Unrepentant assault

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Ophelia Benson

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I for one prefer the people who don’t defend “protest” that includes smashing someone’s spine with a sledgehammer.

Premeditated destruction of property on a grand scale. Unrepentant assault against an officer of the law, taking a literal sledgehammer to the back of a police officer resulting in spinal injury & ongoing occupational health & psychological trauma, these are not acts that politicians should be condoning but condemning. Instead you are championing their violent conduct.

Please don’t kid yourself, even as Leader of the Green Party, that you can act as a law unto yourself. Whether council tax liability or convictions for perpetrators of gratuitous harm, the law does apply to all citizens equally.

Your continued betrayal & transgression of Green Party core values is concerning – as is your advocacy of violent tactics.

His dim-wittedness is not much of a plus either.

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2 responses to “Unrepentant assault”

  1. Alan Peakall Avatar
    Alan Peakall

    Transgression is cool; the question of what norms are being transgressed is secondary. Polanski is a prime exhibit of the tribe of perpetual revolutionaries who bask in the warmth of the bonfire but find the rebuilding of it too much of a chore. Full disclosure – I have completely forgotten the source for that metaphor and would be delighted if anyone could track it down for proper citation.

  2. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    I have a feeling there’s a whole slew of metaphors about those who are great at pulling down but not at building back up aka great at criticizing but not at creating, and so on. It fits me, for one. It probably fits a lot of people. The first is easy, the second is a whole lot more difficult. I plead guilty.

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