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LonePirate

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48. If the venue makes a difference for the heckling, then power of the heckle is already lost.

Reply to DevonRex (Reply #42)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 07:11 PM

Jun 2013

It would seem the art of civil disobedience is now lost on many DUers.

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I'm SHOCKED by the number of people here in favor of heckling non-elected officials. [View all] JaneyVee Jun 2013 OP

Joe Wilson is the new Miss Manners. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #1

Heckling anyone is okay; so long as that person has a role in the topic of heckling Scootaloo Jun 2013 #2

Heckling peripheral people Roy Rolling Jun 2013 #29

You mean non elected, non officials, don't you? Warpy Jun 2013 #3

The person who heckled Michelle madokie Jun 2013 #7

Yeah, wrong person and wrong place Warpy Jun 2013 #15

Exactly madokie Jun 2013 #18

Because she sleeps with the man who -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #10

Wow alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #16

And if you think men take their marching orders from the wife Warpy Jun 2013 #21

Michelle Obama has more power and opportunity to influence the one man who can make a change. LonePirate Jun 2013 #45

Maybe they don't do *pillow talk* madokie Jun 2013 #22

Not having pulled a menage a tois with 'em, I wouldn't know. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #31

Apparently there are some here who are unfamiliar with -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #54

I see your name... Whisp Jun 2013 #57

You can't have it both ways dbackjon Jun 2013 #78

Celebrity doesn't equal official power. Warpy Jun 2013 #90

So she is just a Celebrity? dbackjon Jun 2013 #91

Beautiful Heckling warrprayer Jun 2013 #4

But surely screaming policy ideas at the First Lady, Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #5

You mean interrupted the FUNDRAISING FOR THE DNC dbackjon Jun 2013 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author panader0 Jun 2013 #58

should i assume you find the plight of inner city children irrelevant? Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2013 #65

I find the plight very relevant dbackjon Jun 2013 #68

It was a speech about getting Democrats elected muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #71

where is the line between heckling and challenging...? mike_c Jun 2013 #6

Where was the challenge? frazzled Jun 2013 #17

oh I generally agree... mike_c Jun 2013 #24

That was a small part of her FUNDRAISING SPEECH dbackjon Jun 2013 #39

Since the only audio clip that exists has no fundraising talk ... frazzled Jun 2013 #40

She was fundraising for the DNC dbackjon Jun 2013 #60

Full transcript muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #72

Transcript shows 90% of speech is NOT about fundraising at all frazzled Jun 2013 #77

So the fundraiser was explicitly an LBT Women's Discussion and Reception? The heckle was on-topic muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #87

The LBT hosts did not think it was on-topic /nt frazzled Jun 2013 #88

BUT IT IS THE CHILDREN! dbackjon Jun 2013 #79

I don't support it at all, but I understand ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #8

As a second-class citizen, I do judge it boorish and badly thought out (if at all). -nt Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #14

I understand where you're coming from. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #28

Oh fer fucks sake.... Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #9

I absolutely positively agree! defacto7 Jun 2013 #11

EVER been to a sports arena? Rex Jun 2013 #12

Would you consider somebodies private home/property to be 'in the public realm'? Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2013 #66

our society is childish and rude. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #13

That can be a good thing. Igel Jun 2013 #32

I don't have that big of a problem with it PROVIDED THAT geek tragedy Jun 2013 #19

That's a good point muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #73

For the most part, I agree. randome Jun 2013 #20

um, she is the wife of the POTUS, of course she is a public figure quinnox Jun 2013 #23

exactly frylock Jun 2013 #59

Would it be OK with you if I heckled Rush Limbaugh? Glenn Beckkk? Rupert Murdoch? David Koch? Scuba Jun 2013 #25

SHOCKING GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #26

I agree maidensandiego Jun 2013 #27

Right, because wives have no power over their husbands at all. Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #30

Might as well start screaming at the kids too, then Scootaloo Jun 2013 #44

Nah, the wife will do just fine. n/t Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #92

I'm not an Obama cheerleader by any means warrprayer Jun 2013 #33

Sadly, I'm not surprised anymore loyalsister Jun 2013 #34

You mean like Rumsfeld, Scalia, Kissinger, Powell? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #35

I'm shocked that so few people in an supposedly Progressive forum dbackjon Jun 2013 #36

I'm equally shocked that so many here in a supposedly Progressive forum frazzled Jun 2013 #43

so is that now a dead issue? frylock Jun 2013 #61

You realize this was a fundraising speech dbackjon Jun 2013 #81

I think everyone here agrees with the policy argument/advocacy the geek tragedy Jun 2013 #75

Actually everyone here doesn't dbackjon Jun 2013 #80

I haven't seen that, but anyone who says that is an asshole. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #83

It should have happened 5 years ago. dbackjon Jun 2013 #84

No argument from me on that, nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #85

Heckling M.O. was not a good heckle in my opinion. DirkGently Jun 2013 #37

Good grief. 99Forever Jun 2013 #41

Venue makes a huge difference. This was too close, too personal. DevonRex Jun 2013 #42

If the venue makes a difference for the heckling, then power of the heckle is already lost. LonePirate Jun 2013 #48

Seems like Michelle's right to stand up for herself is lost on some DUers. DevonRex Jun 2013 #53

I have no issues with MO responding to the protestor. I never stated she should simply take it. LonePirate Jun 2013 #55

be sure and mix in an accusation of racism for full effect.. frylock Jun 2013 #62

I am shocked at how obsessed some of you are that she got heckled and everybody doesnt agree boilerbabe Jun 2013 #46

Right. Like she can't influence the president. Apophis Jun 2013 #47

I don't have a problem with what happened to Michelle joeglow3 Jun 2013 #49

I'm not, incivility & selfishness is the norm anymore. nt Raine Jun 2013 #50

She is not an official. Michelle that is. cliffordu Jun 2013 #51

There's heckling and then there's harassing. ucrdem Jun 2013 #52

I'm not shocked at all. Whisp Jun 2013 #56

I am not certain why it is OK to heckle anyone by your arguments Gore1FL Jun 2013 #63

Heckling people who don't have the power to change what you are objecting to is pointless eridani Jun 2013 #64

A few more months, and I'll be shocked by the number of people who still post here. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #67

If it was George Bush? Fearless Jun 2013 #69

I'm shocked that anyone would forget that politicians represent US Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #70

SHOCKED, you tell us. leeroysphitz Jun 2013 #74

The Koch brothers are not elected officials MattBaggins Jun 2013 #76

I think this is much ado about nothing gollygee Jun 2013 #82

I'll take this one step farther and say that PotatoChip Jun 2013 #86

Get on a soapbox; expose yourself to hecklers. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #89