Republican candidate Greg Gianforte attacks reporter during interview (Updated: he's been charged with assault)

[andybaldman]

@Auld_Lang_Syne

So, in other words, all you are apparently saying is that aggression is sometimes present in inter- and intra-species dialog involving humans, which is not a surprise to anyone.
Id est: You are either stating that these types of behaviors are an ever present and intrinsic part of masculinity, which comes across as the standard dismissal of “boys will be boys” and which is refuted by the examples presented above by @danimagoo and others (including several male interlocutors self-reporting a lack of said behaviour), or you are saying something absolutely unsurprising as you seem to claim in the above quotes.

It’s the latter, which is why this story is personally uninteresting as a news story to me.

I intentionally made no value judgments about the individuals in my original statement. I’m not justifying or defending either side. Just observing the behavior. Any values in resulting comments were projected by the commenters.

Thank you for being rational.