State Legislator's Son Beaten Defending Romney Sign From Thieves
Vandalism is a normal part of the course of a political campaign - with signs stolen, cars with bumper stickers keyed or spray painted comments plastered on walls of offices used by candidates and their staff.
But the son of a Wisconsin state legislator paid the price for defending a Romney sign from two apparent Obama supporters, he was beaten for standing up for his property and the candidate his sign supports. Ref. ABC Newshttps://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/22/state-legislators-son-beaten-defending-romney-sign-from-thieves/
We call America a place of freedom and democracy but its obvious that there are those who don't want it and would like to impose a communist rule over everyone.
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I would not make it bigger than it is. People gets beaten everyday for the most silly reasons: supporting another football team, prefering a singer or actor over another and so on. This is the world we live in: often "Tolerance" becomes just an empty word. Moreover, a sensitive subject like politics is involved in this particular case so...no wonder.
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