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Man's Finger Bitten Off At Health Care Rally
A 65-year-old anti-health care reform protester had his finger bitten off during a fight with a pro-health care reform protester. Around 100 protesters were holding a health care reform rally when a group of anti-reform folks gathered on the opposite side of the street. A witness says a man walked through the anti-reform group to get to the pro-reform side when he got into an altercation with the 65-year-old. It's good that we can have this debate in a calm, adult manner before we start biting off digits.
The problem with protest rallies is that they are primarily attended by brainwashed slogan-chanting fools with absolutely no ability to grasp the nuances of the topic at hand.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
...he qualifies for Medicare.
If only criminals had teeth then fingers would be toothless
I heard a first hand account of this incident on the radio by "Scott" from Thousand Oaks who saw the whole thing and called in to share the story.
The Obamacare supporter, who was on the side of the street with other supporters, came across the street toward the anti-Obamacare crowd and singled out an elderly man and proceded to "get in his face" about his views. The Obamacare supporter then pulled the old man out into the street, unprovoked I might add, and then bit the old guys finger off while the old guy was just trying to get away. The old man then shuffled off toward a hospital.
The person giving this account,"Scott", then went out into the street and found the old man's finger. He and some others called 911 and the dispatcher gave them the location to the nearest hospital which she said would be thier best bet for finding the man. They rushed over and were able to find the old man and provide him with his finger. Scott then went back to the scene to wait for police. He gave the police the entire account and they tried to find the attacker amongst the Obamacare supports, but he had fled by then.
I may be wrong, but i think getitng your finget bitten off at a HEALTH CARE rally is against some kind of sanitation regulation. The irony is priceless.
He punched the guy who bit his finger off in the face first.
If you ask me, he ought to be HAPPY that he only lost his finger. He could have lost his life. And if it were me who was punched in the face, his surviving family would have been treated to news footage showing me balls deep in his eye socket.
Conservatives: You are on notice. If you lay a hand on us, we will eat as much of you as we can before someone stops us. If you want to bully someone, go home and beat your wife.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
The rally was about Obama's version of health care reform. Many people are opposed to THIS plan, yet still want a number of reforms.
There have been several Republican bills submitted on health care reform, but without the votes in the House or Senate, it's purely a symbolic gesture.
did he fall into The Cracks of Doom afterwards?
I hope his health insurance will cover that.