Democracy Protester Gets Arrested in China: Liberals Applaud

Democracy Protester Gets Arrested in China: Liberals Applaud

It is always very interesting to read the comments made by readers at the Idaho Statesman. This August 6, 2008 article reports:

A Boise woman was detained briefly by security agents and police officers while protesting in Tiananmen Square Wednesday.
Brandi Swindell, national director of the activist group Generation Life, was among three Americans that spent about an hour criticizing Beijing’s handling of issues ranging from forced abortions to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement to pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989.
The trio also set up a banner in the square that said “Christ is King” and knelt and prayed.
“It’s so shocking being an American … to see the blatant oppression,” Swindell said.
The small group said plainclothes security agents and police officers tried to block the banner with umbrellas and started shoving the group when they tried to walk around the square.
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“It was important for us that there be a clear voice speaking out against the Chinese government’s abuse of human rights,” Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, said in a telephone interview.
The protest was among several involving foreign activists protesting in China just days before the Olympic Games begin in Beijing.

Progressive and liberal sorts of course had to comment:

I kinda wish they'd keep her

Submitted by MrSkippy on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 8:39am.

Sure, she's pretty but I'd rather they just kept her.

MrSkippy

Submitted by brt929 on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 8:50am.

I agree and I'm willing to sign a petition to that effect. Maybe Bryan will fly over and rescue her?

"Rescue" implies that they'll be returning...

Submitted by ElaineMT on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 9:16am.

I propose that Bill Sali and Bryan Fischer go to Beijing to support the protests. And all can share a jail cell. And Bill can use the Larry Craig "I am a US Senator!" and see how far that gets him....

Maybe they'll stand up

Submitted by MrSkippy on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 9:54am.

to a tank. We can always hope!

May the tank be with you.....

Submitted by jeands on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 11:18am.

I would love a chance to drive the tank, and right over Brandi! Would the mayor give me a key to the city?

What normal human will ever understand the

Submitted by ConservoDem on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:25am.

religious right "sense of humor"? Or, anything else about them, for that matter?

I agree they should keep her!

Submitted by andiegee on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 12:52pm.

Too bad we can't get her arrested in Singapore - a couple of lashes with a cane might set her straight!
If she were truly greater than the rest of us as she believes, she would spend her vacation time in a third world country helping the world's starving children instead of protesting causes which I believe she does not even understand.

I try very hard to see liberals and progressives as not being fundamentally totalitarians--but then they expose themselves as such.