For example, when groups were protesting at the DNC, I only heard about one clash with the police where they used tear gas to disperse the group because they were "disrupting traffic and blocking public roads." But there were no cases of violence by the protesters (though some were threatened with bodily harm by gathered Democrats) or groups committing vandalism.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-26-voa40.cfm
It is the first day of the RNC, and already one group of protesters has attacked the police, forcing some officers to use pepper spray and arrest several individuals. Not to mention the dumpster they lit on fire to crash into a police vehicle, the bus they were throwing glass bottles at, and other acts of vandalism
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7334945&version=8&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Going off the basis that the typical protester at the DNC is a conservative, and the typical protester at the RNC is a liberal, would you judge liberals as a whole by how they protest the RNC? Would you judge conservatives as a whole by how they protested the DNC? Do you think it's a bad idea to judge any group by the protesters, as the protesters are the troublemakers of any group? Etc, etc.
Thoughts please.
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