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Bluenorthwest

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28. Many, many of the people arrested at Occupy Portland actions were in fact in their 50's

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 04:38 PM

Feb 2012

and 60's. They were on the front lines now, just as they were then. Where were you? Occupy has a world wide reach, and here you are wailing at one thing a handful of protesters did on a night when more than 400 of your fellow Americans were arrested and only 12 charged with any infraction of any sort. This means most of the arrests were of innocent people, hundreds of them. And your concern is for a flag meant to represent those hundreds and the rest of us as well?

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Flag Burning Dirty Hippies!!! [View all] unionworks Feb 2012 OP

I've never burned a flag. I did blow one up once but that was an accident. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #1

Set Up TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #2

Unfortunately, it DID work against the Vietnam era anti-war movement -- downwardly_mobile Feb 2012 #3

Damn those proto-Owser antics... Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #7

But then.... unionworks Feb 2012 #9

I like how noobs can praise Nixon here now without catching flack. sudopod Feb 2012 #19

they caught it unionworks Feb 2012 #24

^_^ nt sudopod Feb 2012 #26

Perhaps you are a friend of the Nixon fan I met in 2002 in Hawaii? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #33

I really like that quote from Arundhati Roy... backscatter712 Feb 2012 #4

Nail meet hammer n/t unionworks Feb 2012 #5

To me calling the ows 'dirty hippies' is HappyMe Feb 2012 #6

No one's telling anyone to "shut up and get out of the way". Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #8

My parents are dead. HappyMe Feb 2012 #10

Very sorry unionworks Feb 2012 #13

Sit around in a park all day? HangOnKids Feb 2012 #18

Another big hint, most occupiers are not 24/7/365 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #35

I saw a differennt video than you did unionworks Feb 2012 #11

Yeah, yeah. HappyMe Feb 2012 #12

WTF? HangOnKids Feb 2012 #14

Thank you, dearie. HappyMe Feb 2012 #16

I'll talk to ya unionworks Feb 2012 #15

Not to mention while this was happening with 100's of cops around raouldukelives Feb 2012 #27

Or the morans who keep hollering "GIT A JOB!" backscatter712 Feb 2012 #20

Easy enough to ignore morans yelling 'git a job'. HappyMe Feb 2012 #23

Many, many of the people arrested at Occupy Portland actions were in fact in their 50's Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #28

You realize how many boomers are part of OWS? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #34

Positively Rovian, isn't it? sudopod Feb 2012 #17

You would have to ask at FR. HappyMe Feb 2012 #21

Clearly, you live in a more enlightened place than me. sudopod Feb 2012 #25

Poor Karl unionworks Feb 2012 #22

Charlie Daniels Hates Dirty Hippies unionworks Feb 2012 #29

Ever been to his "museum" in Nashville? sudopod Feb 2012 #31

never been to Nashville unionworks Feb 2012 #32

"Dirty Flag Burnin' Hippie Boy" unionworks Feb 2012 #30