Dem Rep: "You need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody..."

WilliamPitt

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:16 PM
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Dem Rep: "You need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody..."

Capuano urges union protesters to get 'bloody' one month after calling for calm
February 23, 2011 12:12 PM
By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

US Representative Michael E. Capuano, who decried violent political rhetoric after last month�s shooting of his Democratic colleague, Gabrielle Giffords, used some belligerent language of his own at a union rally in Boston yesterday.

"Every once in a while you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary,� Capuano told about 1,000 union workers who were protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at a raucous rally outside the State House.

The union crowd greeted Capuano�s exhortation with cheers, whistles and applause.

The rest: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/02/capuano_urged_u.html?p1=News_links

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Buzz Clik

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:18 PM
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1. Hm. This doesn't sound like a call to violence to me.

I see it as a call to be willing to take a beating for the cause.

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JuniperLea

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:22 PM
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4. That's how I read it too...

No way is it a call to violence... but if it's on DU as such, you damn betcha Freepers will do the same.

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white_wolf

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:18 PM
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2. Was he speaking figuratively or literally?

Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 01:19 PM by white_wolf

If the former than I agree totally we shouldn't give a single inch of ground and should fight the Right with all we can muster, however I fear that literal violence even if it is deserved will only serve to harm our cause.

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Mass

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:22 PM
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3. Another instance where the Globe tries to emulate Fox.

Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 01:23 PM by Mass

Anybody would know what Capuano means: that we need to get ready to fight for our rights, but the Globe needs to create an analogy that is not there.

But given the continuous attacks on state workers unions in the last few months, it is not surprising that they would not get the meaning of Capuano's words and would be offended by them.

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed Feb-23-11 02:01 PM
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5. I also don't read that as a call to violence. It's a call to meet the opposition headlong and resist

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socialist_n_TN

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Wed Feb-23-11 02:51 PM
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6. Well wouldn't he have phrased it differently..........

if he was calling for violence? "...get a little bloody." sounds like a call to fight for your rights and, if necessary, shed your blood for those rights.

If I was going to call for violence, I'd would have said it differently. You know, something like, "We need to use second amendment remedies against those who would take away our rights."

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Habibi

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Wed Feb-23-11 03:11 PM
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7. There's a poster in the comments section of my local rag

who is fond of making false equivalencies like this. He jumped right on this "example", oh yeah. Stupid.

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Obamanaut

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Thu Feb-24-11 08:34 AM
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8. "Crosshairs", "targeted", "reload", "get bloody" - I guess it figurative

or literal depending on whose team is saying it.

"get a little bloody" does sound violent.

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