VIDEO : Laughing off violence and violation is the hallmark, not just of the bully, but of the culture that enables them, and make no mistake about it, laughing it off is exactly what Romney is trying to do here, and with a series of obvious lies

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MSNBC’s David Corn On Mitt Romney ‘Bullying’ Incident: ‘This Was An Assault’
by Tommy Christopher
May 10th, 2012

MSNBC’s David Corn On Mitt Romney ‘Bullying’ Incident: ‘This Was An Assault’


Some excerpts :

He’s also employed a clever dodge in claiming that he didn’t think the guy he attacked was gay, which is probably true of most of the people who get called “faggot” by bullies, but Romney isn’t well-served by the just plain weird claim that nobody thought about sexual orientation in the 60s. Finally, what kind of person isn’t quite sure “if I hurt anyone” by holding them down and chopping off their hair?

Corn is absolutely right, Romney’s problem isn’t so much that he did a terrible thing when he was young, but that the intervening years haven’t taught him how to feel bad, or to feel anything, about it.

Worse than that, though, Mitt Romney is either a horrible liar or a sociopath, or both. Since his surviving classmates seem to have vivid memories of the incident, I’m betting it’s the former. If nothing else, we can add the late John Lauber to the short list of people that Mitt Romney has demonstrated an ability to stand up to, at least in a crowd. Here’s hoping Iran looks sufficiently faggoty for President Romney.

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