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Scootaloo

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14. When someone is trying to destroy you, you don't react with witty slogans

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 05:39 PM

Feb 2012

And that is exactly what "austerity measures" are, Wraith - they're an effort to destroy an entire segment of the society, those judged "undesirable" - the poor and middle classes. You've heard of ethnic cleansing? Think of this shit as "Economic cleansing" and you'll be pretty much spot-on.

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They're teargassing the people so that the markets can win [View all] malaise Feb 2012 OP

Our media is a disgrace. annabanana Feb 2012 #1

I don't even call it media anymore. It's just a bullshit propaganda machine. It's RKP5637 Feb 2012 #7

Soon coming to a country near you. n/t MadHound Feb 2012 #2

p.s. This needs to be kicked through for the cube rats....n/t annabanana Feb 2012 #3

The BBC has decent coverage of the riot Warpy Feb 2012 #4

It's getting here like in the Iron Curtain days. One has to go to the RKP5637 Feb 2012 #12

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2012 #5

Yes, molotov cocktails are a perfectly reasonable form of protest. TheWraith Feb 2012 #6

When someone is trying to destroy you, you don't react with witty slogans Scootaloo Feb 2012 #14

When peaceful protest is denied and people feel hopeless CanonRay Feb 2012 #19

Let's cut your wages in half and see if you still agree with that statement. backscatter712 Feb 2012 #20

Exactly. Burn the shit down. Anarchy and ruin is better than the alternative... Zalatix Feb 2012 #22

The guilloitine would be more reasonable at this point. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Feb 2012 #41

Solidarity with KKE and the people of Greece. nt TBF Feb 2012 #8

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #9

CNN International TV reporting things are calming a bit. Vote in 30 mins. DCBob Feb 2012 #10

vote passed - haven't seen the numbers yet, that will be interesting. Protest has again intensified BelgianMadCow Feb 2012 #24

Nooo... They are teargassing people because they are setting shit on fire. Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2012 #11

With agents provacateurs used so routinely, how do we know who set the fires? snot Feb 2012 #13

anarchists don't need much provocation Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2012 #21

Let's both agree not to project 'til facts emerge as to who actually set the fires, snot Feb 2012 #29

It's not so the markets can win -- that would be better than the reality. It's so the 1% snot Feb 2012 #15

Bullshit. They're teargassing the people because someone started throwing... TreasonousBastard Feb 2012 #16

I agree. The greeks lied about what their debt was to get the euro, then borrowed applegrove Feb 2012 #27

Not true. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #32

Why are you so willing to let the lenders off the hook? Germany and France coalition_unwilling Feb 2012 #33

You're pushing neoliberal propaganda (and xenophobia). girl gone mad Feb 2012 #36

Drachman is coming... nradisic Feb 2012 #17

"... five building were in flames in downtown Athens, including a bank ..." Scuba Feb 2012 #18

note: the voilence is not a couple of agents provocateurs BelgianMadCow Feb 2012 #23

Burn it all to the fucking ground. Leave nothing for the banksters. Hotler Feb 2012 #25

I hate the bankers but I'm not burning a single building malaise Feb 2012 #26

As John Lennon sang Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #34

Indeed malaise Feb 2012 #38

Don't burn buildings, expropriate them and expel their coalition_unwilling Feb 2012 #35

That is the correct approach malaise Feb 2012 #37

+1000!!! FirstLight Feb 2012 #28

Here's some great coverage from Aljezeera Matariki Feb 2012 #31

Thanks for the pics malaise Feb 2012 #39

They've been dragging this out jeanpalmer Feb 2012 #40