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Anti-Tea Party Tide Turning Bloody

Experts worry fights may be next wave

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2009 4:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Fistfights at tea party rallies over the weekend have some analysts worried that the violent backlash may be only just beginning. In Fort Lauderdale, anti-tea party activists chanting "Amnesty yes, racists no!" clashed with tea party protesters who entered their protest zone. The group had emailed members calling for "a militant confrontation" with "tea-baggers," the Christian Science Monitor reports.

Some activists have begun taking weapons to rallies, showing "a stronger degree of alienation and threat," noted one expert in social movements. Fights around tea parties aren't always between left and right, however. In Phoenix scuffles broke out when activists tried to prevent a group of neo-Nazis brandishing a swastika flag and a portrait of Adolf Hitler from joining an anti-immigration rally.

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Fiskebolle

Nov 20, 2009 12:04 PM CST

Everybody who are against amnesty and open borders are neo-nazis. My, being rational feels great!

passinthru

Nov 20, 2009 5:10 AM CST

it would happen njgreen if people would just learn to TUNE OUT every now and then. we absorb too much news shit on a daily basis that it frazzles everyone to the point of exploding. adding the stress of the economy and this country already being used to instant results has everyone at each others throats.

passinthru

Nov 20, 2009 5:06 AM CST

all news corneilson, mostly fox, but ALL news is doing it. just look at us every single day...we have enough anger towards the opposite side that we attack each other daily (regardless of who we think deserves it).

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