MP Mark Field grabs female protester by throat

So you're blaming acid attacks on his reaction?

Ye, so many women and greenpeace protesters (I believe they're renowned for it) throwing acid these days..........

Tbh in these days when it seems any fucker can lob acid on you or slice your throat, I'd think seeing a random person stomping up in a place she's not supposed to be in could cause concern.

She wasn't really 'random'. She was part of a Greenpeace group of about 40 activists, most of whom had been dealt with by trained security officers. As for 'concern', a Sky News journalist who was present said the general attitude was one of bemusement.

@IcedPurple There are some people who like to bend and twist feminism and equality to suit their own agenda.

A couple of the posters on the AIBU thread are all for equality when it comes to women paying their way on a date.

The ones who say "well you wanted equality so you got it" are coming out with the same trope as this to excuse Fields behaviour.

Which proves the point i made on previous threads That some men only want to get on board with the parts of feminism that suit their agenda....................and their wallet.

I know the law is weird on it, but I actually think anyone should be able to frogmarch invaders out with reasonable force. So beyond that: it was a bit much.

He was probably pissed off because there is supposed to be security at these things and they clearly did a shit job. No excuse, though, still makes him a bit of a wanker.

How did Farage react when he was assaulted with a milk shake thrown all over him? He walked off annoyed.

This guy wasn't assaulted, yet he attacked a woman unprovoked.

Different?

Farage - normal reaction.
Field - a violent assault.

Tbh in these days when it seems any fucker can lob acid on you or slice your throat, I'd think seeing a random person stomping up in a place she's not supposed to be in could cause concern.
I'm not sure he needed to manhandled her quite so much though but i do think he's have done the same if it was a man.

I’m in the ‘someone needs to tell him that was a bit much’ camp

Sounds to me like you believe Field should face zero consequences for his actions. Though happily, he already has.

It happened to the protester last night and she didn't even 'provoke' him.

Well I hope that doesn’t happen to anyone.

a bit much

If your DH comes home this evening and you tell him he's a wanker, and he slams you against the wall, grabs you by the neck and forces you out of the house - would you be calm?

Rufus
I’m in the ‘someone needs to tell him that was a bit much’ camp. But everyone calm down FFS.

@IcedPurple You'd be surprised how many women have been victims of violence by men - again - MN is not remotely representative. Plus, most of the supporters on this thread are clearly MEN!

There should be no place for this sort of unprovoked violence against a woman in politics.
If there are women condoning it, I'll just say, don't come crying to me when your darling husband slams you against the wall and forces you out of your home by squeezing your neck. You can fuck off.

It seems to be predominately Tory, middle class.

Perhaps, but your claim was that Field's behaviour would lead to a dramatic drop in female support for the Tories. Sadly, I don't think that's true.

Also MN is NEVER representative of the general population - just look at Brexit etc. It seems to be predominately Tory, middle class. They wouldn't like their lovely gala dinner being interrupted by crusty protestors. Please don't think MN is how the general population thinks.

I guarantee you they're die hard Tories or men. No reasonable, sane, intelligent, educated woman would condone this cunt's actions.

Much as I'd love to agree with you, I'm not sure if I can.

There are plenty of ostensibly intelligent 'cool girls' out there.

I guarantee you they're die hard Tories or men. No reasonable, sane, intelligent, educated woman would condone this cunt's actions.

I dunno @Totur

Look at the AIBU thread - I've quoted from it above. Assuming most of the posters are women and not MRA trolls (though I acknowledge that is a possibility) quite a few women are applauding Field for his 'bravery'.

The tory party coffin seems to require a lot of nails - but I think they've lost 50% of the vote i.e. women.

and what the fuck, look at them all clapping at the end, I'm reminded of the playground, people gathering round and chanting fight fight fight fight fight

Whilst no one would condone the use of his means of removing her if she had just been standing passively, her actions suggest that there may have been a possibility, given the current high terrorist alerts, that she was going to do something more serious.

Nonsense. She was a woman in a sleeveless dress wearing a climate change sash, a member of a group with precisely zero record of violence; she could not have been carrying any weapon because she'd just come through security, and she wasn't carrying anything in which a weapon could have been concealed. No-one else present, including trained security guards, thought she or her colleagues were terrorists or about to do anything serious, otherwise they wouldn't all be calmly sitting at their tables in those clips.

These attempts to justify Field after the event are really all looking a bit desperate.

Who among you would have done this to a protestor?
And if you say you would, and you've only posted on this thread in your entire time on MN, I'm ignoring you as it's safe to assume you're male and sympathise with the poor men being victimised for assaulting women.

A professional security person would have responded appropriately

The fact that he could force her to walk, exemplifies the sheer amount of enraged force he used on her.

what he did was totally uncalled for and exposes him as a practiced perpetrator of violence against women.
He was triggered and couldn't resist this opportunity to physically dominate intimidate and humiliate a women who posed no threat to him
he acted out of instinct, and his instincts are those of an abuser