Conservatives attacking conservatives for not being extreme enough

Last weekend in Crawford pro-war conservative activists staged a "Cindy Doesn't Speak for Me" rally.  During the rally a number of conservatives happened to have some signs that were not extreme enough for the rest of the right-wing crowd.  A crowd gathered and stomped on the signs, and heckled the young individuals all the way back to their cars.  There is home video footage that captures all of this. 

But first, read this excerpt that further explains this whole incident (IndyBay.org):

About two thousand people converged in Crawford yesterday for the“Cindy Doesn’t Speak for Me” rally. “Gold Bless America, God Bless theTroops, and God Bless President Bush” was the theme of the day.Favorite chants included, “Cindy Go Home!” and “What’s Our ExitStrategy? Victory!” Many of the speakers were AM radio talk show hostsfrom across the country.

The theme of most of their speecheswas that Cindy Sheehan was prolonging the war by giving hope to theterrorists. “Iraqis love us… and we are winning.” “The media iscurrently on a anti-American rampage… Insurgents love the U.S. media.”Darrell Ankarls of 570 KLIF AM radio boomed from the stage that“Cindy’s stuff is making into the sandbox” and it is “getting our boyskilled.” Cindy should “shut up” and “go home!”

I had heardthat military recruiters were going to be on hand to sign up the youthwho attended the rally. I did over hear two young women excitedlytalking about having just “jumped in, and sign up.” However, it turnedout that they were talking about having signed up for the University ofTexas Young Republican Club. It was announced that a woman ridingaround the parameter of the rally on a beautiful horse was the motherof a teenager who was waiting to enter the military.

FreeRepublic and the their right-wing youth group of “ironic” ProtestWarriors were repeatedly thanked for their support and participation inthe rally. The Protest Warriors are young people who usually appear atanti-war related activities with slogans based on “right-wing irony,”such as “War Has Never Solved Anything (except for everything).”However, in a odd turn of events, and despite repeated pleadings that“we are on your side, we are on the right,” the rally turned on thesekids. Shouting “Cindy Go Home!” a small mob gathered around the threeor four Protest Warriors, attacked their oversized signs, and beganstomping on the signs.

Visibly shaken, the Protest Warriorsbeat a retreat from the rally to the chants of “Get Out of Here Liars!”Over and over again, “We are on your side” were meet by “Liars!” Oneman clarified that even if they were trying to support the war, theywere confusing people, and that “it is the devil who wanted to sewconfusion.” It is safe to say that irony, or any opinions that hintedat “shades of gray” were not welcome in Bush Country.

Now that you know the premise, watch the video (IndyBay.org):

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(And here is a link to some still photos of the pro-war rally)