Another view

As an update to my earlier post about politically-motivated violence, here's another account of the events. Dave Neiwert characterized it as supporters of Bush infiltrating an anti-Bush rally. However, it appears that wasn't the case:

I showed up a little late, and the police already had barriers seperating the Bush and anti-Bush sides. By the time I made it around to the Bush side, though, several people with Where's my job? and Boston Hates Bush signs had already shouldered their way over. It was still ok for awhile. The pro Bush folks stood and chanted, the anti-Bush folks screamed at us and displayed their Fuck Bush signs.

I snapped a few pictures, then about 10 minutes after I arrived I was no longer able to. The anti-Bush side came over and started getting physical. The pushed, shoved, and ripped up signs. They put megaphones in people's ears and shouted obcsenities. The viciously insulted a group of young ladies with Bush signs. I can't really describe it other than to say I was extremely proud to be standing in the Bush camp at the time.

So what we have here is a clearly demarcated boundary between the areas for each group and it's the anti-Bush crowd that did the infiltrating, not the other way around.

Note, also, the character of the signs carried by some in the anti-Bush crowd. This is characteristic of that group. You just don't see that kind of vitriol in the signs of the pro-Bush camp. Instead, you get much more clever signs like these.