Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)

32. Why is any of that relevant, (except the last broad-brush)?

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #26)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 01:42 AM

Apr 2014

Someone posts a thread about a specific incident, I google for details of that incident to see if their description of it is accurate, find out almost immediately that it is probably misleading, post the relevant video, and comment on the incident in question.

You describe this as "digging deeply" and go off on a long tirade about a large number of other, completely unconnected, incidents with nothing whatsoever to do with this thread.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

32 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Chris Hedges: The Crime of Peaceful Protest [View all] marmar Apr 2014 OP

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Judges That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Apr 2014 #1

Please focus on protests outside of the United States malaise Apr 2014 #2

sadly, G_j Apr 2014 #3

Never forget Kent State malaise Apr 2014 #4

Indeed! May 4th coming up. L0oniX Apr 2014 #8

Let's not forget Jackson State, either. malthaussen Apr 2014 #13

True and they happened days apart malaise Apr 2014 #15

du rec. xchrom Apr 2014 #5

I guess we needed guns 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #6

Yep, freebrew Apr 2014 #10

Occupy exposed our fascist government or I should say our government exposed itself. L0oniX Apr 2014 #7

I've never heard a disabled person say, "“I’m totally handicapped." randome Apr 2014 #9

Social Security.... catnhatnh Apr 2014 #11

Okay, that makes more sense. randome Apr 2014 #12

This entire sub-thread.. PotatoChip Apr 2014 #14

Uh, Hello - Reading comprehension is your friend. kath Apr 2014 #16

Whoops. randome Apr 2014 #18

The Bundy affair Madmiddle Apr 2014 #17

This isn't a democracy which the treatment of OWS protesters made very clear. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #19

FBI was ready to greenlight SNIPERS. Octafish Apr 2014 #20

Omg, not that it is surprising, after watching come close to killing people on several occasions. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #21

Can't spark outrage if nobody knows. Octafish Apr 2014 #22

Take a look at this video. "Peaceful" does not mean "for a cause I like". Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #23

You really had to dig deeply to find that. Do you have any idea how many people across this sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #26

Why is any of that relevant, (except the last broad-brush)? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #32

K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2014 #24

This is a splendid illustration of many problems with the Occupy! "movement" struggle4progress Apr 2014 #25

Chris Hedges understands what this movement is all about. It's clear you never did, which is fine. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #27

I found this thread interesting: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #28

Did you think this was the first OWS member to run for office? He is not fyi. Of course it is sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #29

This is the paragraph that caught my eye: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #30

As I said, he is not the first and won't be the last to run sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #31