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In reply to the discussion: Post if you stand with Medea Benjamin on Gitmo...and if you're glad the prez let her speak [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)46. Why are you being so petty about this?
There's NO OTHER WAY to raise these things than to do what Medea does. Would you rather she do something useless and meaningless, like writing letters no Congressmember will ever read or have read to them? Something that CAN'T work?
And they aren't her issues. This isn't about Medea's ego, for Christ sake.
The president works for US. He should have to listen to us once in awhile. And the president didn't MIND her doing this, so why are YOU being childish about it.
Any act of act of nonviolent resistance should be given respect, because all forms of resistance are difficult.
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Post if you stand with Medea Benjamin on Gitmo...and if you're glad the prez let her speak [View all]
Ken Burch
May 2013
OP
Yep. On his second full day in office, President Obama issued an executive order ...
Tx4obama
May 2013
#4
Yeh, he was a lame duck president from day one, despite having huge Democratic majorities
Zorra
May 2013
#33
There are MANY comments on several threads that state what folks think about her, links below
Tx4obama
May 2013
#3
This post differs in that the poster is supporting both, Whisp expressed a similar notion
Dragonfli
May 2013
#15
"it"? Bringing the will of the people before our representative who has made such illegal (HR347)
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#22
You are unaware of the hundred+ children who have been murdered by US drones in more than five
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#19
every person in America should get to interrupt a presidential speech for 10 minutes
ZRT2209
May 2013
#10
POTUS should let each of 300 million Americans individually rant in his face for 10 minutes
ZRT2209
May 2013
#13
yes and I have my issues and I want to yell in the President's face for 10 minutes!!!
ZRT2209
May 2013
#35
You know, of course, that there are "activists" who yell and then there are activists who
patrice
May 2013
#53
Well, yelling has a place too. I'm just trying to be more specific about how these things work.
patrice
May 2013
#74
I stand with her as I have for a very long time AND I thought he handled it well
Dragonfli
May 2013
#14
In a democracy, it is the responsibility of the people to hold public servants accountable.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#16
What do you recommend? A disapproving look? Silent gesture with finger?
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#45
I'd certainly vote for her, but I think she's more valuable doing what she's doing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#68
I did vote for a candidtate whose views I generally support..but she lost.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#73
I'm sure many here cheered Code Pink as they protested W Bush. I wonder if any of them
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#23