Shot In The Dark: Teach Your Children Well

November 11, 2004

Teach Your Children Well

Young Kerry supporter allegedly attacks Bush-supporting friend with a baseball bat:

Three high school students, one allegedly armed with a bat, were charged with attacking a pro-President Bush (news - web sites) classmate after he reportedly said only gays would support Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites).

Curiously, the Strib piece on the subject doesn't mention the allegiance of the alleged attacker, although the PiPress puts it in the headline.

Remember when James Byrd and Matthew Shepard were murdered? Leftypundits and the liberal media carped endlessly about the "climate of hate" that conservative talk radio had allegedly created.

Just asking.

UPDATE: Ed comments on the same story.

Posted by Mitch at November 11, 2004 06:53 AM | TrackBack

Comments

The kid's comment was stupid, and they *are* high schoolers. For now, I'll chalk this up to youth and stupidity.

However, I do have a feeling that things are about to get more, not less, interesting for ProtestWarrior.

Posted by: Brian Jones at November 11, 2004 09:29 AM

Oh, I'm chalking the kids' actions up to youth and stupidity, believe me.

It's just that even when I was young and stupid, I can never recall it even crossing my mind to get into a fight over anything political.

And the Strib's bowdlerization of the story may be the most interesting part.

Posted by: mitch at November 11, 2004 10:16 AM