Dean Barnett asks, "What other industry goes to such lengths to make the vast majority of its customers know they’re second class citizens?"

Meanwhile, Jules Crittenden notes that the paradoxically pacifistic Party of Rage can really get their freak on when they're treated like second class citizens:

Rep. Bob Filner is facing an assault and battery charge after an incident at Dulles Airport where he allegedly pushed an United Airlines bag claim employee as first reported by ABC7/Newschannel 8.

… Filner, a Democrat from California, allegedly attempted to enter an employees-only area on Sunday night.

Van Cleave spoke with several witnesses who said they heard Filner yell “You can’t stop me,” before pushing aside the employee and refusing to leave the office.

Filner disputed the account in a statement issued by his office.

“Congressman Bob Filner is on his way to Iraq, visiting our troops, and will have a full statement when he returns. Suffice it to say now, that the story that has appeared in the press is factually incorrect - and the charges are ridiculous,” the statement said.

In any case, thanks to the media, we may not know which party they are, when they emphasize their disapproval in such physical outbursts. Curiously, this rarely warrants the same response from these ordinarily ultra-sensitive souls.

Update: "It’s easy to see why he’s so anti-gun. He thinks we all have as little self-control as he does."