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Enthusiast

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7. Things are different now.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 07:10 AM

Aug 2013

We can't fight back without serious repercussions.

There are cameras everywhere, recording everything.

When we try to protest there are militarized police there ready to oppose us. Any and all anti-establishment type groups have been infiltrated.

Remember how Dubya shunted protesters off into "free speech zones". The media won't cover protests either, unless the protests are right wing protests like the Tea Party against health care reform.

The deck is stacked against us. Of course, I'm all for giving it the old college try. But geeze.

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The Poor and the Middle Class Will Save America Yet [View all] xchrom Aug 2013 OP

when we get off our knees DiverDave Aug 2013 #1

It is easy to stand and fight but few actually do ThirdWayCowplop Aug 2013 #6

Whenever the Punch comes high from BillyRibs Aug 2013 #2

Wealth is based on labor. Downwinder Aug 2013 #3

Sir, They Have Been Stealing our Labor for years. BillyRibs Aug 2013 #4

Need to stop the theft. Downwinder Aug 2013 #5

Things are different now. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #7

Kick for on-the-money comments. Scuba Aug 2013 #8

piss on the middle class, they've been voting puke for decades. they're now getting their ROI. KG Aug 2013 #9