Bernie should mind his own business. Fist-fighting is underrated as a deterrent to toxic behavior. No biting, no eye gouging, no kicking someone on the ground, find some grass and go until one guy doesn't want to fight anymore.
We've outlawed dueling, a big mistake IMNHO. Only Texas has mutual consent. It's basically impossible to win a liable suit. So people are allowed to say whatever they want with no repercussion.

Thanks for illustrating my point. The "stupid senator" (words you would only repeat from the safety of the internet) is 5-0 in MMA and was a college wrestling champion. You, like the lumpy sack of onions FTA, claim to have information you couldn't possibly know. Both of you flap your fingers on a keyboard and make personal jabs because you can, because there is no fear of reprisal.
I haven't had a fist fight in about 15 years, chocked out a drunk not too long ago but I wouldn't call that a fight.
You fight, the guy presses charges so you have to press charges back, go to court and its a coin flip on what sort of mood the JP judge is in that day. Maybe you get a fine, maybe probation, maybe worse. The right and wrong of it is irrelevant because society has removed our ability to stand up to bullies and -------- and liars and keyboard warriors.

I know the difference between someone who wants to fight and someone who talks like they want to fight. Mr. O'Brian has the look of the latter. You can see it in his nervous laugh, something you might be familiar with.

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None of the people in that video have anything to do with what we are talking about. The Paddy sucker punched a stranger in a bar brawl.
I'm talking about two sober adults, one makes personal slanders online and both agree to have a go.
Senator Karen of Vermont should stay out it.

FYI I would happily call him a big bitch to his face or yours.
ROFL

you can't attack somebody just because you disagree with the right to free speech

You're fighting a strawman, it's the only fight you can win.
Again, for the third time: Both men want to fight. Rather, they claim they want to fight, I have my doubts about Humpty Dumpty's sincerity.
No one is "attacking" anyone.
A lobbyist challenged a Senator to a fist fight, "anyplace anytime". The Senator is obliged to accept the offer.

I'm no fan of Mullin, don't know much about him TBH, but he will certainly scramble O'Brian's eggs. The fight will go 40 seconds, max.
The predictable DR----------- confirms sides are being taken based on the Senator's party affiliation. That's fine.
But if this were Cory Booker offering to throw hands with LaPierre my position would be exactly the same. If AOC challenged Blowbart to a chicken fight in the reflecting pool at dawn your refined civility would shrink away.

elected public official

O'Brian is elected, too. He as 1.3 million constituents. He is free to slander and proffer the fight via Twitter?
Say there was a fight with an almost certain TKO for Mullin, do you think his poll numbers in Oklahoma go up or down?

He accused him of "hiding" money, fraud, tax evasion and offered no evidence to support it.
It's slander, but in America you have to prove O'Brian knew it was slander when he said it. O'Brian knows what he is doing, and he knows the legal standard for slander is nearly impossible to prove.

O.Brian is a bully. He bullies his own members. He bullies tradesmen to become members. He's been put on leave by his union three times for intimidation tactics and sexual harassment. He's on record for wanting to "bring back a Mob mentality".

There is only one way to deal with bullies, you have to hit them in the face.

supporting a Thug
That's what you are doing. It's what QCP is doing by changing a headline to intentionally misrepresent the facts.

He tried to start a fist fight

No, he didn't. He accepted a thug's offer to have a fist fight. You do understand this, you're just pretending to be stupid.

In the middle of a Senate hearing
"Anytime anyplace" was the offer. Mullin suggested a charity event and was declined. When asked, "you want to do it now", the thug replied "I'd love to do it now".

where nobody would have allowed it to happen
Probably not, but it wouldn't be the first time someone took a beating on the Senate floor. The initial breech of decorum was allowing this POS in the building in the first place.

"I'd love to do it now".
Do you consider that "an active threat of assault"?

Civility and decorum only works when we all play by the same rules. Once you break it you can longer claim its' protection.

There was a hearing weeks ago both these guys attended. There was some back-and-forth but by all accounts everyone kept their heads. After the meeting, when he was safe on the internet, O'Brien reverted to his default position as a professional thug-for-hire, threats, taunts, lies and unfounded accusations. No one, not even half-wit Senators, even if the are Republicans should have to endure the bully tactics O'Brien deploys against delivery drivers, tv hosts, his own union members or anyone else he targets with his self described "Mob mentality".
As far as I'm concerned Mullin is free to use the Senate floor to get satisfaction. It's the only time a greasy little weasel like O'Brien can't run away to hid behind his LCD screen and union lawyers.

The other guy didn't say "Lets fight right here."
No, he said "I'd love to do it now". A distinction without a difference.

do you want to see a Gopper lying in a puddle of his own blood and tears
If the Gopper is a bully and thug like O'Brien, yes.

Answer the question.

Joe sounds like he wants to tongue treat Sean O'Brien's hemorrhoids. Spending waaaaay too much time defending this porker.

Mullin supports a national ban on all abortion including rape and ------. He signed the amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania. He's only been in office a few months and already he's wide open to legitimate criticism. Instead there is a focus on how tall he is, this size of his penis, the quality of his wrestling team, attendance at a jr. college, his body language or strangely enough, me.
At first I thought O'Brien was given a free pass because Mullin is a Republican and dog pilling doesnt take any effort. Even Tor can pull that off.
Now I think it is because a lot of you ARE O'Brien. You're just like him. You're eager to lecture other people about "civility" without practicing it yourself. And the instant someone attempts to hold you accountable for your own words you start making squeaking noises and projecting. Just like O'Brien.

Mullin won his seat by 30 points and he'll win again, standing on a box. Trump is ahead in every poll, if he wins we are truly lost as a country. And this thread is a good illustration of how that is possible. Even an absolute scumbag like O'Brien knows he can rely on support from the so-called left if his tweets are pretentious and crude and makes fun of people living in trailer parks. You'll get to flag spam and Yas Queen each other without contributing anything (Hamburglar) and the Republicans will get the country.

I'm done with the thread, you may resume your ----------.