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10. Do you understand the difference between "riots" and "protests"?

Thu May 18, 2017, 01:52 PM

May 2017

Louise Mensch does. And so do the people of Ferguson. And they noticed that the people instigating the RIOTS were outsiders who arrived days after the PROTESTS began.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article1251108.html

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New fake news dilemma: sites publish real scoops amid mess of false reports [View all] kwassa May 2017 OP

Really stretching to defend a conservative. Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #2

FUCK LOUISE MENSCH! Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #7

Do you understand the difference between "riots" and "protests"? pnwmom May 2017 #10

You really like defending that conservative, don't you? Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #12

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Post removed Post removed May 2017 #14

Maybe you should stop being personally insulting. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #16

Maybe you should stop defending conservative hacks on a liberal website? nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #18

All sorts of crazy with this CONSERVATIVE. Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #17

If you read your own link you'd see she was very clear. pnwmom May 2017 #19

She believes crazy shit. Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #21

Having an opinion is fine ... kwassa May 2017 #4

But... But... She says bad things about Trump, so she must be right... Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #8

and that's fine Blue_Tires May 2017 #26

Well, I have to give her credit at least she is pro vaccination snooper2 May 2017 #13

Wow... The Guardian is tossing hand grenades around their greenhouse... Blue_Tires May 2017 #20

Discrediting Mensch for outing Putin/Trump with links to mhw May 2017 #24

he had them fooled.. Cha May 2017 #29

I love how the author pretends this is a "new" phenomenon Blue_Tires May 2017 #25