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Locrian

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43. indeed

Reply to chervilant (Reply #41)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 06:00 PM

Nov 2014

The ones most easy to control are those who think they are "immune" to it.

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Yes. They WANTED riots. [View all] TygrBright Nov 2014 OP

Yeah, it was just that obvious....To me, at least... Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #1

Media will focus on "riots" tomorrow and all protesters will become rioters. gordianot Nov 2014 #2

Exactly. The riots become the news. Not the travesty of injustice. n/t TygrBright Nov 2014 #3

Hell, they PLANNED this violence. maced666 Nov 2014 #4

Yeah I have to stay off face book, the conservatives are so fucking happy. hollysmom Nov 2014 #5

My intuition circuit says yes, but Electric Monk Nov 2014 #6

Just so I understand.. cwydro Nov 2014 #7

Study "crowd dynamics." A crowd is an organic entity. TygrBright Nov 2014 #9

So. Your long post cwydro Nov 2014 #24

Everyone thinks that very thing LanternWaste Nov 2014 #34

That foul stench you smell chervilant Nov 2014 #41

indeed Locrian Nov 2014 #43

Ain't cognitive dissonance chervilant Nov 2014 #47

Your posts about the protestors are really trying me this morning. merrily Nov 2014 #14

So you think only stupid people are easily manipulated? Rex Nov 2014 #44

I heard tonight from the live stream yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #8

That would definitely lose them friends and influence people. TygrBright Nov 2014 #11

I posted a poll yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #12

Can you think of any protest that doesn't risk losing so-called "friends?" merrily Nov 2014 #15

Nope, I can't. TygrBright Nov 2014 #17

It's a long game, all right. Way too long and not a game at all. merrily Nov 2014 #18

I think that it would be a bad thing, the people that watch Macy's Thanksgiving Parade rudolph the red Nov 2014 #20

I posted a poll yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #21

Thanks I will check it out rudolph the red Nov 2014 #23

Disrupting? How? Dorian Gray Nov 2014 #29

On live stream they were talking about yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #31

Thanks for the clarification. Dorian Gray Nov 2014 #32

That was a very in-your-face and condescending "announcement" tonight. R B Garr Nov 2014 #10

He's a tool. TygrBright Nov 2014 #13

It was real white of him to ignore the Brown family ... not a mention (nt) sunnystarr Nov 2014 #27

Agree, TygrBright. merrily Nov 2014 #16

Of course the protesters rioting are completely innocent because they just can't help themselves. Lil Missy Nov 2014 #19

I don't think Dorian Gray Nov 2014 #30

Of course the cops that arrested reporters are innocent because they are cops. Rex Nov 2014 #45

I agree with the sentiment: but who is "they"? Wella Nov 2014 #22

I'd be reluctant to draft a detailed scorecard. TygrBright Nov 2014 #25

My instinct is that DHS is looking for a way to Wella Nov 2014 #26

I think you are on to something. madfloridian Nov 2014 #35

They've got to use up those military supplies, no? Helen Borg Nov 2014 #28

The insidiously calculating nature of American racism has long been a fact. byronius Nov 2014 #33

The Capitalist Class needs to keep Blacks demonized as sub-humans. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #36

I bet you actually think you've made a noble observation. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #38

Capitalism is the reason socialism never took hold in America. Rex Nov 2014 #46

Yep. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #37

+1000 blackspade Nov 2014 #39

And this is why we should all have military style assault weapons IronLionZion Nov 2014 #40

Wait...who is "they" again? flvegan Nov 2014 #42