]

64. I'm pretty sure this should be called the KKKNC and not the RNC.

But that's just me.

[Ken Burch]

65. We need to put that into heavy rotation in the fall attack ads if it was taped.

The mask well and truly slipped.

[a kennedy]

68. OMG.....this is just wrong

just so wrong, and they'll get away with it.

[ailsagirl]

69. kick

[NOLALady]

70. Kicking

[ailsagirl]

71. kick

[Lifelong Protester]

72. I don't have a twitter account

(am I the only one??) so I would appreciate some back up links that aren't twitter.

Thanks,

and I am beyond revolted by this action.

[whathehell]

196. No, you're not the only one.

I don't have one either.

[TalkingDog]

73. .

[mmonk]

74. Thanks for the heads up.

I'll retweet.

[LongTomH]

75. We should send a card, at least an email, from all DUers, to the CNN camera woman....

....offering a few kind words and expressing our support.

[ailsagirl]

77. Good idea. I also want to know exactly what happened

And who the person was who was ousted

[ailsagirl]

76. Just googled this

googled
"this is how we feed animals" cnn

and it came back with:

About 5,400 results (0.22 seconds)

UPDATE:

just googled again-- results have doubled in 10 minutes
About 10,300 results (0.11 seconds)

[catchnrelease]

78. Speechless here too

When I read that I literally went Beyond disgusting.

[ailsagirl]

79. kick

We can't let this post sink

[Spitfire of ATJ]

80. Give that man a slice of chocolate pie!!!

[HappyMe]

167. Yup.

A BIG slice.

This certainly sets the tone for their shindig.

[uponit7771]

173. +1

[gollygee]

81. Well that would be the GOP base right there

And I'm not surprised they feel comfortable to show who they really are with the race-baiting that's been going on there.

[defacto7]

83. it's all been said. I wish I had saved some utterly, appropriate thing to say

in retribution for such stupidity. Much of America has truly digressed to a level not seen in 50 years.

Excrementum ad absurdum is all I can think of.

[NBachers]

85. All DU'ers are held in a building. A call goes out for volunteers to torture, kill, & rape camp us

I believe an enormous number of fellow Americans would plead, beg, and bribe for a chance to commit atrocities on us.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

86. But, *BOTH* sides do it!!

[freshwest]

126. Yes, they're all the same! Don't forget it!

[lolly]

161. No, no. Democrats are much worse!

Remember that liberals are the REAL racists! Because Hitler something. so there!

[freshwest]

178. Because Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones said so! I hear ya!

[gkhouston]

87. Christ. When I read your title before clicking on the thread, I was wondering if this was

a sketchily sourced allegation, but if Shuster saw it, it damned well happened. Fucking disgusting.

[classof56]

88. I've just been watching Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit", feeling sick at heart

And then I read this...now I'm on the verge of tears. I feel like we're on a giant slide backward!

[Jamaal510]

89. Hey Herman Cain! Michael Steele, Ron Christie!

You see this? This is why your party is polling at 0% among AAs. It isn't because we're "brainwashed" or "dependent on government." Your fellow Republican friends refuse to treat us as human beings and fellow Americans.

[AlinPA]

90. That person is now a GOP hero.They'll put him on stage for a standing ovation from all the bigots.

[ailsagirl]

92. PLEASE READ THIS-- I Googled it and the results have doubled in 10 minutes

See #76

[CatWoman]

93. also posted at TPM

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php

[Coyotl]

115. RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’

[IMG][/IMG]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php

[WilliamPitt]

95. Link?

Search string?

[CatWoman]

105. ...

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php

[marew]

96. I am enraged! n/t

[HughBeaumont]

97. Went on FB just now . . . 6 friends are already sharing this.

And I just did.

Fuckers.

[gopiscrap]

127. if you are so inclined

please send me a facebook link my name is Michael Collier thanks

[shanti]

98. the sheets are off now for the world to see!

this is fucking disgraceful

[Lex]

100. The mainstream media will just gloss over it and say "both sides do it"

when, yet again, that is BULLSHIT.

[whathehell]

148. turned on all the major news channels this A.M. and saw nothing...Are they trying to bury it?. n/t

[ailsagirl]

194. Not just MSM, but I don't think I've seen anything on MSNBC (so far)

What's the deal with all the secrecy?

[whathehell]

195. Don't know, It does seem like the kind of thing Repukes would be desperate to sweep under the rug

I mean, it's really hideous, and, with the corporate media, they may just cooperate.

I'm hoping to see something about it, somewhere, maybe on Rachel?

If not, I'll be waiting to hear about it from David Schuster himself on his show

on Saturday....I don't know the name of his show, but it's on progressive radio

here in Chicago on WCPT on Saturdays.

[ailsagirl]

201. If you haven't already read this, please go here

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/cnn-goes-on-air-with-story-about-incident

[whathehell]

210. Thanks, ailsagirl!

[Ninga]

102. Kick kick

[gollygee]

103. I just googled as suggested upthread and there are tons of articles on this already

People need to see that the Republican party is race-baiting, and hopefully this behavior will make that more clear.

[Care Acutely]

135. googled and posted to FB

[Alduin]

104. Absolutely disgusting.

[npk]

106. I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding

I am sure that is what the right wing media will tell us.

[genxlib]

108. kick

[Initech]

110. They're not even trying to hide their racism anymore.

[Mapletonian]

131. Right

They don't even bother to wear their hoods anymore.

[jtuck004]

112. Just a distraction, should have left him alone.

I bet she could have taken care of it. She's a camera person. They are tough.

Instead they should have arrested the assclown on stage who wants to cut food stamps by $134 billion, taking food...FOOD...out of the mouths of 8 to 10 million people, most of them children, who already run out of food 3 weeks into most months.

Immoral son of a bitch.

[freshwest]

132. +1,000

[Ken Burch]

116. Anybody hear a name for this genius?

n/t.

[Thegonagle]

118. Oh my God. Fuck that guy. That is all.

[npk]

121. Rush Limbaugh would be so proud

I am sure he has wet dreams about this sort of thing.

[FailureToCommunicate]

122. Racism in America? Alive and kicking ...in Tampa

[KT2000]

124. remember the tea bagger who threw

dollar bills at the man who had Parkinson's Disease?

These are the worst of America.

[Care Acutely]

125. I had forgotten about that. These are they.

[freshwest]

133. I posted that video upthread here:

This is who we're up against.

[steve2470]

129. Per Politico, it was TWO attendees causing problems !

Last edited Wed Aug 29, 2012, 12:51 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/an-ugly-incident-in-tampa-133600.html

[freshwest]

134. Excellent. GOP spokesperson has admitted it. And there were two of them. Typical bullying Rethugs.

[Cali_Democrat]

139. Thanks for the link

I like how Dylan Byers mentioned the fact that Romney has 0% support from African Americans.

[steve2470]

171. you're very welcome ! nt

[gaspee]

140. the comments on the politico article

Are sickening.

[Quantess]

146. I clicked on the comments link, but saw none.

Maybe it was a clean-up?

[hollysmom]

177. It said attendees, not delegates - it may or may not have been delegates.

[steve2470]

179. my bad, I corrected my reply title nt

[lonestarnot]

136. And Boner wants to throw everyone out of the fucking bar, even Mr. President.

And then cry because he'd be all alone.

[tblue37]

137. Their party has been encouraging them to believe that their ugliest forms of

racism are not only tolerated but encouraged and rewarded.

[ailsagirl]

138. THIS is why it's so very dangerous to foment racism

Every kook comes out of the woodwork and is congratulated for being a racist.

It feels as if we're back in the 50s and it's a disgrace.

Nice job, repukes. I'm sure you're very proud of yourselves.

[sarge43]

143. Attacking a CNN employee. CNN, giving Romney tongue baths since the primaries

Not only bigots, stupid bigots. The face of the Repug party.

[TBF]

144. Nothing new from this crowd. nt

[april]

147. is there a name or arrest ? This makes me ill

[catbyte]

149. The very fact that attendee felt comfortable enough to do that tells me everything I need to know

about the RNC and it's horrific.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[uponit7771]

174. Worse, word is it was a delegate

[Ganja Ninja]

150. You stay classy Republicans.

[Marrah_G]

151. disgusting

[skeewee08]

152. Oh No He didn't

this really makes me mad.......time to pull out the boxing gloves...

[Doctor_J]

153. Quick - get Allen West and Condi in front of the cameras!

WE'RE NOT RACIST!!!

[grantcart]

155. CNN confirms the details

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/08/29/black-camerawoman-allegedly-attacked.html

[porphyrian]

156. Does anyone still doubt racism? n/t

[KansDem]

158. A continuation of Nixon's "Southern Strategy"

In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti–African American racism and fears of lawlessness among Southern white voters and appealing to fears of growing federal power in social and economic matters (generally lumped under the concept of states' rights). Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery prior to the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation.

The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater[1] in the late 1960s.[2] The strategy was successful in some regards. It contributed to the electoral realignment of Southern states to the Republican Party, but at the expense of losing more than 90 percent of black voters to the Democratic Party. As the twentieth century came to a close, the Republican Party began trying to appeal again to black voters, though with little success.[2]

In 2005, the head of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman said at the NAACP convention, "Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization,". He also added. "I am here as Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy



I wonder where this guy's from?

[porphyrian]

160. While there are still people in the South who might think the animals comment...

...there are generally too many black people around in the South for these cowards to say anything like it out loud, especially on TV. My guess is that he was a) drunk, b) from a state like maybe Idaho that has almost no black people around or c) some combination of both. I didn't see the clip yet, though, so I'm not sure if we can tell by the accent.

[uponit7771]

170. YES!! They doubt the effects of it and the level of existance

[porphyrian]

176. The people you mention must not live in the South or on the Mexican border. n/t

[Spazito]

159. Beyond disgusting...

This is the true face of the republicans, imo. After years of 'dog whistle' comments and, more recently, out and out promotion of racism, despicable actions like this are the inevitable result.

Recommending so more can see this as I doubt any mainstream news will actually cover it.

[dawg]

163. USA! USA!

[Enrique]

166. what is CNN's reason for not elaborating?

seems newsworthy to me, why not report on it?

http://gawker.com/5938737/report-black-cnn-camerawoman-had-nuts-thrown-at-her-at-gop-convention-assailant-shouted-this-is-how-we-feed-animals

"CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment."

[Lex]

168. providing cover for the Republicans, once again . . .

[Lucy Goosey]

175. They posted it on their PoliticalTicker blog

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/29/two-people-removed-from-rnc-after-taunting-black-camera-operator/

It was just a couple of hours ago, though, long after other outlets were reporting it.

[mod mom]

180. Wall Street Journal carries under "Speakeasy-Arts & Entertainment"

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/29/gop-convention-attendees-ejected-for-throwing-nuts-at-black-cnn-employee/

[4th law of robotics]

182. Paid agent provocateur

Oh wait, sorry this was the RNC not the OWS? Nevermind.

[LanternWaste]

185. Context, though requiring a fair amount of discipline, is quite worth it at the end of the day.

Context, though requiring a fair amount of discipline, is quite worth it at the end of the day.

Just a heads-up in case you weren't aware of that...

[4th law of robotics]

188. Ok, elaborate on the context

that makes 100% of all bad news from the OWS the work of paid agents but that makes it impossible for any other group to use this claim.

[marmar]

197. Sorry that pointing out racists offends your sensibilities.

nt

[4th law of robotics]

199. Not at all

You do realize though that in any instance posted on here of the OWS misbehaving someone will blame agent provocateurs right?

It's hypocritical to assume everyone who does wrong on your side is a paid agent of the devil . . . er sorry the opposition whereas everyone who does wrong on the other side is a representative sample of that position.

This could have been a republican being racist. It could have been someone trying to use guilt by association. I don't know.

But I do know that I have issues with people who only give the benefit of the doubt to one side. It's silly to assume with no evidence that every OWS protester breaking windows is a paid republican operative. Not so?

[Ken Burch]

204. Why are you attacking OWS in THIS thread?

There's no good reason for anybody who claims to be on the left or center-left to be dissing OWS...especially in a situation where what happened with them is completely irrelevant.

OWS is the only reason the GOP is in danger of losing. If they hadn't appeared, Romney would probably be fifteen points ahead and Obama wouldn't even be trying to win. If there'd been no OWS, nobody would be challenging corporate power in this country at all. OWS is the only Left we have.

Why use this discussion to piss on them?

And do you really want to establish moral equivalency between OWS and the Republiban?

Besides which, with all the emphasis OWS placed on nonviolence, it's extremely unlikely that anybody involved with them WAS responsible for any serious wrongdoing. It goes without saying that no actual OWS'er committed rape, for example.

[4th law of robotics]

205. Intentional misdirect or unintentional?

I never attacked the OWS.

Try rereading.

[Ken Burch]

206. You dragged OWS into this thread for no reason.

OWS has nothing to do with this.

And you did so to try to discredit the idea that violent incidents attributed to OWS could have been the work of provacateurs.

Why the hell did you even go there?

This isn't an OWS thread.

And OWS and the Republiban are NOT two sides of the same coin, which is what it sounds like you're implying.

[4th law of robotics]

207. Sigh. . .

do I really have to explain?

/if you think the purpose of my post was to attack the OWS then you are really bad at reading comprehension.

[Ken Burch]

208. Then what the hell was your purpose?

It's not as if there's any chance the nut-thrower wasn't a Pub...why bother giving those guys the benefit of the doubt? What purpose does that serve?

And are you seriously arguing that OWS'ers themselves actually committed any significant amount of violence?

[4th law of robotics]

209. Really?

Sorry but I'm having a hard time believing that you really aren't getting it. Are you pulling my leg?

[Ken Burch]

211. You're interjection here makes no sense...THAT's why I'm not getting it.

Just explain yourself already. And explain why you brought OWS into the discussion of this incident when OWS is totally irrelevant to it.

[4th law of robotics]

212. Very well

since you persist in this: I was pointing out the hypocrisy of many on here (and presumably their counterparts on the other side) wherein every altercation involving a member of a well liked group (say the OWS for this forum, the teaparty for others) is immediately assumed to be the act of paid agent provocateurs from the "other side". However those exact same people are perfectly willing to believe the same behavior from a member of a less well liked group (say the RNC for this forum) must be a representative of that movement and could not possible be a disrupter posing as a member of that group.

In literally ever OWS thread I've read these sort of actions would be immediately labeled the act of foreign enemy agents.

In this thread literally no one (except yours truly) even considered the same notion but in reverse and in fact some people got angry at the very thought.

It's classic human behavior: believe only the good about people you like and believe the worst about the other side, changing standards for proof as convenient.

[HipChick]

183. It's ok to be racist..

for these people...this is who they are..
These people are who they are..Racist to the core & at the same time,will hold the flag in one hand and the bible in the other....they would pass a black person laying in the gutter, rather than help 'em..

[LanternWaste]

184. Their convention leadership obviously tolerates this with a tacit wink and smile...

Their convention leadership obviously tolerates this with a tacit wink and smile, and a handful of dog-whistles...

Throwing dollar bills at a Parkinson's victim, dishonoring vets through the purple band-aid stunts, and now this-- less rare indeed.

[quinnox]

186. this is par for the course, my surprise meter is set at low

for this one. Of course this is what many of the GOP attendees really think, but most of them don't act it out so blatantly.

Also not surprised the mass media is leaving it alone/playing it down, they don't want to report this as a major story, they might be accused of having a bias or something.

[Nikia]

187. This sort of thinking follows their logic

When discussing assistance to the poor, a Republican politician made some comment that assistance to the poor should be cut because we don't want poor people dependent on aid, just like we don't feed the animals at parks. A right wing columnist in my local paper also compared people on assistance to wild animals at national parks.
We know that the Republicans tries to portray poor people on assistance as Black.
Food assistance=Feeding
Poor people on assistance=Animals
Poor people on assistance=Black people
Black People=Animals
Throwing peanuts at a Black person and saying "This is how we feed animals." is a sarcastic representation of this idea.
The attack on a Black camera person shows how racist they are. Even though you have a skilled job at a reputable company, you still are a worthless drag on American society to them. This shouldn't surprise us though since they can't even respect the President, an Ivy league educated lawyer, because of the color of his skin.

[ck4829]

190. Disgusting.

[magical thyme]

191. Disgusting

Absolutely disgusting.

[greiner3]

193. Evolutionary speaking;

We are ALL animals but I SERIOUSLY doubt this throw-back meant it in 'Darwin Speak.'

[Curmudgeoness]

200. I am watching international news on PBS

on channel France 24, and they probably gave this more time than we have seen from our MSM.

Two assholes, and they probably voiced the opinions of a lot more people there.

[rtracey]

203. Talk about true colors

Someone went on Mia Loves wiki page and wrote some pretty racist comments, about her being the conservatives house n&gger, and such. The conservative website, Twitchy.com was going crazy, saying how racist and disgusting the liberals are, how this young lady is up and coming in the conservative party, etc, etc, etc,....but, I'm not convinced it wasn't a conservative trying to stir trouble. When it comes to racism, tell me who would you think is more racist, a liberal who supports social issues, supports the poor, gay marriage, senior Medicare savings, and women issues, supports a women's right to choose, and the disgust of Ryan rape is a form of conceiving, or a conservative who does not give a shit about anyone but rich, white people?

You tell me.