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How rowdy are the protests at the Wisconsin Capitol?

Here's a little video I took this morning, which fairly represents the scene in the rotunda (the center of the demonstration):



For all the size and noise and sincere fervor, I've seen absolutely no anger, nastiness, or rudeness. Not even any pushing to get into a better position. Everyone is quite nice, really. You need to understand that. Even when my dear bodyguard is not close to me, I don't feel at all endangered. And though I've photographed some signs and other junk piled on the ground, there isn't stuff strewn all over, and there is zero vandalism or destructiveness toward the capitol building itself. Despite all the opposition to the legislature, the entrance to the Senate chamber was barricaded with nothing more than a velvet rope overseen by 2 elegantly dressed guards...



... and no one made the slightest attempt to impinge on the roped-off area.

Full post as published by Althouse on February 18, 2011 (boomark / email).