Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion

[Angrboda]

If anything, the Tea Party set the tone for what has come later.  The original violence and harassment politics seemed to start with them.  Or do you have examples that go back further?

The Weather Underground comes to mind. Both Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorne were close allies of Obama. However, despite being terrorists they do not seem to have been active for quite some time. And I think any fair minded person looking at the behavior of the Tea Party rallies versus Occupy Wall Street protests has to admit that Occupy wall street protests were far and away more radical and disruptive. Anyone can find pictures of random people holding signs advocating violence at either. It is pointless to say, "you started it". The more important question is "who will end it?"

The weather underground was a small cell of terrorists. The Tea Party and Liberal demonstrators are grassroots mass movements. You're being disingenuous comparing the two, if not outright equivocating.