# Republicans: candidate who assaulted reporter is fine with us!

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**Created:** [May 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443 "2017-05-25T21:36:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/132 "2017-05-26T17:07:12Z")

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> [@Chisquirrel](#):
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> And yet, in this very thread, I and others disagree with it. If you want to complain about the actions of Professor Miller-Young or Representative Moran, go ahead and start a thread about it. I’m sure you’ll get the same general response they all get, like in this thread itself:
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> “She shouldn’t have done that, it’s wrong.”  
> “He’s an asshole.”  
> etc.
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> From both sides. With louder cries from one side, because LIBERAL HYPOCRISY.
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> They’re not similar. Where, in either of those cases, was someone assaulted for asking a question, the assaulter blatantly lying about it, or party leadership saying nothing worse than, “He should apologize.”?

Moran assaulted a fellow Congressman for comments about Moran’s bill. Why that’s more evil than a question, I have no idea. Party leadership took no actions against Moran.

The sixteen year old was assaulted for holding a sign. That seems less evil than asking  
a question too.

Summary from a poster that’s also in this thread:

> [@Liberal Tolerance Strikes Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-tolerance-strikes-again/684297/53):
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> Newsflash: stupid sign stolen by stupid person.

And one who isn[t:

> [@Liberal Tolerance Strikes Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-tolerance-strikes-again/684297/99):
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> > [@Damuri Ajashi](#):
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> > Why is everyone so eager to excuse this woman’s actions and treat is as something less severe than what it is? It is criminal and inexcusable.
> 
> I think it’s because we are, for the most part, not fucking lunatics.

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