[TheRealThing]

Many Trump supporters are exercising some very selective outrage at Trump's political opponents. Watching protesters getting dragged away as Trump taunts them and his supporters roar with applause is just part of the floor show at Trump rallies.

The groups supplying Trump with a steady stream of protesters are just answering Trump's casting call. Standing in front of his supporters dealing with villainous protesters keeps the clock running and minimizes the time that Trump has to fill with intelligent discourse.

Free publicity and a basis for claiming himself to be a victim are just part of Trump's cynical campaign strategy. The protesters get free publicity for their causes. It is a win-win for all involved, except for those on the receiving end of a punch or kick.

Tyrants have been providing similar distractions to people in exchange for political support for millenia. The practice has been proven effective in many cultures over the centuries.

Below are a few examples of Trump's inflammatory rhetoric. His tactics are working, so I don't expect him to change them much.

Your idea of what constitutes a "blantantly false" statement is apparently much different than mine. As for libel suits, Trump has already proven that he lacks the courage to follow through on his empty threats to file nuisance lawsuits against Ted Cruz.

The last video clip shows an example of a cool headed, courageous man dealing with protesters - a real leader who does not draw his courage from a mob.

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You've done a lot of research here. But we are none the less still talking past each other. Cruz did blame Trump for the presence of protestors at his rallies. Probably, among the Chicago protestors and very likely Kansas City too, were some of the same faces that were involved in Ferguson or the shut down of Michigan Avenue, the Chicago Stock Exchange, or the disruptive protests there in February meant to stop deportations.

The right to assemble is a centerpiece of this nation, as is Freedom of Speech. Those unalienable rights are literally under siege. A currently popular idiom is 'the genie is out of the bottle." Now that rioters have gotten their foothold in this nation thanks to the sponsored insurrection which began with the 'Occupy Wall Street Movement.' how are we going to get those folks to 'pull those horns back in?'

Bill Ayers was mentioned earlier in this thread, and I'd bet the smile on his face right now makes the Cheshire Cat look like the Sad Sack. Concerts, football games, schools, hospitals, the beach, Church meetings, and now the political process, among myriad soft targets, are all suffering disruption at the hands if what many have called the one two punch of professional protestors or more seriously, terrorists. I heard nothing, nada, out of Cruz's mouth by way of any sort of scolding to these thugs. I have heard nothing out of anybody's mouth really, except a few news types like Dobbs, Hannity and Stewart Varney by way of truthful condemnation for this cancerous force for evil. If Cruz is the statesman I at one time thought he was, he needs to step up with a much more pronounced effort.

If you are unwilling to concede this one point, just say so and I'll give up.