Is your opinion that the evidence I have have posted at RadioFreeNJ could not possible have any probity with any person whatsoever? Or are you saying that conservatives should wait for all the evidence to be in before promoting a legitimate inference, while the other side poisons other's perception of you?
Your post has Occupy San Diego
Posters have said that they are not San Diego police uniforms
I’m saying that a few conservatives who are very vocal push as fact things that have no evidence, and that harms the conservative movement.
There are some on our side who are as quick as many on the left to jump to conclusions because we think it helps the cause, when it doesn’t.
I have no idea what evidence you have posted at “RadioFreeNJ”. I read Free Republic, and if you posted evidence here at Free Republic, I probably saw what you wrote, because I tend to read every article. If you posted YouTube videos and links to blogs somewhere else, I probably didn’t read or view it.
Frankly, even if the guy WAS an OWS attendee, it wouldn’t matter, because the “guilt by association” argument is a falacious one used to smear people for no good reason. OWS has little control over who attends their events, any more than the Tea Party pre-vets every person who signs up for their activities.
OWS is a rediculous movement, but it isn’t calling for people to put on body armor and walk into crowded theaters and shoot up the audience. We weaken our society when we adopt the absurd leftist arguments that groups should be denounced for the random violence of people they attract.
I guess I’m sensitive about this, having spent 3 decades of having MY organizations attacked relentlessly because of the violent actions of a few. I know some argue “fight fire with fire”, but that just leaves the village burned to the ground. I’m not into mutually assured destruction.
The result of the stupid “Holmes was OWS” is that the media now is full of articles denouncing “the right” for the false accusation, giving complete cover for the left’s blatant false charges that the tea party was involved. So instead of the tea party getting credit for being falsely attacked, it gets attacked for making false charges.
I don’t see how any conservative can argue that this is a GOOD outcome.