People PROSTESTED in all of those scenarios and gave the government no choice, the elected officials got nervous about their future employment. You're the one in this thread bashing on people who are protesting b/c you don't agree with them. You're a typical leftist hypocrit.
Yes they did protest. They faced arrest and hoses and dogs and public ridicule.
I am not bashing the protesters. I fully support the right of protest. I just think it's cute that the right doesn't know about how the government handles protesters. And actually, I am not a government health care supporter. I think I've said that a couple times now.
Once you carry a sign, wear a certain T Shirt or display a certain bumper sticker, you get labeled as a protester. That's how the police and secret service handle you then. We set up designated protest zones so that protesters do not interfere with the citizens who are having a meeting. I know it sucks but the right isn't going to be treated different because they are the right. The fact that the right is just realizing what happens to protesters is not only cute as hell, but it demonstrates that these people haven't been offended enough to protest EVER. Otherwise, they would know.
Ask anyone who protested Vietnam, Civil Rights, gay rights, womens rights, Iraq, Bush......
If you are going to protest and make plans to disrupt meetings and stuff, you have to be prepared to get arrested and hosed and beat up a little. We've been handling rowdy protesters that way for years. You don't get any special treatment because you think your issue is more important. If you don't think we should treat protesters this way, where have you been for the last 40 years or so?