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Warren Stupidity

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20. Basically yes.

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 07:08 PM

Dec 2014

Allow me to interpret this:

Suhr said officers had set up barricades to keep the protesters from an annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, but that the demonstrators broke through.

“At this point in time, breaking through the barricades, this was no longer a First Amendment march,” Suhr said Monday. “This march, if it ever was a First Amendment march, was hijacked by a criminal fringe element bent on destruction and criminal conduct. Were it not for the efforts of the officers and the leadership on the ground, it could have been far worse.”

When the people peacefully assembled to protest attempted to join a public event they were met with force by the SFPD, provoking a small riot.

I know the 1st amendment is obsolete, quaint, a relic of an era when a "free speech zone" would have been too ridiculous to propose with a straight face.

I support the right of the people to protest peacefully as they see fit not as the state sees fit. When that right is abrogated by agents of the state, all bets are off.

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Am I a bad liberal if I'm starting to get Tired of this Shit? [View all] arcane1 Dec 2014 OP

Depends where you are placing the blame. jwirr Dec 2014 #1

On the individuals responsible for the actions, naturally. arcane1 Dec 2014 #8

As if it can always be squarely placed jberryhill Dec 2014 #12

It makes you rational arcane1 Dec 2014 #15

Well I'm sure I can get a second opinion on that jberryhill Dec 2014 #22

LOL I know the feeling :) arcane1 Dec 2014 #25

You're also rather amusing sometimes Fumesucker Dec 2014 #51

Martin Luther King Jr said...."riot is the language of the unheard" VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #28

Yes, that is what my point 1 is paraphrasing jberryhill Dec 2014 #31

and I am sure there were some unhinged that joined in the fun of the French Revolution too! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #33

Indubitably jberryhill Dec 2014 #36

So, did you write an angry "I'm tired of this shit" screed when the Giants fans trashed your city? notadmblnd Dec 2014 #2

I don't know what your point is el_bryanto Dec 2014 #4

You can read into it what you like. However, I said no such thing. notadmblnd Dec 2014 #9

Than what is your point? Please elucidate. nt el_bryanto Dec 2014 #10

I did on Facebook, both years. arcane1 Dec 2014 #7

It said on the news that three of the looters caught last week by police had truedelphi Dec 2014 #3

Do you have a link to that story? nt el_bryanto Dec 2014 #5

Sure thing. May 2012 and here is the URL: truedelphi Dec 2014 #49

Thanks much. nt el_bryanto Dec 2014 #52

I thought they mainly did this through dental implant radios jberryhill Dec 2014 #23

Do you think the Black Community is tired of this shit as well? Bandit Dec 2014 #6

Because of Black Friday? arcane1 Dec 2014 #11

What does that mean? upaloopa Dec 2014 #14

Most of America, think it is over yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #13

Tough tits.. I_stand_4_oranges Dec 2014 #16

And smashing other people's things will change what, exactly? arcane1 Dec 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Dec 2014 #18

It'll definitely change things . . . branford Dec 2014 #19

I imagine that is what the British said the morning after the Boston Tea Party! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #29

It was British tea. Do you believe it was the police who provoked this behavior? arcane1 Dec 2014 #44

Smashing people's shit - like we did to Baghdad with "shock and awe" tenderfoot Dec 2014 #53

Destroying is not the way to do it. 840high Dec 2014 #45

Basically yes. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #20

Respectfully, you're wrong. arcane1 Dec 2014 #21

Does one citizen gathering trump the other one? jberryhill Dec 2014 #24

A public event is a public event. It is open to the public. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #26

And the Westboro Baptist Church folks can certainly enter a public veteran's cemetery, yes? jberryhill Dec 2014 #30

I support the WBC's first amendment rights too. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #32

Reasonable minds differ jberryhill Dec 2014 #47

So, the protesters got to create havoc at another peaceful assembly TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #56

The protestors were, according to the SFPD, peaceful before they got corralled and barricaded by the Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #57

It is my understanding that until they attempted to TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #58

Nobody was corralled in Union Square n/t arcane1 Dec 2014 #61

A certain element on this site ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #27

+1 LostInAnomie Dec 2014 #34

I think there are actually TBF Dec 2014 #35

Thank you for your post. I suspect we agree much more than disagree. arcane1 Dec 2014 #40

I hear you - TBF Dec 2014 #60

I'm sorry, but I have a hard time shedding tears NuclearDem Dec 2014 #37

I can feel bad about more than one thing at a time. arcane1 Dec 2014 #42

Sorry, no one cares what you are "sick of" Scootaloo Dec 2014 #38

Am I only allowed to be sick of one thing? Can I support the cause yet decry the actions of a few? arcane1 Dec 2014 #43

I care what he's sick of. 840high Dec 2014 #46

did you read all the grand jury evidence yet? snooper2 Dec 2014 #59

So the World Series riots were OK with you and SFPD. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #39

Try actually reading the OP instead. I put Giants fans in the same category. arcane1 Dec 2014 #41

The people who are tired of this shit are onecaliberal Dec 2014 #48

There are many people tired of much shit, together. arcane1 Dec 2014 #50

And, the destruction gets reported cally Dec 2014 #54

And the cops will begin to anticipate and prepare for it :( arcane1 Dec 2014 #62

Like JFK said, "those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution Zorra Dec 2014 #55