Comments on: The Commies are Coming http://sandiegoblog.com/archives/2004/10/12/the-commies-are-coming/ San Diego News, Chargers, Local News, Etc Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:20:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark Holmes http://sandiegoblog.com/archives/2004/10/12/the-commies-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Mark Holmes Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:12:13 +0000 http://sandiegoblog.com/archives/2004/10/12/the-commies-are-coming/#comment-1540 That's an interesting comment, James and Louise, and one that saddens me. While your experience is indeed troubling, I have to compare it with people who have been arrested by the Secret Service at visiting Presidential events for wearing Pro Life and Kerry buttons. These are not private events funded by the Republican party, but public events, paid for by the taxpayer that every American has a right to attend. I also think of people who have been arrested on the streets of NY and detained illegally for demonstrating peacefully at the time of the Republican Conference. It is all a demonstration about how divided this country has become. I have to ask myself, who has divided it? That’s an interesting comment, James and Louise, and one that saddens me. While your experience is indeed troubling, I have to compare it with people who have been arrested by the Secret Service at visiting Presidential events for wearing Pro Life and Kerry buttons. These are not private events funded by the Republican party, but public events, paid for by the taxpayer that every American has a right to attend. I also think of people who have been arrested on the streets of NY and detained illegally for demonstrating peacefully at the time of the Republican Conference. It is all a demonstration about how divided this country has become. I have to ask myself, who has divided it?

]]> By: route66 http://sandiegoblog.com/archives/2004/10/12/the-commies-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 route66 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:37:44 +0000 http://sandiegoblog.com/archives/2004/10/12/the-commies-are-coming/#comment-1487 Letter to the SDUT editor from <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041016/news_lz1e16northlt.html">Differing views on Moore's appearance</a>: <blockquote>My wife and I were asked to represent the Republican Party and register voters at the Michael Moore event. The request came from a representative of the associated student body at Cal State University San Marcos, who also asked representatives from the Democratic Party to do the same. In accepting, we did not realize we would be subjected to insults, hate and ridicule from the people attending. What has happened to common courtesy? The great majority of people attending, who were supporters of Sen. John Kerry and Moore, were hateful to us just for our being there. Wasn't this an event open to everyone? Some shouted, others more forcefully accosted us, saying "What are you doing here?," "You are in the wrong place," "Get out of here, you idiots," and many more hateful diatribes. We were authorized to be there by the event sponsors. At no time did either of us make any negative remarks to them. We simply held our "Republicans Register To Vote" signs and were available to register anyone regardless of their political choice. However, our fundamental right to be there was challenged by an angry crowd who came to hear Moore make the false claim that the Republican Party wants to take away free speech from the citizens of this country. They exercised their freedom to speak but wanted us thrown out because we were exercising ours. We respect their different political point of view but their hate and disrespect for ours have no place in the political process of this country. It is time we return to civility and respect for our differing views. JAMES and LOUISE MCMILLEN Oceanside</blockquote> Letter to the SDUT editor from Differing views on Moore’s appearance:

My wife and I were asked to represent the Republican Party and register voters at the Michael Moore event. The request came from a representative of the associated student body at Cal State University San Marcos, who also asked
representatives from the Democratic Party to do the same. In accepting, we did not realize we would be subjected to insults, hate and ridicule from the people attending. What has happened to common courtesy?

The great majority of people attending, who were supporters of Sen. John Kerry and Moore, were hateful to us just for our being there. Wasn’t this an event open to everyone?

Some shouted, others more forcefully accosted us, saying “What are you doing here?,” “You are in the wrong place,” “Get out of here, you idiots,” and many more hateful diatribes.

We were authorized to be there by the event sponsors. At no time did either of us make any negative remarks to them. We simply held our “Republicans Register To Vote” signs and were available to register anyone regardless of their political choice.

However, our fundamental right to be there was challenged by an angry crowd who came to hear Moore make the false claim that the Republican Party wants to take away free speech from the citizens of this country. They exercised their freedom to speak but wanted us thrown out because we were exercising ours. We respect their different political point of view but their hate and disrespect for ours have no place in the political process of this country. It is time we
return to civility and respect for our differing views.

JAMES and LOUISE MCMILLEN
Oceanside

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