I don't know if this has been diaried yet, and I'm not sure if the MSM has given this much play, but a terrible incident happened over the weekend at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Members of the Princeton university band were subjected to what amounts as outrageous behavior on the part of Citadel cadets.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/...
This is the type of behavior that 8 years of Bush Cheney has brought us. And you can be certain these type of actions will only increase and get worse if we continue this administration in power, by giving 4 years to McCain and Palin.
Before and during a football game last Saturday between the Citadel and Princeton University, the Princeton band was attacked physically and verbally and spat upon. The altercation, began after the band marched with prior approval from the Citadel's administration through a guarded entrance onto the campus.
UPDATE: When I originally put up this diary, I didn't realize there was video evidence of the halftime incident. However thanks to a comment by
Zhimbo we have
Once in contact with Citadel cadets, the cadets started running at the band, as the band continued it's march. The band was then surrounded and booed as cadets linked arms to block their path.
At that point the band's drum major shouted orders to "scramble," which meant to break formation and leave the area. It was then that all hell seemed to break loose.
Band conductor R.W. Enoch ’09 said that, "a number of cadets broke ranks and got into physical altercations with some of our members."
In the skirmish that followed, several band members were physically attacked and spit on, band members said, adding that at least one member had his instrument broken.
The Citadel’s Commandant’s Office and student body president could not be reached on Sunday, and the college’s Office of Public Safety declined to comment for this article.
Jordan Bubin ’09 said he was tackled by "three or four cadets" and pushed up against a tree.
"The booing was so loud, [and] the cadets who were on the field were yelling at us, ‘Cut your hair, long-haired faggots’ and ‘You go have fun in college, I'll go fight the war,’ " he said.
The cadets also stole band members’ hats and spit on female members of the band, some members said
During the episode older cadets were overheard giving the younger cadets orders to attack.
Even after the situation was brought under control by the Citadels commanding officers, and given an escort PUB president Alex Bernard said the band was still "pursued and taunted."
The taunting and booing continued even during the halftime festivities at the football game. The booing was so loud at times that the band couldn't be heard, according to Barnard.
Barnard spoke about "mob mentality" that seemed to take over; that on an individual basis the cadets all seemed nice.
Isn't this what has been wrought by 8 years of the Bush/Cheney neo-con mentality. How different was this behavior from the behavior of those in Florida's Dade county in the aftermath of the 2000 election when republicans disrupted an election board meeting, pounding on doors,and angrily chanting "Let us in." I would say not very different at all.
And now after 8 years we have sent soldiers to fight and die in a war based on lies. We have let the beautiful city of New Orleans drown, while George Bush and John McCain ate cake, and we have seen our constitution under continuous attack, chipping away at our civil rights and liberties.
We cannot allow the republicans 4 more years to finish what they have started. The time to stop it all is now, and if needed a wake up call, then what happened at the Citadel should open our eyes very wide.