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In reply to the discussion: Protesters marching, breaking windows in downtown Oakland [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)24. People fall to one's expectations of them. 20-somethings are completely capable of rational thought.
They may not value it as much as some of the rest of us do, for reasons of their own, but they CAN think if they are motivated to do so.
I will admit that their tools for rational expression ARE somewhat limited though. That's skills stuff and vocabulary, also temperament too, all things that may be, on the average, at some disadvantage in current conditions.
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Sometimes a riot is just the language of those taking advantage of the situation.
hedgehog
Aug 2012
#53
You have raised only rational questions. That's not a problem to everyone here. nt
patrice
Aug 2012
#8
NOT the sort of thing that inspires support for a case against police brutality, but then, that MAY
patrice
Aug 2012
#10
And perhaps you have missed the point of what calls itself "the Left" these days, which is that it
patrice
Aug 2012
#14
We live in a system that provides socialism for corporations and financiers and the military, so
patrice
Aug 2012
#22
In, my city, the sane supporters of OC have fled, leaving just the paranoid crazies...
roseBudd
Aug 2012
#45
Right on. Real organizers against police brutality wouldn't fuck with their own case like this.
patrice
Aug 2012
#16
People fall to one's expectations of them. 20-somethings are completely capable of rational thought.
patrice
Aug 2012
#24
Agree. There's also a lot of resonance going on. People reacting to reactions to reactions . . .
patrice
Aug 2012
#25
Open carry of even unloaded handguns is illegal in California now, since January 1
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#39
The group who did this - did they give a particular reason for doing this?
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#30
assholes. guess they're "anarchists" which in Seattle means rich angry kids who dress up n/t
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#54