Well, at least they beat him up for his opinions, not his name. You have to register to read the original story, so I put the guts of it in the “more” section.
bq. A Grafton man is recovering from a beating he received after he expressed his opposition to the current war with Iraq in a bar.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident, which took place March 21 outside McCauley’s Pub in Grafton. No charges have been filed.
Andrew Brown, 44, is a British veteran of the first Gulf War. He helped clear mines and booby traps from the route to Kuwait City, and later helped operate a mobile desalination plant.
Before the alleged attack, Brown said, he questioned the wisdom of going to war with Iraq so soon. He said he and other bar patrons called British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush ‘idiots.’
Brown said a friend warned him that he would be ‘jumped’ when he left the bar because of what he said. On the way out of the bar, he said a man in ?biker gear? confronted him and asked if he ‘had a problem with America.’
He said when he reached his car, someone hit him from behind with a blunt object, and then two people stood on his arms while another kicked his head. He suffered a broken nose and other facial injuries, and was treated at hospitals in Grafton and Morgantown.
Brown said he did not know his alleged attackers. He believes he was singled out because of his accent and his views on the war.