"The taser. Use the taser!"

(quoting Beavis ...)

No doubt University of Florida police went overboard tasering a student who commandeered the mic at a town hall forum.

Still, I sorta enjoyed watching this spoiled brat suffer. The downside -- we'll have to endure his time in the media spotlight.

Conspiratorial lefties are already rallying behind Andrew Meyer's cause (note the accompanying anti-Semitic rant, a staple of today's privileged radicals).

Clearly, the cops should be disciplined, if not fired. But let's resist blanket declarations -- removing disruptive protesters from a Congressional hearing, for one, is not an assault on free spech.

There are plenty of troubling examples, however, like the couple ejected from a Bush rally for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts. And "free speech zones" popularized by the major political parties are blatantly unconstitutional.

UPDATE: Alleged feminist Naomi Wolf -- who famously advised Al Gore to wear more Earth tones -- just published a ridiculous screed in which she called the tasering "a shocking moment for society."

It is an iconic turning point and it will be remembered as the moment at which America either fought back or yielded. This violence against a student is different from violence against protesters in the anti-war movement of 30 years ago because of the power the president has now to imprison innocent U.S. citizens for months in isolation. And because, as I have explained elsewhere, we are not now in a situation in which 'the pendulum' can easily swing back. That taser was directed at the body of a young man, but it is we ourselves, and our Constitution, who received the full force of the shock.

And the martrydom of Andrew Meyer begins.

For those inclined to grant Wolf some credibility, remember she posed for a glamour shot on the jacket of her book -- "The Beauty Myth -- that attacked media exploitation of women.

(via griftdrift)

Comments

[griftdrift]

Oh no. Uh-uh. Discplined? Sure if they broke any procedures. And that's why there will be an internal investigation. But let's be clear about something. The taser was only used after he repeatedly lashed at the officers and repeatedly refused to comply. Personally, based on my knowledge of their policies, I doubt they will even warrant a suspension.

Douchebag got exactly what he deserved.

[CrackWilding]

Hell yeah! Let's hear it for fascism!

For Christ's sake, is this the way it works now? Mere stubbornness is met with violence? That, to me, is the reason tasers are bullshit -- they remove any reason for cops to deal with anything intelligently. Got a problem? Zap it! Fuckers.

[griftdrift]

Facism? You've got to be kidding me. Talk about a term that's thrown around too loosely these days.

[Dub]

"Stubbornness is met with violence?" Perhaps you should attack the system that establishs the use of force policy instead of the officers. I guess they were to just sit there and fight with the guy until he decided his 15 minutes were up.

[ThatGuy]

Forget the tasering — The thing that really has me shaking my head in disbelief is that more than 10 people under the age of 50 would actually show up to hear John Kerry speak —about anything.

This kid got off easy. Tasering, shmazering. In my day the National Guard woulda been pumping his commie ass full of lead ala Kent State. Ah Tricky Dick, -le sigh...now there's a guy who knew how to keep dangerous student radicals in check as opposed to a bunch of spoiled Abby Hoffman wannabees armed with iPhones and a MySpace page.

[norma]

I would have tazed him extra for his use of the familiarity, "bro" -- as in, "Don't taze me, bro!!!"

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