Updates at the bottom of the post…
I hate this. I hate what politics are doing to us.
I hate the fact that this is the month supposed to be about raising awareness for domestic violence and we find this what? Acceptable? Humorous? She got what she deserved?
This was a woman who was protesting Rand Paul. This is still allowed in this country. And she was not just stopped, but attacked, viciously, by a crowd of Paul’s supporters. Her name is Lauren Valle.
I hate the fact that Rand Paul would have been by a few yards, at the most, away from this, and nothing happened.
I hate the fact that a woman tried to intervene was was pulled away to let the stomping continue.
And I hate the fact that this political season is getting me mad.
Update:
She suffered some serious injuries; cops did nothing.
“The Paul for Senate campaign is extremely disappointed in, and condemns the actions of a supporter last night outside the KET debate. Whatever the perceived provocation, any level of aggression or violence is deplorable, and will not be tolerated by our campaign. The Paul campaign has disassociated itself from the volunteer who took part in this incident, and once again urges all activists — on both sides — to remember that their political passions should never manifest themselves in physical altercations of any kind.”
And…
But Paul wasn’t as quick to describe the incident as violence when he appeared on Fox News Tuesday.
“There was a bit of a crowd control problem,” Paul told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum. “I don’t want anybody though to be involved in things that aren’t civil.”
“And it is an unusual situation to have so many people so passionate on both sides jockeying back and forth,” he continued.
“It wasn’t something that I liked or anybody liked about that situation. So I hope in the future it is going to be better,” Paul said.
Fox News’ Bill Hemmer also downgraded the violence in his description of the scuffle. He said Valle simply “had her shoulder stepped on.”
Rand… buddy…. she was purposely attacked. This wasn’t jockeying.
And this is the picture of the ‘curbstomper,’ a campaign worker…
Tim Profitt and Rand Paul
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Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
