Video: Union Leader Takes Bat to Pinata Depicting Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.); Will Media Report and Condemn?
Not too long ago, the Left was going apoplectic about a Sarah Palin-affiliated website showing a map of targeted congressional seats denoted by crosshair symbols. MSNBC in particular was strong in condemning violent rhetoric in politics, suggesting that conservative rhetoric in particular could incite crazies to violence.
Fast forward to this week. On Sunday, YouTube user edbex posted video that shows South Carolina AFL-CIO president Donna DeWitt taking some whacks at a pinata with a black & white photo of Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) affixed to it (h/t Daily Caller's Matt K. Lewis). [Update: Our friends at our sister site MRCTV have the video as well; You can watch it embedded below the page break]
"After years of being treated like a union thug, Donna Dewitt gets sweet revenge at a retirement reception in her honor," edbex approvingly notes in her caption. The YouTube user has disabled embedding, so you have to go to the link to view the video.
Will the broadcast media report, much less condemn, such violent political rhetoric?
Below is a screen capture of DeWitt mid-swing:
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violent political rhetoric
Submitted by CarlosS on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:17pm.
"Deb: Are they still letting you run for president?
Pedro: Yes. I don't understand... they say you're not allowed to have pinatas that look like real people, but in Mexico, we do it all the time."
Please join in
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:27pm.
Flagged as hate/violent speech.
Sexist, Racist, and violent.
Submitted by richflanj on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:33pm.
DeWitt must be a Tea Party member.....
Nothing will happen, this is
Submitted by goon on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:47pm.
Nothing will happen, this is a union member that is a fan of Obama and part of his base so she will get a free pass as being a progressive thinking. If this was a Tea Party activist it would be on the front page of very newspaper.
the funny part of this activity
Submitted by I hate marxists on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:29pm.
She must be union,she missed the bloody pinata> She probably couldn't hit a cow in the ass with a tennis racket
Libs are clearly going off the rails.
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:49pm.
This summer is either going to be side-splitting funny or head-splitting violent. We'll see.
Why is the right so insulted about this?
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:54pm.
It is okay for the left to practice violence against any woman if she is a republican and conservative, especially if she is a minority. Only the right can be evil and racist and hate women.
"After years of being treated
Submitted by LinTaylor on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:57pm.
"After years of being treated like a union thug"...to which she responds by taking a baseball bat to an effigy of a political opponent.
Now why on Earth would people treat this sweet, kind woman as a union thug?
Hey, this happened before...
Submitted by K.Munz on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 5:33pm.
Didn't Pedro did this on Napoleon Dynamite? Vote for Pedro.
Well this is just too easy.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:51pm.
Just pass around this picture demonstrating how unions protest.
Not double, but no standards
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 9:45am.
Imagine some non-leadership private CONSERVATIVE citizen doing that with an Obama-pictured pinata.
Can you say SWAT and Secret Service teams busting down the doors and immediately arresting everyone even remotely approving of that "free speech" exercise?
Who doesn't think it would be front-and-center in broadcast and dead-tree MSM news for a week straight if not more?
If the Leftards didn't have double standards they'd have none at all.
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...