Obama protester rips up Rosa Parks poster
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1956 after refusing to sit in the back of the bus during the segregation era. Her actions helped initiate the Civil Rights Movement. (AP photo)
I support free speech. It’s one of the greatest freedoms we have in this country.
Many protesters who oppose President Obama’s health care plan have been heckling members of Congress during their town hall meetings.
If you don’t like the president’s health care plan, that’s fine. I support your right to protest.
But when you disrespect Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, that’s where I draw the line.
According to Politico, during a health care town hall meeting hosted by Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri, a few women were holding posters of Rosa Parks. Then, the crowd began booing them.
When one woman unrolled her poster, an angry man went up to her, grabbed the poster and tore it up.
When the woman tried to get her poster back from the protester, she along with the protester were escorted out of the building.
Freedom of speech goes both ways. The protester had the right to be angry and vocal about his irritation with President Obama’s health care plan.
But the Obama supporter also had the right to hold a Rosa Parks poster if she wanted to without having it ripped up.
A video clip of the incident is posted below.
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