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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2018, 05:33 PM Oct 2018

The entire country should be taking a knee during the national anthem [View all]

The plutocratic shitshow being run in Washington is about as far from what our founding father envisioned as it gets

Every one of Kavanaugh's votes was bought and paid for by special interest dark money, our rights are being sold to the highest bidder and we aren't even allowed to know who is doing the bidding

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The entire country should be taking a knee during the national anthem [View all] Snake Plissken Oct 2018 OP

Agree violetpastille Oct 2018 #1

Imagine a massive march on Washington DC avebury Oct 2018 #2

Disagree. That is a specific action for a specific protest. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #3

I guess you're right, since Kavanaugh are those who funded him are such champions of civil rights Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #4

Not quite sure what this has to do with Kavanaugh's beliefs? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #5

That doesn't even make any sense Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #6

No, not at all. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #8

You're saying, no, not at all Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #10

MLK and Gandhi weren't in the same country MountCleaners Oct 2018 #11

what buries the message is allowing all the messages to be isolated and scattered Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #12

Under what umbrella do you want to unite all these "isolated" and "scattered" messages? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #13

Seriously, you're attitude is how exactly how we end up with people like Trump Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #14

These aren't rules or etiquette, nor are they meaningless. This is what building coalitions looks WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #15

I stand corrected, they're not meaningless, Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #17

Look, I get it, it's difficult to build solidarity. If there were easy answers that brought sure WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #18

Why dont you stop jumping in every thread Solomon Oct 2018 #7

You give me too much credit. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #9

I've stood for the anthem every time I have been present when it was played during my entire life. Sqee Oct 2018 #16

Our government is now being run by a fucking news network. Initech Oct 2018 #19

It's being run by a handful of billionaires who control the content of a news network and blogs Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #20

Oh they're playing him like a fiddle. Initech Oct 2018 #21