"i think there's a lot of class war arrogance in the demonization of the tea baggers" Spare me the bogus meme liberals are all wealthy elites and bigots and theocrats are authentic salt of the earth. The teabaggers include a lot of clearly comfortable people and there are a lot of poor lefties. The minorities calling out teabagger bigotry - are they all uppper class?

I again question this idea people didn't try to engage the teabaggers with civility when Obama and every person who held a town hall meeting did until the made such things impossible by escalating their behavior. At some point you must acknowldege the screamers have an unshakable agenda an protect yourself.

Recognize those pro-lifers were polite out of self-preservation, as they were more at risk of being arrested if they weren't. If they really were such people of good conscience, there would be no need for clinic defense. It's easier to harass people with a facade of civility.